http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19783309# Sergio Aguero believes English players get better treatment from referees than their foreign counterparts. Is he correct or are the Man City players just feeling hard done by?
It's an interesting point, maybe sometimes there is. I see where he is coming from, Welbeck seems to get away with murder, Sturridge tries it on too. I'm not sure there's much to it. As a referee, in the heat of the moment you're not really considering where a player is from, you judge in the split second or two you have to make a decision judged on what you have just seen. Although one thing I like about Aguero is he always seems to try and stay on his feet. Suarez irritates me.
Did you actually read the article or lines from Lamballana? We're talking about in terms of refereeing here.
It's possible that refs can't read foreign body language....also possible that a lot of players are moaning whingers.
What English players? Maybe the few that play for Man U, bit that's nothing to do with their nationality
i'm sorry Mr all seeing all knowing! whether its referees / fans, whatever you like foreign players dont get a fair crack in my view. That was all. Relax
Certain players get reputations and suffer as a result. Drogba did for a while and now Suazrez does, although he does not help himself. English players get more media attention, positive and negative as John Terry can contest!
I think south american players such as Suarez have a stigma more than others for play acting etc It is gradually creeping into the English players mentality, but not picked up on as quickly by refs in my opinion.
I agree. Clearly there are high-profile examples we could all think of, of players who don't get the benefit of the doubt from referees anymore, but to extrapolate one or two examples into 'all foreigners', well, I see no real evidence for it.
I would be happier if we stopped labelling players "foreign", it should not make a jots worth of difference, no labels = no racism.
And he's making the distinction because he believes British referees are making a distinction. I don't think he has a case here, but there is a reason that foreign people in this country might get slightly paranoid that they'll be treated differently.
One problem for refs at the top level is that it's so much harder to communicate with the players. If you're trying to give someone a bollocking and they conveniently lose the ability to understand English then you're just gonna chuck a card in their direction next time. If they don't want to then it's just gonna make life more difficult, as Nathan Dyer found out when he kept his gob open for too long, got a pointless caution and ten minutes later, a second one. In fairness to Aguero I don't think the quotes line up with the article that much though, but there we go. PS No cards in the Saints game on Saturday, all the stupidity found its way to my game where we had 11
I think the media make more of the England v Europe (I thought we were part of Europe) v rest of the world. Aguero probably was asked a loaded question about 'foreigners', however I think that it is a non-starter, little-football-to-talk-about story.
If they don't like it they should stop comming over here and taking our jobs! (because I would have probably made it as a pro footballer if it wasn't for all the foreigners willing to play silky football for less money)
