whistling for the big teams

[rivers]

I support a relatively small team, Fulham, and I must say I am getting tired of people who says refs whistle for the big teams and pick on the small teams. This is crap and totally unfair to the refs, and is just an excuse. I'm not saying the refs are perfect, they make mistakes, but they go both ways.

The Fulham-Man U game last week was a prime example of this. Man U scores a goal which was marginally offside...big deal, that doesn't mean the refs are picking on a small team, yet on all the Fulham message boards I go to everyone was pleading this was the case. Yet, one our goals came via a hand-ball, which the ref missed, nobody said anything. I think this is a hypocrisy that needs to end.

Claiming the refs whistle for the big teams is merely an excuse used by the supporters of smaller teams to explain the loss.

Thoughts?

[intechpc]

In my limited experience, I found that the any losing team will pick the refs as the first place to lay blame for their failure. I've had teams (parents, coaches, players) that lost by one and teams that lost by 9 blame me. It doesn't matter what you do, you're an easy target and much more convenient than admitting the team was simply outplayed.

[Ref Flunkie]

It's ALWAYS someone else's fault.

[rivers]

I am not talking about just blaming the ref in general, although its true, i am talking about teams who think bigger teams are treated better by refs and smaller teams get harder done by, simply because of the size and reputation of their club

[david58]

It's ALWAYS someone else's fault.

When I get the flamethrower treatment, I always smile and laugh outside, remembering my seven-year-old, after being questioned as to why he hadn't cleaned his room:
MOm: "You couldn't have cleaned it - it's a mess!"
son: "I DID, too!"
Mom: "Then why is it such a disaster?"
Son: "I dunno. Someone climbed in the window and messed it up!"

And I work with folks that do this "logic", too.