Comments on: Wear Red, See Yellow

By: Ray

Ray — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 13:23:24 +0000

I’ve watched a few matches including TT vs England. From the start it was obvious this referee was totally enamoured with the English side and overwhelmed by the moment.

I am surprised he simply didn’t start asking for autographs while dishing out yellow cards to T&T.

Other matches have had similar results. Out of control referess trying to influence the game or get their names in the press or both.

FIFA should be embarassed with the lack of quality and total lack of evenhandedness.
It almost appears the fix is in for some of these matches.

As for Crouch, he proved to be a dirty player through out the match. He should have been carded at least once, not including his goal in which the foul was so obvious only this ref(?)could have missed it.

Even the English players seemed embarassed by it all as it ruined what was a cliff-hanger match.

By: Anil

Anil — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 18:00:53 +0000

Stinky Crouch!, Boooooo! last minute dirty move by him (hair pulling), he should not paly in the next few games and should be embarrassed to show his face in england. Refs should be allowed to see replay to make goal official if appeal is made, what can be done about this in football? Win with pride not with a dirty move like that, he is already so tall, why Crouch? You will get what is comming to you…….

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 15:45:36 +0000

Dickon Springate then go! Leave! No-ones stopping you, whinger.

By: owen

owen — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 06:11:13 +0000

nice comment there trogly

and I completely agree about the yellows stacy-marie – I would NEVER have called T&T wild or even rough. Touch certainly, going in hard certainly. To be fair to the england players I don’t think you see them complaining or getting mad or doing any more than the heat of the moment (except for crouch’s hair thing – and see trogly for that)

refs are supposed to be calling offsides looser too and I haven’t seen that apart from the very first game

By: Troglydyte

Troglydyte — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 04:42:05 +0000

Crouch’s little tug was reprehensible. Unfortunate that he stained England’s victory that way, but also unfair to generalize to the entire English team.

I’ve heartily enjoyed watching T&T play. Shakka Hislop, with whom I happen to share a variation of a surname, has turned in an exciting and persuasive performance. None of his saves could be dismissed as lucky.

But going too far down the chain of causation to reverse engineer a tie or a defeat for England if only it hadn’t happened is kind of pointless. Crouch may have lended a dubious goal, but he also choked hard on a handful of solid scoring opportunities — entirely unforced errors, in fact — that should have been easy.

Arguably, his poor finishing hurt England more than his hair-pulling helped.

Also, the bystanders who dismiss England for coming up dry so often against T&T are not doing the Soca Warriors proper justice. Such judgments require a condescending underestimation of T&T that they’re better off without.

By: Dickon Springate

Dickon Springate — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 03:10:09 +0000

Definetly a bad day for being English … no wonder I want to leave this country so badly at times.

By: stacy-marie ishmael

stacy-marie ishmael — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 00:34:27 +0000

Jeremy – your blog is very good indeed.

By: Jeremy Taylor

Jeremy Taylor — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 00:25:39 +0000

Apparently the rulebook says that White Shirts suffer collisions while Red Shirts commit fouls.

By: LEANNA

LEANNA — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 23:17:21 +0000

I WANT A REPLAY I THINK MY COUNTRY TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO WOULD GIVE ENGLAND A FIGHT LIKE THAT AGAIN ANYWHERE ANYTIME BOO FOR CROUCH

By: Rhythmwize

Rhythmwize — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 22:19:02 +0000

FIFA is trying to clean up the game and get more scoring but it appears the refs are going overboard with the yellows in many cases. Ive seen a couple times where yellows were issued and replays showed it wasnt even a foul. The grumbling will really start when many players get a second yellow and will be suspended for a game.

As far as the Crouch goal goes, that is one shocking video. Watching it live, I didnt see the foul but something didnt look right with the way it was defended…like Sancho was out of position to jump and challenge for the cross and now, perhaps we know why.