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I thought he was generally well respected?
(Or is that what living in Wales for years has done in skewing my perceptions?!?)
I thought he was generally well respected?I know he is not everyone's cup of tea, but I like Nigel Owens refereeing, for the way he deals with players and his put downs.
Rubbish the sport is sanitised enough it certainly doesn’t need to go around following the lead of a minority sport
I agree football's certainly gone soft in terms of the wimping around, faking injuries and diving etc..
However the behaviour towards refs and linesmen is worse now than I can ever remember it. I'd be embarassed if my four-year old threw tantrums like players (and some managers) do nowadays.
There is absolutely no justification for it and it diminishes the game enormously. The ref isn't going to get everything right. My honest take on it is that the grown-up approach is to man up and get on with it, rather than bleating over every decision. In most sports, not just rugby, that's how it works; for some reason though we've come to believe that footballers are entitled to cheat or behave like someone's taken away their lollipop every time it doesn't go their way. Rugby's not perfect, but there's plenty that could be learnt from it. One thing it's not, at least on the pitch, is sanitised!
Took a few seconds on google to find several examples of rugby players physically attacking refs.How good was it if this is now a downward spiral ?
Took a few seconds on google to find several examples of rugby players physically attacking refs.
Yeah, that worked in football.That’s life ?
I agree football's certainly gone soft in terms of the wimping around, faking injuries and diving etc..
However the behaviour towards refs and linesmen is worse now than I can ever remember it. I'd be embarassed if my four-year old threw tantrums like players (and some managers) do nowadays.
There is absolutely no justification for it and it diminishes the game enormously. The ref isn't going to get everything right. My honest take on it is that the grown-up approach is to man up and get on with it, rather than bleating over every decision. In most sports, not just rugby, that's how it works; for some reason though we've come to believe that footballers are entitled to cheat or behave like someone's taken away their lollipop every time it doesn't go their way. Rugby's not perfect, but there's plenty that could be learnt from it. One thing it's not, at least on the pitch, is sanitised!
..... and I found one where a player actually kills the referee with a punch.Took a few seconds on google to find several examples of rugby players physically attacking refs.
Pointless discussing this if people are quoting fighting of referees as the norm.Italia the walking contradiction
I agree football's certainly gone soft in terms of the wimping around, faking injuries and diving etc..
However the behaviour towards refs and linesmen is worse now than I can ever remember it. I'd be embarassed if my four-year old threw tantrums like players (and some managers) do nowadays.
There is absolutely no justification for it and it diminishes the game enormously. The ref isn't going to get everything right. My honest take on it is that the grown-up approach is to man up and get on with it, rather than bleating over every decision. In most sports, not just rugby, that's how it works; for some reason though we've come to believe that footballers are entitled to cheat or behave like someone's taken away their lollipop every time it doesn't go their way. Rugby's not perfect, but there's plenty that could be learnt from it. One thing it's not, at least on the pitch, is sanitised!
An example to us all surely ?My guess would be because a large proportion of rugby players in England at least come through private schools where there is a generally different attitude towards people in authority.
An example to us all surely ?
If you can't respect authority its the beginning of the end.
Pointless discussing this if people are quoting fighting of referees as the norm.
You may not like it but at least make your point or move on to where you can.
My guess would be because a large proportion of rugby players in England at least come through private schools where there is a generally different attitude towards people in authority.
Players attitudes are bad to refs but do we see it more because we see everything more with all the cameras and media at every game nothing gets missed I am not sure in the past it was picked up as much on camera.
Took a few seconds on google to find several examples of rugby players physically attacking refs.
If I did It would be to get the facts so I could be informative to people like you that hate the truth?Talking about contradictions - why, before wasps offered you the parking rights - did you lodge a freedom of information request to Coventry council demanding to know the terms of sale of ACL to the London franchise?
If I did It would be to get the facts so I could be informative to people like you that hate the truth?
You can take a horse to water but you can’t make it drink ? Comes to mind here.So after 12,637 posts, when are you going to start being informative?
You can take a horse to water but you can’t make it drink ? Comes to mind here.
You can take a horse to water but you can’t make it drink ? Comes to mind here.
Yeah like wasps attempt to get a certain manufacturer to sponsor the ground.
Lets just wait and see ?
Does bring up an interesting question though in dropping 'Ricoh Arena' and to start calling it the "Land Rover Arena"
Going to be funny after all these years.
Yeah because it’s a hot topic for a global manufacturer they keep deferring this decision as it’s of vital importance.
As if it’s even on the table to defer anymore.
CCFC had better get the majority of any sponsor deal then, if that's the case...Obviously JLR don't want to be associated with the bad publicity around Sisu/CCFC/CCC/Wasps by potentially sponsoring a stadium that could be minus CCFC.
CCFC had better get the majority of any sponsor deal then, if that's the case...
Lets just wait and see ?
Does bring up an interesting question though in dropping 'Ricoh Arena' and to start calling it the "Land Rover Arena"
Going to be funny after all these years.
CCFC had better get the majority of any sponsor deal then, if that's the case...
Sadly it isn’t.
When will Wasps change the seats?
They won't change the seats just the words. Only trouble is making something out of CCFCSKYBLUES letters (Any ideas?)
There's no F in Wasps ?FUCK OFF WASPS has a nice ring to it
There's no F in Wasps ?
Live on TV and Twickenham only.Q: If Wasps bugger off back to London at some point in the future, will you follow?
Live on TV and Twickenham only.
I was born for this moment !!No Bovril at the Ricoh these days but pizza, craft ales, fish and chips and all kinds of insanity. Gentrification gone mad. I understand why your loyalty was so easily compromised.
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