Footballers to learn Respect
Tuesday 17th August 2010, 3:00PM BST.
World Cup final referee Howard Webb deals with fiery Barcelona juniors at Springfield in 2004
THE Football Association’s Respect programme will be fully operational in Jersey this season.
It aims to allow people to play, officiate and watch football without being abused, mocked, insulted or physically assaulted.
Abuse of referees will be unacceptable and action will be taken against anyone who offends in this way, whether they are competing or watching from the sidelines.
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No Chance, you need to sort out the standard of referees over here before you can expect people to respect them. Im pretty sure they get paid, they are not volunteers so don’t understand why they are so bad! If i fail at my job i would expect to be told, why shouldn’t we tell them. A half blind dog would be better then most!
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I agree with Shane if we the footballers and managers have to respect the refs then we should also get respect from them, I mean if they make a bad decision which they do on many occasions then they should expect to have at laest a conversation about it after a game but they DONT they jjust report you for trying. Anyway that doesn’t take away from the fact that they are no good in the first place.
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Referees here are pathetic and are similar to a ten year old footballer thinking he is Lionel Messi. They behave like they are officials at a Champions League Match. They have killed football on this island. Anyone like to argue with me about the standards dropping over the years? Reason decent players have lost interest by referees happy to generate money by over use of cards. Its supposed to be a fun event. Use a sin bin system to allow folk to calm down if necessary as many players are more angry at the decisions made by a referee (injustice) not at the bad tackle.
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Why dont you two try and be a ref? Its hard job, even in the poor jersey leagues. This job is made hard by the likes of you two having a go and thinking you know all!! Even top top paid refs make mistakes, even blatant ones. Just remember, that if these guys didnt turn up to ref then you would not be able to play.
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‘Just remember, that if these guys didnt turn up to ref then you would not be able to play.’
Are they allowed to play without a referee when a group of kids make goalposts with rucksacks and coats?
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Yes but then that is not a FA registered league..
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Shane. If you want to be able to tell a referee when he (in your view) makes a mistake, does that mean that the referee will be able to tell you when you make a mistake? In that case, referees will be speaking to you more times than the other way around!!
Next time you have a game without a referee, or a top game witout two assistant referees ask yourself why. Yes they do get paid, but not much and no referee does it for the money (If they did, they would spend their time working because the hourly rate is considerably less than the minimum wage!).
There are not enough referees – here or in the UK – and attitudes like those depicted here are going to make that shortage worse.
If you treat them well, display a bit of resepct and make the experience more tolerable for the referee there will me more of them available each week. That, in itself will raise standards as the referees will have to be on top form to get decent games week to week. What you have today is a big shortage and anyone (literally anyone) willing to take up the whistle will get a game.
It is in your hands – treat them well and raise standards or continue to treat them like s$!t and you’ll get what you deserve.
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Just to point out. The above posts by Shane@st ouens , werent done by me. (Who is the Shane that plays for St. Ouens)
None the less, i agree with some elements of it.
The way it is currently, a ref makes a decision, we cant speak to the ref regarding said decision at all, or risk being booked. Thats shocking. I dont agree with players abusing the refs, but when it comes to not even being able to talk to them, surely there is something wrong?
Most are good refs, they know who they are, as players will praise them and thank them.
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I Would like to make a couple of points here. The respect campaign as I understood it is about everyone in the game respecting everyone else and not just about respecting referees. It looks like some people on here do not either understand what the campaign is about or just want to allow the decline in football to continue… I know some of the referees on the island and they do a very good job in my opinion. OK mistakes are made by them and sure sometimes they do not wish to comment on incidents straight after games, this is because they are pretty well trained in not inflaming situations and they realise that things that they say is either going to do such as that or invoke a bigger arguement. Face it when have you asked a referee for an explanation and really wanted to hear an answer. The normal situation is that people will approach a referee to vent their frustration and add to it personal insults to somebody who has devoted their time albeit for a little bit of money (that goes towards postage, travelling, kit costs, training and laundry costs.) Which will undoubtedly result in the person being reported so the proactive approach is sometimes to make no response. My answer to the critics is contact The Jersey FA and find out what it takes to qualify as referee take a course and try it out. You will, with all your advice about refereeing obviously improve the standard which is what the players and fans want. It will help the standard of Football improve apparently. By the way my kit/flags are available to buy as these can be quite expensive.
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Not all of the refs should come in for stick as there are a few in Jersey who go about things the right way – talk to players in a normal way, explain decisions etc. and generally act in a professional way. These refs, from what I’ve seen, are treated with respect and as everyone knows a good ref is one who isn’t seen/heard as it means they have control … and ultimately have the respect of the players.
The refs who need to change their ways are the ones who treat players like kids and have to be in control of everything from lengthy pre-match chats and continuing thorughout the game. These culprits should learn from their colleagues and adapt their games to the modern day. Naturally people and cultures evolve over time … some jersey refs still seem to be in the 1940′s when a swift slap from a rosser sorted everything out …. now a days the power trip option doesn’t have the same effect and will only lead to more rebellious action on the pitch, and from the sides.
Keep up the good work those who are embracing the changes to life and the modern game, and lets hope the others catch up.
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Realshane@stouens is probabky just a poor player who tries to blame his short comings on the ref…
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Sensible obviously has nothing to say on the above, so resorts to personal digs.
Let me guess, 50 odd old man who lives on Thisisjersey.com complaining about everything?
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