Violent attack on referee in Turkish league

[Chozz]

Its probably only a matter of time before this happens here...already trouble brewing in grassroots games.

Who would want to be a ref???

And this was the club president who attacked him!

 

[Shevin Keedy]

Its probably only a matter of time before this happens here...already trouble brewing in grassroots games.

Who would want to be a ref???

And this was the club president who attacked him!

Mad shiny thick soled loafers on el presidente there like.

 

[chrismpw]

Crap. That's another points deduction coning our way.

 

[Goat]

Turkish football on hold after club president punches referee

Referee Halil Umut Meler is knocked to the ground by a football club president following a Turkish Super Lig game, leading officials to suspend all matches.

www.bbc.co.uk

Good to see them take it so seriously.

 

[longers]

guy who punched him apparently won a fair play award last year lol

 

[Bedfordblue]

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

That's that kind of mentality that sees you signing up to an Everton forum to push the dodgy goods you are trying to flog the team.

 

[Bedfordblue]

Its probably only a matter of time before this happens here...already trouble brewing in grassroots games.

Who would want to be a ref???

And this was the club president who attacked him!

It is troubling and completely disgraceful but the likes of the PGMOL don’t help them, given all the cameras and tech available yet they still can’t referee consistently and both try to justify poor decisions / ineptitude with complete BS and fail to demonstrate any accountability.
Without some sort of change it is inevitable her too I fear (fans rather than club officials mind!)
Suspect their immediate response here will be to brandish cards like confetti to anyone bar the captains approaching them (unless it’s the scab 6 of course)

 

[BlueInNZ]

It is troubling and completely disgraceful but the likes of the PGMOL don’t help them, given all the cameras and tech available yet they still can’t referee consistently and both try to justify poor decisions / ineptitude with complete BS and fail to demonstrate any accountability.
Without some sort of change it is inevitable her too I fear (fans rather than club officials mind!)
Suspect their immediate response here will be to brandish cards like confetti to anyone bar the captains approaching them (unless it’s the scab 6 of course)

There is no “but”. It’s an assault on a referee, several assaults by the sound of it, and 100% out of order.

This should be roundly condemned with no ifs, no buts, no excuses.

 

[COYBL25]

There is no “but”. It’s an assault on a referee, several assaults by the sound of it, and 100% out of order.

This should be roundly condemned with no ifs, no buts, no excuses.

Spot on mate, if that happened on the street, they’d all be locked up and charged, no ifs or buts.

 

[thirdmantackle]

That's terrible

Could have done with Bill decking a few referees the past two decades

 

[Bedfordblue]

There is no “but”. It’s an assault on a referee, several assaults by the sound of it, and 100% out of order.

This should be roundly condemned with no ifs, no buts, no excuses.

Don’t disagree with you or condone it, not quite sure why you think my post does tbh.
Maybe if written ‘alas’ instead of ‘but’, my point was referees are put in a difficult position by the ineptitude and hubris of the likes of PMGOL. That difficult position has seemingly become an actual risk of harm in Turkey which of course is completely unacceptable.
Still think we’re not far from something similar here they way they’re going.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Why was he so mad that he hit him?

That has to be a next level bad decision from a ref to get someone that angry (either that or the dude is a psycho)

 

[arch stanton]

That's terrible

Could have done with Bill decking a few referees the past two decades

he could have done much worse than that, he could have given them some tickets for his shows

 

[MikeH72]

Shocking (I still advocate this happening to Anthony Taylor)