by Reg » Wed Mar 06, 2024 2:05 pm
The problem is the new trend for former referees to criticise matchday refs and even as we saw in the Forest game, refs to support unacceptable behaviour of club officials (owners...) expressing their lack of sportsmanship forcably criticising decisions made just minutes before whilst still in the heat of the moment.
British society seems to be descending into a mindset that there is no need to show respect for authority or refereeing decisions. Aggressive pundits criticise refs decisions, retired refs criticise on-field decisions, managers speaking with uncontrolled emotion and now club owners are joining the fray. Of course, football has shot itself in the foot by allowing VAR to criticise and reverse on-field decisions.
The roll of the ref is fast being cancelled.
How sad to see accelerated moral decline.