This whole thing is royally pissing me off. Everyone - and I mean everyone - goes on about a lack of respect for refs in football and "why cant it be more like rugby?" and players simulating fouls and then when someone faces an extended ban for doing just that in one fell swoop - showing a lack of respect for the ref after initially cheating for which he got a deserved booking - people are criticising the ref.
If you dive, its a booking, if you abuse the ref, you get further punishment. Done.The only possible criticism can be that other refs dont do this, but it's not a stick to beat this individual with.
If you dive, its a booking, if you abuse the ref, you get further punishment. Done.The only possible criticism can be that other refs dont do this, but it's not a stick to beat this individual with.
