I caught the last ten minutes of the match next to mine, they kicked off late, on Sunday morning.
One of the teams I know quite well, and they’re pretty difficult to say the least in terms of dissent and just general fouling, they mainly seem to be there to see how many cards they could accrue in a single morning.
Anyway, the ref was having a tough time of it, I presumed there had been a few bookings, some meaty tackles going in, lots of chatter/dissent from the home team, the ref had clearly had enough, he was telling the players to ‘go away’ or ‘shut up’ and they were complaining that he couldn’t speak to them like that etc.
What’re the thoughts on this type of approach/reaction?
One of the teams I know quite well, and they’re pretty difficult to say the least in terms of dissent and just general fouling, they mainly seem to be there to see how many cards they could accrue in a single morning.
Anyway, the ref was having a tough time of it, I presumed there had been a few bookings, some meaty tackles going in, lots of chatter/dissent from the home team, the ref had clearly had enough, he was telling the players to ‘go away’ or ‘shut up’ and they were complaining that he couldn’t speak to them like that etc.
What’re the thoughts on this type of approach/reaction?