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The Nick Armitage Column
Spineless
In this age of political correctness, we
are not allowed to say that the French are cowards and the Romanians are
sly. Despite what centuries of history have shown us, you are just not allowed
to state the blindingly obvious. Laurent Duhamel, the French referee, was a
shithouse from the kick-off to the final whistle. Not only was he a shithouse,
he was an incompetent shithouse. He was also a coward. That’s not a good
combination of attributes for a top-level referee, but only God knows how he
ever got anywhere near to the top. How a man so near to the action could get so
many decisions wrong was beyond me. The useless French arsehole’s
incompetence did however allow Ferguson to stay on the pitch. Whatever Ferguson
turned around and smacked their centre half for was in all probability fully
justified; considering the treatment that was dished out, I am surprised that
Duncan stayed so calm. I sincerely hope that punch hurt. Duncan normally
smacks or strangles someone once a season but for once he got away with it, the
television cameras didn’t appear to pick it up and the linesman who was in line
with it also missed it, quelle surprise but what else could we have
expected from another incompetent French arsehole? The physical assaults that
were perpetrated by the Romanian low-life last night were far worse than
anything I have ever seen on a football pitch — and that includes Sunday League
where some fellas turn up only to inflict pain on people. I had never seen
the like of Almost as bad was the old Italian centre-halves trick of a
head-butt in the back of the head. James McFadden was the unlucky recipient of
that one, again right in front of the referee, and quelle surprise our
incompetent French arsehole of a referee didn’t even give a free kick. I could
go on and on but scum like that aren’t worth raising the blood pressure over; I
have wiped better off my shoe. If that is what is involved in European football
then I’d rather not watch it. Uefa should take action but the chances of that
happening are the same as Chelsea coming third in the Premiership. Uefa don’t
care about cheating or referees that ruin the game, as long as the money keeps
coming in the football authorities will continue to turn a blind eye to the
welfare and safety of players and the integrity of the game. The Everton
players left the pitch with their heads held high, they gave it all but on the
night a four-goal deficit against a team of cheating cowards and a poor, weak
referee was just too much to overcome. If it counts for anything I was proud of
that Everton team last night.
Nick Armitage
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