• Garlic-Cheese-Chips@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Are referees goldfish?

    They had this new edict at the start of the season regarding dissent and waving imaginary cards and stuck by it, more or less. Then they forgot about it and have to be reminded about it again?

    • Least_Way@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Ya I don’t get it, they say they’ll say they’re going to stricter and it usually lasts one weekend

    • ballsdeeptackler@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Look I know punching down at referees is popular. And I think we can all agree they’ve been extra shit this year. But if you’ve ever been a manager or managed a team of people, you’d not be surprised at this one bit. It’s something you’d hope a leader of a team would do; remind the team of their goals as we all can get distracted, not remain as focused as we’d like, and none of us are perfect.

    • CitrusRabborts@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      It always happens though, they start the season being better about letting soft challenges go, and booking people for dissent etc. Then the big name managers and the pundits who support those clubs start to complain and the refs back off. I wish they’d just stick to their guns

    • tobi1k@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      They also forgot about the new timewasting rules after Tomiyasu got a redcard for it.

      • NotHarryRedknapp@alien.topB
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        1 year ago

        he got a first yellow for timewasting tbf. The second yellow was for the cynically and violently dragging down ayew with all his strength