Quote: Pie Eyed "You're absolutely spot on.
And when a player gets something wrong, what's the first thing he generally does?... He apologises to his team-mates.
How often do referees apologise for anything?
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This is such a good point and probably forms 90% of my frustrations with refs.
Like you said, a player makes a mistake and 90% of the time, say sorry. If they didn't, then it would be heavily frowned up. Blaming others and not owning up to your own mistakes is a big no no for most teams.
Use Mago no try as a perfect example. The ref got it wrong, simple as that. Instead of owning it and going to the screen, he doubles down on a bad decision. Quite simply it's wrong and is, imo, a massive FU to everyone else in that ground & watching at home. To them, they are the most important person in that game.