I think I'm finding myself yelling at the refs more often than I would like, but never at the players. Well, I do yell at the players, but definitely not in a negative fashion
I think everyone yells at the refs.
I would like to share a story with you about my night at the footy.
my seats are in bay 45, i got to the ground around 5.15pm yesterday afternoon.
when i arrived, too my delight,:roll: there was a bunch of refs sitting a row in front of me, Gavin Badger, Ben Cummins, a referre i did not recognise, a female ref that ran the water out to the ref in the NYC game and the linesmen that for 1st grade.
During half time of the NYC the kids and the young refs came out to play. Badger and co(excluding Ben Cummins, Cummins looked very uncomfortable sitting there with that lot.) were making fun of the young refs out there Eg: Everytime a team would score the young ref would look to the sidelines for a touchy, there was no touchies. Everytime this would happen the refs would laugh at the young ref for doing this, some other remarks were made but i could not hear them properly. To me it seemed mean spirited, not in fun.
Instead of sitting there and taking the p*ss out of the young refs, maybe they should go over and talk to these young refs and give them encouragement.
i felt like saying to them "watch and you might learn something from these kids, at least there not always going to the video ref, you dickh*ads."
i didn't say anything because they may have had me thrown saying "i had harrased them.
Also Badger and the female ref were swearing very loudly when talking to one another and there were kids close by.
i don't want to sound like an old fuddy duddy(i know i do and i'm sure it will be pointed out) but if that was a player carrying on the same way i'm sure it would have been on the front page of the DT.
The point is abuse comes not just from stupid fans but also stupid refs.
GO PARRA bring on the bunnies.
