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<blockquote data-quote="Every Time Ref" data-source="post: 728510" data-attributes="member: 71826"><p>Anyone remember that Holland-Portugal game in the World Cup a few years ago when there were like 5 red cards or something? The poor referee was lambasted in the press afterwards for "losing control of the game", as if he was somehow responsible for the appalling behaviour of the players. People committed offences, so he dished out cards, like it says in the rulebook. What was he supposed to do, not send someone off for a headbutt in order to "keep control of the game"? I'm sure that would have worked. And I don't recall him getting any public support from FIFA either, unsurprisingly.</p><p></p><p>That was a watershed moment for me in the process of giving up on football, because it showed how a lot of fans don't even expect the slightest sense of responsibility or maturity from footballers. To the extent that if 22 of them get distracted from the task of winning a crucial knockout game and instead spend 90 minutes trying to injure each other, it's somehow not even their fault.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Every Time Ref, post: 728510, member: 71826"] Anyone remember that Holland-Portugal game in the World Cup a few years ago when there were like 5 red cards or something? The poor referee was lambasted in the press afterwards for "losing control of the game", as if he was somehow responsible for the appalling behaviour of the players. People committed offences, so he dished out cards, like it says in the rulebook. What was he supposed to do, not send someone off for a headbutt in order to "keep control of the game"? I'm sure that would have worked. And I don't recall him getting any public support from FIFA either, unsurprisingly. That was a watershed moment for me in the process of giving up on football, because it showed how a lot of fans don't even expect the slightest sense of responsibility or maturity from footballers. To the extent that if 22 of them get distracted from the task of winning a crucial knockout game and instead spend 90 minutes trying to injure each other, it's somehow not even their fault. [/QUOTE]
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