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With all the talk of the re-launch of the Respect Campaign and, putatively, its rigid and rigorous enforcement from next season onwards, I'm really concerned over the effect and possible ruination of football, as we know it, which could/would ensue.

Unless there are well thought out exemptions allowed - and clearly stated - chaos and uncertainty could follow in all Divisions, but especially in the Premiership.

For instance, all Manchester United players will have to be made totally exempt from the new enforcements:- all products of their academy have surrounding and threatening the referee incorporated into their genes from an early age and all their purchases also share this trait. If they were estopped from 'doing what comes naturally', it could be regarded as discrimination against the most popular team in the world and even a possible transgression of their basic and inaliable Human Rights under Article 10 (Right to Freedom of Expression). Moreover, if Wayne Rooney had to "Zip up the Lip"; he would become a markedly lesser player and, ultimately, it would jeopardise England's prospects of glory in foreign fields. This cannot be allowed to happen.

By the same criteria, Sir Alex Ferguson; the most popular, likeable and knowledgeable football manager of all time; should also be exempt from compliance with the re-launched regulations. Referees not recruited into Sir Alex's fold, should always be prepared to come under his jovial and genial Scottish perceptions, after games in which [strike]dubious[/strike] decisions did not go the way of the Old Trafford maestro. His good natured banter toward officials should be regarded as exactly that and evidence of the magnanimity of his sense of humour. He should be praised for it, rather than being castigated.

Finally, former players of Manchester United now plying their trades with other teams, or even managing other clubs after their footballing careers ended, should also be exempted on the same grounds as set out in the instances above.

If the re-launched campaign is allowed to be implemented across the board, without grace or favour, the very essence of football as we know it will never be the same again.

I really am worried..............

I would be more than happy to see most of our English referees launched...somewhere into outer space would do for me.

easy to get 'respect' i.e. stop the arguing - if you're not the captain and you protest to the ref, you get a yellow card. Give it about 2 weeks and a couple of dozen sending offs and watch it change.

Obviously, the FA hasn't got the bottle.

Mikhail Chigorin wrote:With all the talk of the re-launch of the Respect Campaign and, putatively, its rigid and rigorous enforcement from next season onwards, I'm really concerned over the effect and possible ruination of football, as we know it, which could/would ensue.

Unless there are well thought out exemptions allowed - and clearly stated - chaos and uncertainty could follow in all Divisions, but especially in the Premiership.

For instance, all Manchester United players will have to be made totally exempt from the new enforcements:- all products of their academy have surrounding and threatening the referee incorporated into their genes from an early age and all their purchases also share this trait. If they were estopped from 'doing what comes naturally', it could be regarded as discrimination against the most popular team in the world and even a possible transgression of their basic and inaliable Human Rights under Article 10 (Right to Freedom of Expression). Moreover, if Wayne Rooney had to "Zip up the Lip"; he would become a markedly lesser player and, ultimately, it would jeopardise England's prospects of glory in foreign fields. This cannot be allowed to happen.

By the same criteria, Sir Alex Ferguson; the most popular, likeable and knowledgeable football manager of all time; should also be exempt from compliance with the re-launched regulations. Referees not recruited into Sir Alex's fold, should always be prepared to come under his jovial and genial Scottish perceptions, after games in which [strike]dubious[/strike] decisions did not go the way of the Old Trafford maestro. His good natured banter toward officials should be regarded as exactly that and evidence of the magnanimity of his sense of humour. He should be praised for it, rather than being castigated.

Finally, former players of Manchester United now plying their trades with other teams, or even managing other clubs after their footballing careers ended, should also be exempted on the same grounds as set out in the instances above.

If the re-launched campaign is allowed to be implemented across the board, without grace or favour, the very essence of football as we know it will never be the same again.

I really am worried..............

Funny that.
Very good
Sometimes though I'm told the truth is often spoken in jest.
I wonder how close to the truth you are.

Rag_hater wrote:

Mikhail Chigorin wrote:With all the talk of the re-launch of the Respect Campaign and, putatively, its rigid and rigorous enforcement from next season onwards, I'm really concerned over the effect and possible ruination of football, as we know it, which could/would ensue.

Unless there are well thought out exemptions allowed - and clearly stated - chaos and uncertainty could follow in all Divisions, but especially in the Premiership.

For instance, all Manchester United players will have to be made totally exempt from the new enforcements:- all products of their academy have surrounding and threatening the referee incorporated into their genes from an early age and all their purchases also share this trait. If they were estopped from 'doing what comes naturally', it could be regarded as discrimination against the most popular team in the world and even a possible transgression of their basic and inaliable Human Rights under Article 10 (Right to Freedom of Expression). Moreover, if Wayne Rooney had to "Zip up the Lip"; he would become a markedly lesser player and, ultimately, it would jeopardise England's prospects of glory in foreign fields. This cannot be allowed to happen.

By the same criteria, Sir Alex Ferguson; the most popular, likeable and knowledgeable football manager of all time; should also be exempt from compliance with the re-launched regulations. Referees not recruited into Sir Alex's fold, should always be prepared to come under his jovial and genial Scottish perceptions, after games in which [strike]dubious[/strike] decisions did not go the way of the Old Trafford maestro. His good natured banter toward officials should be regarded as exactly that and evidence of the magnanimity of his sense of humour. He should be praised for it, rather than being castigated.

Finally, former players of Manchester United now plying their trades with other teams, or even managing other clubs after their footballing careers ended, should also be exempted on the same grounds as set out in the instances above.

If the re-launched campaign is allowed to be implemented across the board, without grace or favour, the very essence of football as we know it will never be the same again.

I really am worried..............

Funny that.
Very good
Sometimes though I'm told the truth is often spoken in jest.
I wonder how close to the truth you are.

Ouch !!!!

Well, you can't blame Rag Hater on this thread Mikhail....You bloody started it.....:-)

Fuck the respect campaign, fuck it up the arse till it bleeds.

How about a 'Competent Referee Campaign', then maybe they will give us something to respect.

Mikhail Chigorin wrote:

Rag_hater wrote:

Mikhail Chigorin wrote:With all the talk of the re-launch of the Respect Campaign and, putatively, its rigid and rigorous enforcement from next season onwards, I'm really concerned over the effect and possible ruination of football, as we know it, which could/would ensue.

Unless there are well thought out exemptions allowed - and clearly stated - chaos and uncertainty could follow in all Divisions, but especially in the Premiership.

For instance, all Manchester United players will have to be made totally exempt from the new enforcements:- all products of their academy have surrounding and threatening the referee incorporated into their genes from an early age and all their purchases also share this trait. If they were estopped from 'doing what comes naturally', it could be regarded as discrimination against the most popular team in the world and even a possible transgression of their basic and inaliable Human Rights under Article 10 (Right to Freedom of Expression). Moreover, if Wayne Rooney had to "Zip up the Lip"; he would become a markedly lesser player and, ultimately, it would jeopardise England's prospects of glory in foreign fields. This cannot be allowed to happen.

By the same criteria, Sir Alex Ferguson; the most popular, likeable and knowledgeable football manager of all time; should also be exempt from compliance with the re-launched regulations. Referees not recruited into Sir Alex's fold, should always be prepared to come under his jovial and genial Scottish perceptions, after games in which [strike]dubious[/strike] decisions did not go the way of the Old Trafford maestro. His good natured banter toward officials should be regarded as exactly that and evidence of the magnanimity of his sense of humour. He should be praised for it, rather than being castigated.

Finally, former players of Manchester United now plying their trades with other teams, or even managing other clubs after their footballing careers ended, should also be exempted on the same grounds as set out in the instances above.

If the re-launched campaign is allowed to be implemented across the board, without grace or favour, the very essence of football as we know it will never be the same again.

I really am worried..............

Funny that.
Very good
Sometimes though I'm told the truth is often spoken in jest.
I wonder how close to the truth you are.

Ouch !!!!

Thought it would be more of an Umh than an Ouch.
Then again me being wrong is nothing new.

"UMH!!!"

john68 wrote:"UMH!!!"

Rrrh
You got me.

Uhmm.....me too !!

However, it only takes one weak-kneed, lily-livered referee (probably one of Fergiescum's signings), to allow the Scum retards to surround him in a game and for that referee to do nothing about it, for the entire Respect campaign to be reduced to total farce and collapse.

Ironically, when this happens, other sides will have had players booked/sent off in the meantime, so the Scum will also get a further, albeit relatively temporary, advantage from this.

The whole issue is a complete non-starter because of the vested interest of one particular Club.