Victorian Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 anyone see the way he dealt with the Wigan player who almost elbowed him in the heid? he just dragged him away from Vidic and didn't book him. can anyone ever see a scottish ref ever doing that, especially versus one of the big teams? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berrasbraw Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 Yea just saw it,if that was up here they would have been sent off,well unless you were Barry Ferguson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.A.N.S Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 anyone see the way he dealt with the Wigan player who almost elbowed him in the heid? he just dragged him away from Vidic and didn't book him. can anyone ever see a scottish ref ever doing that, especially versus one of the big teams? Zaliukas would have got a 35 game ban. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K1874M Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 Dealt with very well.... If it was in Scotland you would have have a had a ref flashing cards and asking for a square go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted August 22, 2009 Author Share Posted August 22, 2009 imagine iain brines or stuart dougal in that situation. just imagine the furious outrage in the media up here after the referee had sent off the player and reported him to the SFA for serious misconduct. in the grown up world of english football - ref defuses the situation, pundits say well done and well handled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun.lawson Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 imagine iain brines or stuart dougal in that situation. just imagine the furious outrage in the media up here after the referee had sent off the player and reported him to the SFA for serious misconduct. in the grown up world of english football - ref defuses the situation, pundits say well done and well handled. It always makes me giggle when English football is seen as 'grown up' on here - because it bloody isn't, and most of our refs are embarrassing! It's a perspective thing though: in the excellent When Pele Broke Our Hearts about the Wales 1958 World Cup quarter-finalists, one of the players interviewed reminisced about how chaotic their preparations were: "You've got to say England do things tidy - but with Wales, it's a complete shambles". If only he was right about us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigieboy Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 Had it happened in Scotland you'd have had: the player red carded jim traynors show going into mass hysteria ewen cameron having a w**k up the walls of the real radio studios 3 days of 2 page coverage in our papers the comittee increasing his ban to 6 games . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted August 22, 2009 Author Share Posted August 22, 2009 It always makes me giggle when English football is seen as 'grown up' on here - because it bloody isn't, and most of our refs are embarrassing! It's a perspective thing though: in the excellent When Pele Broke Our Hearts about the Wales 1958 World Cup quarter-finalists, one of the players interviewed reminisced about how chaotic their preparations were: "You've got to say England do things tidy - but with Wales, it's a complete shambles". If only he was right about us! english football officialdom might not be perfect but it's a smidge better than up here shaun. the marx brothers and laurel & hardy would be better than what we have here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted August 22, 2009 Author Share Posted August 22, 2009 Had it happened in Scotland you'd have had: the player red carded jim traynors show going into mass hysteria ewen cameron having a w**k up the walls of the real radio studios 3 days of 2 page coverage in our papers the comittee increasing his ban to 6 games . that's no exaggeration BTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwull22 Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 Miko got 6 game ban for less, and we had just been blatently cheated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigieboy Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 that's no exaggeration BTW. I know mate. Shamefull as it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2NaFish Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 lets not go crazy. the wigan boy never "almost elbowed him in the head". nothing like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwaysthereinspirit Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 imagine iain brines or stuart dougal in that situation. just imagine the furious outrage in the media up here after the referee had sent off the player and reported him to the SFA for serious misconduct. in the grown up world of english football - ref defuses the situation, pundits say well done and well handled. The difference is that the English league is run by people with a clue. The refs are good and the pundits know what they're talking about and dont just want to make a name for themselves. Pundits here just want to rag on Hearts and kiss the @$$ of the OF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randle P McMurphy Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 To be honest I think Howard Webb will be hauled over the coals for it. Personally I thought it was a great piece of refereeing, using common sense to defuse the situation. However in the refereeing by numbers system we have now he will be disciplined for not following procedure by sending him off. There are plenty bad refs in England as well as up here ffs if it had been Paul Alcock he would have dived to the ground clutching his face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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