Oooh, that bloody ref!!
Round Ball Footy couldn't keep quiet any longer ... it's time for an extended rant.
That bloody ref nearly cost us the game - plus the hopes and dreams of a nation historically hard-done by on the world stage of Round Ball Footy.
Notwithstandingly your opinion of the alleged opening 'goal', numerous soft free kicks against the Green & Gold gifted undeserved chances to the Blue Samurai and lost us possession in the midfield. A little bit of spine in response to the constant diving and simulations displayed by Japan wouldn't have gone astray either.
Well, well, well, Essam Abd El Fatah, hope you weren't planning a holiday to Australia any time soon.
83 minutes into the Socceroos crucial pool game against Japan, and millions of Aussie supporters were cursing you every which way. And only some late Socceroo magic saved you from the full extent of the Maestro's wrath.
And this even after the devious comments in the match lead-up - which were so obviously intended to sway the ref's opinion - about the unfairness of Australia's hard-nosed game-play.
So, what's the damage Mr Abd El Fatah has inflicted upon us?
First, the penalty count (22-11) doesn't have much of an effect in the cool light of day, other than having caused a few hoarse throats from yelling obscenities. But the 4 yellows (RBF counted 2 for 'backchat'!!??!!) Essam issued sure sting.
It looks like the naughty foursome Vincenzo, Moore, Timmy the Hero, and John Weezy might have to watch themselves in their next two matches.
Hopefully, we get assigned a ref with a little more big-match experience for the Brazil and Croatia games, because there's sure to be even more mind games from Parreira and Kranjcar in the coming week - trying to put some more pressure on the refs to over-penalise Australia.
One final note - after all this whistle-blowing, how the hell did Luke 'The Cutter' Wilkshire manage to stay out of the ref's book. He's been a bit sluggish of late, and Guus wouldn't be sweating if he was the only 'Roo forced to do a bit of bench-warming from here on in.
Ok, rant over. I feel much better now.
That bloody ref nearly cost us the game - plus the hopes and dreams of a nation historically hard-done by on the world stage of Round Ball Footy.
Notwithstandingly your opinion of the alleged opening 'goal', numerous soft free kicks against the Green & Gold gifted undeserved chances to the Blue Samurai and lost us possession in the midfield. A little bit of spine in response to the constant diving and simulations displayed by Japan wouldn't have gone astray either.
Well, well, well, Essam Abd El Fatah, hope you weren't planning a holiday to Australia any time soon.
83 minutes into the Socceroos crucial pool game against Japan, and millions of Aussie supporters were cursing you every which way. And only some late Socceroo magic saved you from the full extent of the Maestro's wrath.
And this even after the devious comments in the match lead-up - which were so obviously intended to sway the ref's opinion - about the unfairness of Australia's hard-nosed game-play.
So, what's the damage Mr Abd El Fatah has inflicted upon us?
First, the penalty count (22-11) doesn't have much of an effect in the cool light of day, other than having caused a few hoarse throats from yelling obscenities. But the 4 yellows (RBF counted 2 for 'backchat'!!??!!) Essam issued sure sting.
It looks like the naughty foursome Vincenzo, Moore, Timmy the Hero, and John Weezy might have to watch themselves in their next two matches.
Hopefully, we get assigned a ref with a little more big-match experience for the Brazil and Croatia games, because there's sure to be even more mind games from Parreira and Kranjcar in the coming week - trying to put some more pressure on the refs to over-penalise Australia.
One final note - after all this whistle-blowing, how the hell did Luke 'The Cutter' Wilkshire manage to stay out of the ref's book. He's been a bit sluggish of late, and Guus wouldn't be sweating if he was the only 'Roo forced to do a bit of bench-warming from here on in.
Ok, rant over. I feel much better now.
posted by Davos Owl at 4:53 PM
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Very thoughtfull and insightfull comments.
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