Guide to how to surround referee.

http://babb.telegraph.co.uk/2015/03/how-to-surround-a-referee-a-comprehensive-guide/

Found this funny, but also annoying. Some players' behaviour is disgraceful. I think refs should adopt the Dog Whisperer technique: no words, no eye contact, point where you want them to go, and make a sharp noise (Tsk being the most useful). If all else fails, an electronic collar should do it....now that is a piece of technology I'd like to see introduced.

 

Good photo. Uriah Rennie just went up in my estimation..!

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We all heard Gary Neville's comments during the last round of Champ League matches where he complimented these type of "tactics" saying that to succeed in Europe teams have to adopt these cheating ways.
Ummm

 

Back in 2009/10, I remember Alan Pardew being asked about Markus Liebherr and what kind of chap he was, and one of the things he mentioned was that ML wasn't enamoured by the Saints players surrounding the referee on every decision that went against them. The consensus of the studio was that he'd learn. Well, he didn't learn. Saints players have learned that they don't surround the referee. It is a club policy that surrounding the ref doesn't happen, and incidentally, that was mentioned by the MOTD pundits only a few weeks ago, and they applauded it.

All it takes is the will to do things the right way and it can be made to happen.

 

Very well said.
Football need the general media to salute teams who don't & chastise the teams that do. That in itself will make it easier for the ref's to issue a card as well.

 

I remember seeing that interview too. The whole club was being redirected from above and I always suspected that Pardew was let go on the basis (well one of them at least) that he was/is a little too much "old school" when it came to management techniques and approach to the game,But I doubt whether we would have got so far so quickly if he had stayed.

 

I remember the other comment from Pardue being that he was asked why Saints committee so many fouls (we did in L1) as it wasn't considered "Saintly"

 

Stumbled over that interview mentioned earlier:

 

Hasn't Pardew aged since then...amazing what a few years at Newcastle will do.

 

Yes, I noticed that too. Mind you, between 2009 and 2015 he's hit and passed that critical age of 50. It tends to be a slow decline for even the most youthful looking of blokes after that.

 

Jeez Fran, if he reads that he'll have himself booked straight into the clinic for a stretch and touch up!

 

That is why God makes your eyesight go....look in a mirror and you've gone all soft focus. That is the reason I am lovelier with every year that passes...and if I squint I am even better.

 

About 20 years ago I read somewhere that 50 was the new 40. Recently I read that middle age doesn't start until someone is retired [no kidding]. I'm getting younger by the day..! Certainly looking younger. I don't wear specs and I'm not going to start.

 

I'm 46 this year and was slightly disappointed after a recent eye test that they said I don't need specs... I was imagining a pair for work and a red framed pair for matches

#accessorize

 

Depends what your eyesight problem is... my distance vision has improved with age so I no longer need glasses to drive.

 

I have worn glasses since I was 11 (I am 45 now). Over the last 2-3 years my prescription for distance has gone down, though I do occasionally borrow my 51 year old wife's glasses for reading now. However, the Kindle is the best invention for avid readers as I can increase the size of the font

PS this has to stay an anonymous forum as a divorce would be on the cards for declaring her age

 

Now I know that, I bet she finds your musical tendencies a little strange I bet she's far more hard core musically than you (and me)

 

You're "So True"

 

Strange that a thread about referees has turned into a discussion about eyesight

 

Quick, what other well-known referee characteristics can we bring in before Tom notices?