23.3.2008 | 16:26

Dómarinn / Hugleiðing

Mascherano Off as Revenge of the Refs Begins

Revenge of the refs, Steve Bennett Premiership referees are mad as hell, and they’re not going to take it anymore. No more being treated like some sort of parasite, no more listening Wayne Rooney’s limited vocabulary of mostly four letter words, and certainly no more shit from Mr. Ashley Cole.

Last Wednesday, Cole put in a nasty knee-high tackle on Spurs’ Alan Hutton that could easily have been worth a red card. But when Mike Riley tried to show Cashely a yellow, the Chelsea player gave the ref an earful of venom and refused to turn and face him. I would have sent Cole off purley for acting like a dick, but that’s probably why I’m not a Premiership ref. Mike Riley is, and he let its slide. The softy.

But no more. Javier Mascherano’s red card during Liverpool’s 3-0 defeat to Man Utd today was like a warning shot. The revenge of the refs has begun.

It all began when Fernando Torres was brought down by Rio Ferdinand. Torres won the free kick, but started giving out to Steve Bennett for not protecting him enough. So Bennett gave Torres a yellow for dissent. That got Mascherano mad, so the midfielder went over to argue with the ref. And then kept arguing. So Bennett gave Mascherano a yellow for dissent, the Argentinean’s second of the game, so he was off. And angry. It took Rafa Benitez, Steven Gerrard and others to calms Mascherano down and persuade him to leave the field.

In many ways Mascherano’s sending off ruined the game. Man Utd were already one up through Wes Brown’s header, and with a man advantage they scored two more in the second half. I’ve alos got some sympathy for Mascherano and Torres. They couldn’t have expected those cards, because last week they almost definitely would have gotten away with talking to Bennett like that.

But that was last week. Looks like this is a new era where refs don’t take shit from anybody. As with any new rules, it’s going to take some adjusting and there’s going to be a bit of controversy, as there was today.

But in the long run, this has to be a good thing. Increased respect for refs (with the threat of cards to back it up) means the men in the middle having more control, which is one piece in the puzzle of stamping out dangerous tackles from the game. Most importantly, these aren’t new rules. Booking players for dissent is an old rule, and a good one, because it supposedly to ensures the referee’s authority. So maybe now that rule is being enforced again Premiership refs will be able to get on with doing their job properly.

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Athugasemdir

Já ég reyndar er svektur ad sja hvad mér fannst liðið ekki ráda vid pressuna í dag. Reina var mjög stressaður i byrjun og gerði hvert glatað útsparkid á fætur öðru. Varnamennirnir verda stressaðir lika og þannig hrynur i raun leikur liðsins. Thad var greinilega mikill togstreyta i gangi og leikurinn var mjog harður a kabla en dómarinn setti sínar línur mjög skýrar thannig þetta rauda spjald var ótharfi og í raun allveg rétt eftir thad sem a undan gekk. Macherano hefði getað reiknad thetta út og hann var búinn ad vera ad rífa kjaft allan leikinn. En þad er bjart framundan hjá okkur í liverpool nóg af efnilegum og gódum leikmönnum en thad sýndi sig i dag ad United liðið er med passlega blöndu af reyndum og ungum leikmönnum ( Scholes, Van Der Sar, Giggs og Ferdinand) Á medan liverpool Hefur i raun bara (Gerrard og Charrager) sem búa yfir sömu reynslu. Þetta fór illa í dag en þetta hjálpar kanski liðinu til framtíðar og hver veit nema þetta komi mönnum í haminn fyrir Arsenal leikina.

Ingvar Helgi Ómarsson (IP-tala skráð) 23.3.2008 kl. 16:54

Mér fannst þetta bara virkilega verðskuldað spjald og sammála pistlahöfundi að ofan að þetta er góð þróun að dómarar séu loksins farnir að spjalda fyrir kjaftbrúk.. Mascherano varð sér og sínu liði til skammar með þessu rauða spjaldi..

olli peters (IP-tala skráð) 23.3.2008 kl. 17:16

Eins og þroskaðar döðlur ojjjjjj

Ásdís Sigurðardóttir, 23.3.2008 kl. 17:36

Gott Comment Ingvar

Olli segi eins og ég hef sagt áður , skil dómarann varðandi þetta agaleysi í boltanum undanfarið en vona að þetta verði þá ekki eins og hér á landi skallapopparar að setja gult á allt og alla vegna þess að þeir geta ekki höndlað pressuna.

Aftur á móti er ég sammála að eftir að spjaldið var sýnt er ófyrirgefanlegt að drulla sér ekki inní klefa , en auðveldara að segja þetta inní stofu en´inná vellinum í hita og þunga leiksins sem var leikinn undir smá pressu.

Döðlur Ásdís , sagði þér að Arse myndi tapa , hef ekki alltaf rangt fyrir mér bara sjaldnast.