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Will Roger Johnson get in trouble following his rant at ref Martin Atkinson?
Roger Johnson launched a scathing attack on referee Martin Atkinson following the controversy that clouded the Second City derby
http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/aston-villa-fc/aston-villa-news/2010/04/26/birmingham-city-roger-johnson-launches-scathing-attack-against-second-city-derby-referee-martin-atkinson-97319-26316518/
The Blues centre-half also labelled the Football Association’s Respect The Ref campaign a ‘joke’.
Johnson was adjudged to have brought down Villa striker Gabby Agbonlahor in the Blues box in the 82nd minute and was shown a yellow card. However, TV replays showed that Johnson clearly won the ball with his sliding tackle and that it was not a foul.
Johnson also called on Atkinson to either apologise or explain himself. “He should explain himself,” continued Johnson. “I said to him ‘if you’ve got anything about you then you’ll come and apologise’ so we’ll see if he does that.
“You can’t talk to them. They ask for respect nowadays but the whole respect campaign is a joke. You can’t talk to them, they tell you to go away. When a player does it he gets sent off. So that respect campaign means nothing."
I have no allegiances with Birmingham but I can understand Johnson's anger. It was a bad decision.
Bad decision aside, why do ref's not explain themselves? This season it seems like at least 1 match (sometimes more) every week is adversely affected by the ref.
Should ref's be made to give a post match interview?
http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/aston-villa-fc/aston-villa-news/2010/04/26/birmingham-city-roger-johnson-launches-scathing-attack-against-second-city-derby-referee-martin-atkinson-97319-26316518/
The Blues centre-half also labelled the Football Association’s Respect The Ref campaign a ‘joke’.
Johnson was adjudged to have brought down Villa striker Gabby Agbonlahor in the Blues box in the 82nd minute and was shown a yellow card. However, TV replays showed that Johnson clearly won the ball with his sliding tackle and that it was not a foul.
Johnson also called on Atkinson to either apologise or explain himself. “He should explain himself,” continued Johnson. “I said to him ‘if you’ve got anything about you then you’ll come and apologise’ so we’ll see if he does that.
“You can’t talk to them. They ask for respect nowadays but the whole respect campaign is a joke. You can’t talk to them, they tell you to go away. When a player does it he gets sent off. So that respect campaign means nothing."
I have no allegiances with Birmingham but I can understand Johnson's anger. It was a bad decision.
Bad decision aside, why do ref's not explain themselves? This season it seems like at least 1 match (sometimes more) every week is adversely affected by the ref.
Should ref's be made to give a post match interview?
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They're not allowed to, for what reason I don't know.
I agree with what Roger Johnson is saying. The respect campaign is a joke. Not so much because of the refs, but because of the FA. They protect them far too much.
It is a joke. There wasn't much respect being shown whe he was stamping his feet and shouting at the ref, along with other team mates.
It's not just them though most players still give the ref lip, so the campaign doesn't do much by way of stopping that.
The Scum proving yet again what they are all about, and Larson's behaviour was pathetic too.
The referee has to make a decision based on a split second view and will inevitably get it wrong on some occasions. In this case it may well be that Atkinson thought that there was no contact with the ball and that was reason why he gave the penalty.
But if he has to stand in front of a camera and say that after numerous replays suggest he was wrong, what does that do for his integrity?
And what about respect? Why should a referee try and have a reasoned debate with 3 or 4 players screaming and swearing in his face. If they disagree with the decision NOTHING the referee says is going to change that.
A question for you...
Is a referees decision to award an incorrect penalty more of a howler than a player missing an open goal from 4 yards?
If your answer is no, then why is it only the referees who get the blame?
If your answer is yes, then I suggest you think again about the question...
Referees DO make mistakes but on the whole they get decisions right.
If players, managers and fans want 100% then the game will have to be stopped at every incident and a team of representatives from each side decide what is the correct decision. Welcome to fourteen hour games, people!!!
He should get in trouble, it was a genuine mistake. I've seen some awful refereeing this season but it looked like a penalty to me and on the replays you could just about see the faintest touch of the ball.
Or the respect Carr showed by standing and kicking the penalty spot.
That, combined with him scuffing the penalty spot with his boot just before Milner took his penalty means Carr should have the book thrown at him...vile prick.
As for Johnson...he should be allowed to say what he thinks, but he'll get punished for it.
I didn't see that - It really does beggar belief :rolleyes:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/birminghamcity/7634557/Stephen-Carr-refuses-to-apologise-for-gesture-at-Aston-Villa-fans.html
Not saying it should, just pointing out what a hypocrite Johnson is.
As for Carr..... It's an over reaction from the fans. Pretendy outrage because of who he plays for. There is always some talking points when the two teams play. He was in the wrong, but its hardly crime of the century...
They all have a meeting on the Monday and review each others decisions with the assessors and the Head of Referees (Mike Riley these days) and that's why the prefer to keep schtum
David Elleray complained about it in his book, saying he'd have liked the opportunity to explain himself but he did it once and got a bollocking from the FA