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The other day I had the pleasure of watching Everton and Manchester City. I say pleasure because I’m paying a kings ransom to Sky and Sultana for the privilege and I’m going to enjoy watching every game whether they’re good or not. Before Everton made light work of City by scoring three goals there was a moment on the touchline that basically summed up how horridly two faced and pathetic football has become.
There was an offside decision and in the heat of the moment it looked a little contentious. Had the flag not gone up an Everton player would have been clear in on goal with only the keeper to beat. As play resumed the cameras cut to David Moyes manager of said Everton. He was studying a pitch-side LCD screen. It wasn’t visible to the cameras but clearly he was watching a replay of the offside decision. His face was angry and stressed he was sure that his man hadn’t been offside and the team denied a clear goal scoring opportunity. As the footage rolled though it became apparent to him that the decision was indeed right. His facial expression changed an he could have said OK. I say could have because I’m not a lip reader and it could have been anything. He returned to the touchline to referee the match as he saw it.
If the decision hadn’t been as clear I’m sure he would have been screaming blue murder that a referee had denied his team the chance to score a goal. But here’s the thing… He needed a second, possibly third, look in slow motion no doubt to be sure that it was offside. The referee and assistant had one chance and it was fleeting and they got it right. On David Moyes first instinct he’s have been wrong. It’s not just David Moyes you understand it’s a lot of football managers and players too.
What annoys me is the double standard and lack of respect. I doubt many managers would appear for the post match interview and say ‘I though our player was onside but the ref got it spot on without the need for three angles and five slow motion replays’. No, they’re much more likely to say ‘the ref has cost us three points there something should be done about it because it’s just not good enough’.
Referees and assistants have and always will made mistakes. Complaining about the referee is a cover for losing. Using technology to confirm your own rightness is pathetic. Referee gives a dodgy penalty? Stop complaining and score two goals, you’ll win. It’s all excuses with football managers and footballers and they get away with it more than any profession. In my job if there’s a loss it’s my bad and I have to explain myself. There’s no safety net of an easy target to whom I can apportion all the blame. ‘I’m sorry we dropped 1000 readers last month boss but there was this bloke who gave the opposition a hand there being nothing I could do about that I thought it best to leave it till the end and moan’.
Before Brian Clough died he said something along the lines of; football pundits overreact to every little thing and over sell the importance of minor little things. It’s more so today than it was then and it’s only getting worse. One offside decision causing so much interest is just one such example of this.
As HalfMan Halfiscuit said:
G is for the gnarled face of someone who’s on £90,000 a week and reckoned he should have had a throw in.
As The bloke from Cherry Ghost said:
There’s nothing better than watching 22 dejected millionaires run around in the rain.