Crazy thing is as a ref you'd* cancel games on frosted frozen rutted pitches in February on safety grounds but play on hard-baked, rock hard rutted pitches in May.
I'll stop a week and a day after everyone let's "England" go. Deal?
To be fair we get more agitated about that unrecognised goal against the Germans these days.I don't think you should let it go, its not just the fact that Scotland were robbed or lost,its more than that, the thing is unlike England who have a multitude of winners in all different sports, and will have many more opportunities to make finals, or win medals, smaller countries such as Ireland and Scotland have much rarer opportunities, so when it happens the joy is immense or doesn't in the case of Scotland the pain is hard to swallow,.....so why should you just get over it, ........
anyone remember the hand of god, if not you'll hear and see plenty about it come the next football world cup.....
Basic problem is that SH and NH refs alike referee test matches to standards of materiality, and under the constraints of "It's showbiz folks", that few of us can understand and even fewer would be able to cope with.
I thought it was ultimately, a clumsy attempt at a deliberate knock-on by the Scotland player to deny the Australian player the ball - as such it should have been reviewed...a bit like the arm fully extended going for the interception, collection, and possibly a try movement...with Ben Skeen whispering sweet nothings into Craig Joubert's ear along the way. Ungentlemanly fallout maybe, but Scotland have a lot to be aggrieved about. Joubert has been summed up by those that know...goodbye him. (Peyper is next...
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No, but they do, in effect, get cited. As CJ has been. "Sorry mate, not good enough for the last two rounds." It is a shame because he was one of the few elite refs who would do his stint online answering questions from joe public on the SARefs forum.
