I just don't buy Wegner's whinge about it should be 11 vs 11 otherwise "the beautiful spectacle is ruined" - well in that case he should instruct his players not to make either A) suicidally rash charges at other players or B) cynical professional fouls in an attempt to prevent the opponents from securing an advantage by scoring.
It is not the ref's responsibility to keep 11 men on each team - it's the team's. In a personal side to this - I've worked with a gooner for the past 10 years who has extolled the virtues of Keown, Adams, Dixon and all those other uglies - often because they were "willing to take one for the team" - ie get sent off for a professional foul if it meant saving an otherwise certain goal - this to me is pigeons coming home to roost... -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scratchinshed Sent: 18 May 2006 15:18 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LU] Back on the list & You are the ref! ----- Original Message ----- >it wasnt to deterr lehman, he will be deterred by seeing the game from sideline and maybe not playing next game, but to show the rest on the pitch that ref. is not having any funny stuff. This is exactly what I mean by having lost the plot. You don't save the game by ruining it. Booking Lehman and giving the goal would have acheived your objective above, and the game would have continued 11 against 11 - just as it is intended to be. From what I saw, the sending off didn't deter the other players anyway. Sending off should be a last resort. Anything else ignores the fact that the people watching are what it is all about. Not FIFA and not the referee. >I do disagree wtih your wording in saying the the REF. unbalanced the game.lehman is responsible for his doings, not the ref. The ref had a choice. He chose to penalise both teams !! How can you argue that sending a player off when you simply don't have to is not unbalancing a game ? _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist
