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- Tekel Towers 1st Team
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SFA business model
What the fuck are the SFA telling referees with regards to fan entertainment.
Freezing cold Tuesday, late night for the kids. Ref happy to let time wasting commence in the 30th minute.
6000fans at £20 a pop. That's £120k spent to see some pap take ages every goal kick. Players dive about the ground, or continue with niggly fouls.
At one point, their goal and defender were actually laughing at the ref and how gullible he was.
The ref just needs to tell the goalie early doors, next time it's a yellow, keep it up and it's a red.
Waiting until the 75th minute is unacceptable.
The 10mins prior to the red card, it was obvious something was coming as he wouldn't nip it in the bud with a simple yellow. El Alagui was choking for a booking at that point.
It's meant to be entertaining, no wonder our game is in a mess when the powers that be deem those antics as acceptable.
By all means, in the closing stages of a game, it's to be expected, but hitting the corners in the 37th minute is ridiculous.
- PatReilly
- Tekel Towers LEGEND
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Re: SFA business model
The thing is, Don Robertson is an experienced referee in terms of number of seasons and games he's covered, however he's still relatively young. Several players on the pitch last night were his senior.
He also was on the books of three different senior clubs from around Glasgow before taking up refereeing. He, of course, is from the SFA Referees Glasgow Association, like so many top level officials: if you want to get on as a referee in Scotland, that's the association you have to join!
I can't decide if the referees are biased, useless or twisted. In a Dundee United v Dunfermline Athletic match, I'd go for useless.
Yet there are development officers and referee supervisors watching the performance of each referee, so it appears they must think that sort of display last night is acceptable. I've got to admit, I'm baffled by the whole set up.