No it was me that started it

true but your comments were daft,even whimsical as usual without sounding nasty

btw after spending so much time in france since 1972,i've never seen a french man on a bike with the striped shirt,beret and string of onions - strange eh ? I obviously need to get out more.....

Always thought Alibert was a decent ref anyway and I really think he's come on leaps and bounds.

How he's been criticised when you have the likes Thaler & Child turning in shocking performances is beyond me.

We have so many armchair match officials but very few real ones.

I wonder why?

Because they know they couldn't do it

reffing ? s*d that for a game of darts ! who would want such a thankless job ?

you get slagged of by at least one set of fans each match and if you're french you get called ugly and if you're aussie you get called a cheat
a no-win situation - I think i'll just stay on the sidelines and call them names...

After plenty of playing with the idea I think i'm going to do a refs course this month. As long as my mate drives me that is

I would have thought most English people would laugh it off as an obvious joke in the same way that Americans would at jokes about them all being thick and fat, or Germans as all strict and efficient, or Aussies as all XXXX drinking, criminals. Only someone incredibly insecure about their own or another nations foibles and well known and oft-repeated stereotypes would take virtually anything posted on this thread as serious.

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