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da pixbet： For those people whose weekend revolves around the Premier League and whether it will bring adulation or dejection, a mistake from a referee doesn’t often hold the validity they seek for their disappointment. Question marks as to how he didn’t see it coupled with numerous expletives to describe the men in black are far more common than the acknowledgment he is only human and everyone makes mistakes.
But perhaps what is most frustrating for fans is the absence of an apology in the wake of injustice. After all, players who cost their team the game with an individual error or mangers that choose the wrong team or tactics are sometimes forced into a frank admission of their wrong-doings, so why should it be any different for referees?
Everton manager David Moyes recently expressed his wish for referees to become more accountable for mistakes after he was fined £8,000 as a direct result of his bad-tempered reaction to Martin Atkinson’s strangely time full time whistle. He said:
“I was wrong. I shouldn’t have run on the pitch. One of the things the referees have asked for is respect. They all wear a logo on their sleeves, the clubs do as well.
“But if they want that from the managers they have to earn it. You have to get that respect by picking up the phone and apologising at the right moments and if you do that then you start to gain respect.”
He certainly has a point. If referees were made to explain certain decisions in games then it would offer a brief reprieve from the immediate disappointment of seeing a game turned on its head due to poor officiating or wondering what might have been if their side had been awarded a cast iron penalty.
Perhaps referees should hold their own press conferences after matches like managers and certain players do after games instead of hiding behind the Football Association’s fines for anyone who dares to speak out against the officials. For this is simply a naïve denial of the call to apply common sense.
Moyes’ frustration should not have been aired in the manner it was last week at Goodison, something which he himself has admitted since, but he did so with good reason. Everton had scored twice in injury time, so two extra 30 seconds should have been added to the three minutes signalled. Instead Atkinson blew during an incisive Everton break-away which could easily have resulted in a goal.
Unfortunately, his calls are likely to fall on deaf ears over protection of referees by the Football Association through their “Respect” campaign will continue when instead they should be addressing the fact referees are not answerable enough to their errors in arguably the world’s best league.