Human Dynamics - Bearing in mind this is deep into the 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] half. Waaaaaay after the ref has made (in my opinion), error after error after error, been inconsistent irritated the captain already. Hasn’t communicated his decisions (other than with his hand signals), so we don’t know who’s “infringed” for most of the time. I think it human dynamics to get frustrated at this point and natural to show it. Not licence to be abusive or intimidating, but certainly natural to display some form of displeasure.
A decent referee – A decent referee also communicates clearly, who he’s penalised. Also he makes good sound decisions most of the time. He made a correct call that I remember our 10 went to contest the ball after a tackle but lost his feet and went over. Pinged correctly, no problem with that. That seemed to be in the minority though. I’ll speak to you on Monday meant – I don’t want to argue with you here, let’s chat on Monday about it – when we’ve both calmed down. At that point I didn’t think he was a tw*t. I still don’t, just not a good ref.
How is my fitness level/skill level/ability to fit into the teams pattern, impacting his game. Me being slow has zero impact on his own decision making. Your point here in the context of the thread is invalid and has nothing to do with the refs performance or enjoyment of the game. The opposite a poor ref (or at least a poor display), can impact the players enjoyment of the game can be true though. A referee is there to facilitate a game of rugby, not be the main man in the middle that is the main talking point, which he was.
I appreciate the most res are humble and want to improve, I fall into this category. Most of the time the refs have told the capt, I saw you 7 offside or 10 was competing after the ruck formed or something like that. That fine but when asked who was infringing the ref on Sat was either unable to unwilling to disclose this top secret information. I try not to be snide, I really do. But you get to a point, I’m only human after all.
I’m on the side of rugby. I don’t mind (don’t like it but I get accept it), if we get beat by a better team or team who just wanted it more. I’m not gonna lose any sleep over that sleep over that SimonSmith, but if you come over to Arbroath, I’ll still buy you a pint.