'Who's the Wa#ker in the black!'
In a game of football it should be the goals or at the very least the action that should be talked about by the fans but sadly a lot of the time it's about the officials; and how they have ruined the game.
Sadly for the game and the fans that pay to watch it 'common sense' isn't used.
Manchester United's left back Nani was sent off for a fifty/fifty challenge that at most was a yellow card. The official made a name for himself and ruined the game. I have seen the same sort of challenge in four different games since; on every occasion not one card was shown!
So is 'common sense' not used or just by a few?
Some players don't help the situation by going down like they've been harpooned! That is such a lack of respect to the fans, who pay a lot of money to watch and to fellow professionals.
Match officials look for a player’s reaction and that has some influence on the decision; if they aren't hurt why milk it?
The thing that gets every fan is the 'holding the wrong part of the body' injury. A player 'gets kicked' in the ankle but holds his ribs as if they'll fall apart if he lets go of them!
Sadly the referees see this and take action, believing the player is hurt. Don't get me wrong I know injuries happen and can't be helped but these 'acting' players don't seem to care about that.
A perfectly good game of football was ruined on Sunday at Loftus Road by an 'acting' player and two officials that didn't use 'common sense'.
Now every match is important but this one could decide if a club stays in the Premier League; so even more important!
Phil Dowd was the man in charge and overall his performance was to be polite, 'wanting'.
QPR's Bobby Zamora went in high and contact was minimal; time for 'common sense' to take over and again the most it deserved was a yellow card.
Mr Dowd wanted some headlines of his own as often his colleagues do; to hell with the fans!
The standard of officials in the Premier League is poor to say the least but its not much better elsewhere either!
These days they don't often were black but just change the colour of the top and the song is the same all over the world.
How we'd all like to give referees a good kick in the balls.