@sufferingspurs You need strikers to score goals to win games on a regular. Ours don't, and you can't rely on goals from random defenders and midfielders to get you wins. This is why my optimism is shot.
@CGRoberts1973@HotspurLane It wouldn't galvanise a dressing room. It would say you're such a poor set of players that we are going to sign a totally unfit and out of form player to save us... It's a fantasy to believe he could play in the premier league for the next 2 and a half months.
@LBofBexley the level of traffic in the borough currently caused by numerous road closures or temporary traffic controls is an absolute nightmare for small businesses in #sidcup. There seems no strategy, and feels like no end in sight. One ends, another starts. Huge Frustration
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My 15-year-old son refereed his very first game of football today. His first game — and his last.
Will there be a second? No.
In just one match he was shouted at more times than I could keep track of. And I don’t mean the usual “ref, how long?” kind of stuff. I mean full-on screeching, screaming, and being called “stupid,” “thick,” “blind” — and those were the polite words. He was called a cheat. He had expletives thrown at him by grown adults.
Why? Because he gave a throw-in the “wrong” way. Because he didn’t see a foul the way someone else thought he should. Because he dared to make a call that somebody didn’t like.
He’s 15. He’s learning. He’s not perfect — no referee is. But he was fair. He went out there with no bias, no agenda, just a love for the game and a willingness to step up so others could play.
And the abuse broke him. After just one game, he walked off and said, “I’m done.”
So to everyone who shouted, screamed, and tore into him today: don’t dress it up as “passion.” Your “passion” has cost the game a referee. Your “passion” has driven a young lad away after just 90 minutes.
One less referee.
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