This season id like to see a concerted effort from the supporters to respect the visiting referees.
As a ref myself its disheartening to hear the ref being booed off the pitch because decisions didnt go our way.Games are rarely decided by refs, 99% of the time its because of a teams mistakes, sometimes when you are on the back foot for a while it can appear that we arent getting a rub of the green when in fact the ref is getting it bang on.
The ref wont get every decision right and neither will a player make all the right decisions, they also see alot more from their position than we do in the stand.
Im not saying that we have to agree with every decision they make, but booing them off the pitch at half time and full time is simply unacceptable.
Ive never seen a player booed off the pitch at a game because he played badly and even if the ref has a bad game they dont deserve it either.
Id like to see a campaign of sorts by the clan to eradicate this practice altogether.
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