Wayne Rooney's infamous and obscene tirade of swearing against referee Graham Poll was forgotten too soon, as the era of player and manager power resulted in a climate of fear where officials seemed to give decisions based on reputations. Players surrounded officials and tried to intimidate them into giving decisions their way, or changing ones that had gone against them. It was having a detrimental effect throughout the game as officials, even in Sunday leagues, left in their droves. Without them there could be no game. Something had to be done to stem the alarming tide of officials leaving the game and to ensure that young players didn't copy the behaviour of top players by insulting and intimidating officials.
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Where's The Respect? (Part Two)
After Darren Purse was sent off Cardiff had no option but to change their plan, so the action was scrappy as the Bluebirds understandably felt hard done by. QPR failed to take full advantage of their numerical advantage and almost paid the price shortly before half time as Peter Whittingham's fine shot passed just over Czerny's bar. Cardiff still had a chance, but it was far harder than it should have been and referee Lee Probert's performance threatened to compromise the future of the Respect Campaign. Just over 13,000 spectators braved the weather, but saw the spectacle ruined by the sending off with just over an hour remaining. Lee Cook was non-committal on whether it was fair to send Purse off, but was more forthcoming in terms of his time at Fulham. “Unfortunately, I didn't get a chance there and I had to come out on loan and start again,” he said. “I was disappointed that I wasn't given a chance really, but I'm at QPR now and my focus is on this team and trying to get them in the Premiership where Fulham are and maybe prove it then. It's a confidence thing.” Cook's loan deal became a permanent transfer in the January transfer window.
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Where's The Respect? (Part Three)
Dave Jones saw his team's efforts count for nothing against Queen's Park Rangers and he was adamant that it was not the fault of his players. Referee, Lee Probert, was the main target of his ire and he was about to deliver a stinging rebuke that would question the future of the FA's Respect Campaign. “You talk about respect in the game,” said Jones. “There’s no respect, because they haven’t respected my players today and the decisions they made were scandalous. I thought we were dominating the game with eleven men. We probably did enough to get something with ten men, but it’s difficult. We’re playing against the referee, who really ruined the game. I think he made the mistake in Darren Purse being sent off. He [Purse] knows he’s made a mistake. He should have let the lad through, but it’s not a sending off. It was never a sending off; it’s crazy – absolutely crazy and Miguel [Comminges] tells me he told the linesman ‘you’ve got to see that’ and he sent him off. I think he’s lost control today.”
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Where's The Respect? (Part Four)
QPR's interim manager Gareth Ainsworth was happy with his team's performance. “Commitment and passion have been shown in abundance,” he said. “They’ve been very professional in the last two weeks and we can achieve things if that keeps going on. I know that coming on in the last ten minutes you’ve still got to get the pace of the game and you’ve still got to get into the game. Akos [Buzsaky] is a player who can come on and create chances from nothing, especially against ten men. He really does know how to play that system and Gavin [Mahon] came on as they were looking tired. Gavin’s shown just what an important player he is for us. We thought that we would go and score. Gavin scored a fantastic header and we’ll take the three points.”
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