Doesn't make abuse acceptable though.
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Or possibly he was relieved. Or possibly someone cracked a joke. Or possibly he was saying the letter "A". Or possibly he was trying to wind his opponent up. Or possibly he was trying to wind YOU up. Or, possibly, you imagined it. Either way, its pretty flimsy evidence of anything at all really.
The referee was clueless highlighted by the original penalty decision. How could he award & then allow himself to be over ruled?
Softic got booked I think for pushing/manhandling the ref but he could ahve booked other players too.
The Bray player got booked for arguing with the linesman. He would have been ok if he just questioned initially but it seemed he took too long & would not let it go which is why he was booked.
Interesting to hear Pat Scully complain about the Bray pitch on Newstalk. While he did not name Bray directly he seemed to suggest some clubs had a reason not to keep their pitch in good condition. This was also after he was informed Bray were the only club with sprinkler system...
Ref was bad but the lino was far worse. From your possition it may not have looked as bad, but trust me, was close to the decisions and he was useless. And with the Cawley situation its more the inconsistancy of him that annoyed me, if you get one player booked for having a go you have to get them all booked.