John Terry on Refs

[YIDDO]

bbc.co.uk
Chelsea captain John Terry says he would back plans to stamp out the hounding of referees.
Terry was speaking in light of criticism directed towards Chelsea for their disrespectful behaviour towards Mike Riley on Wednesday night.
It was the latest in a series of incidents which have led for calls to introduce new rules that would only allow captains to speak to referees.
"I think it'll be one of them where I'll have to give it a go," said Terry.
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"But if it doesn't work then the FA will have to say no, it isn't working," he told BBC Radio 5 Live's Sportsweek programme.
Chelsea players surrounded referee Riley appearing to bully him out of red carding Ashley Cole following a late tackle on Alan Hutton during Wednesday's 4-4 draw with Tottenham.
Cole has been widely condemned for his behaviour towards Riley to whom he refused to acknowledge or even look at as the referee attempted to yellow card him.
But Terry has defended the behaviour of the Chelsea players following the incident.
"It is a natural reaction," he said.
"The fans show their frustration and the players do the same because they are passionate about the game.
"I do agree there has to be a line drawn and confronting the referee has to be taken out of the game."
The behaviour of footballers and the standard of tackling has come under intense scrutiny in recent weeks but Terry does not believe the game has changed or that challenges or attitudes are getting worse.
These tackles have gone on for years and have never been spoken of before
John Terry
"I personally don't think it has got out of hand and I don't think it is any worse than it used to be," he said.
"It is just being publicised and spoken about a bit more at the moment.
"These tackles have gone on for years and have never been spoken of before.
"Usually it was just a yellow card and everyone would get on with it. Now it is spoken about on television and publicised in the papers and ex-referees are given their views and the game has moved on a lot."
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Terry of all people :lol:lol:lol

[jonesy]

They've got the rule where only captains can confront the ref in rugby union and it works well. I also think Footy would benefit from the sin bin strategy as well. Gives players time to think about the yellow they've just got, and it makes them think twice as hard about getting one in the first place due to the advantage it gives the opponent.

[Ronaldo]

:lol: bit hypocritical! the idea of the captain v ref would be ok but im not for the sin bin if it ever came up as a possibility

[wednesday4life]

theres already rules preventing players confronting officials- refs just choose to ignore them

as for sin bins- tackles are already being abandonned (probably on health and safety grounds) that would get rid completely

[Black Swan]

They've got the rule where only captains can confront the ref in rugby union and it works well. I also think Footy would benefit from the sin bin strategy as well. Gives players time to think about the yellow they've just got, and it makes them think twice as hard about getting one in the first place due to the advantage it gives the opponent.

Yes it is an option that has been mentioned and discussed in the past, will it ever be introduced into the game, I don't know.

Although I am a football fan, I think rugby players have far more respect for officials, than some of the excuse for men that play our beautiful game of football.

All the diving, cheating and play acting that some of the present day football stars resort to is sickening and would be ridiculed on the rugby field.

Yes a sin bin would be a step in the right direction, but I cannot see it happening.

[jonesy]

:lol: bit hypocritical! the idea of the captain v ref would be ok but im not for the sin bin if it ever came up as a possibility
rugby union fans felt the same way when it was first proposed in their sport, but i think you'd be hard pressed to find one that doesn't think its helped improve discipline in the game now.