Comments on: Respect and Refereeing in Italy http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2008/04/10/respect-and-refereeing-in-italy/ Exploring football culture around the world Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:22:20 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: SpanglyPrincess http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2008/04/10/respect-and-refereeing-in-italy/comment-page-1/#comment-4240 SpanglyPrincess Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:29:21 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2008/04/10/respect-and-refereeing-in-italy/#comment-4240 Haha Ursus I love your thinking Pitch Invasion: changing the face of football, one petulant temper-tantrum at a time. Thank you all for your kind words. Haha Ursus I love your thinking

Pitch Invasion: changing the face of football, one petulant temper-tantrum at a time.

Thank you all for your kind words.

]]> By: ursus arctos http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2008/04/10/respect-and-refereeing-in-italy/comment-page-1/#comment-4238 ursus arctos Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:33:50 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2008/04/10/respect-and-refereeing-in-italy/#comment-4238 Do Serie A referees now read Pitch Invasion? I can't come up with a better explanation for why Totti didn't get a red card for repeatedly telling the man in black to "F*ck off" in Roma's victory over Udinese. Clearly, Rosetti read Vanda's typically excellent article and decided that he had take it upon himself to try to improve the climate here by demonstrating a more tolerant approach to dissent. Or maybe he just agrees with Il Puppone about Berlusconi . . . Do Serie A referees now read Pitch Invasion?

I can’t come up with a better explanation for why Totti didn’t get a red card for repeatedly telling the man in black to “F*ck off” in Roma’s victory over Udinese. Clearly, Rosetti read Vanda’s typically excellent article and decided that he had take it upon himself to try to improve the climate here by demonstrating a more tolerant approach to dissent.

Or maybe he just agrees with Il Puppone about Berlusconi . . .

]]> By: the ink-stained toe-poker http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2008/04/10/respect-and-refereeing-in-italy/comment-page-1/#comment-4234 the ink-stained toe-poker Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:36:28 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2008/04/10/respect-and-refereeing-in-italy/#comment-4234 This is an excellent article, the cartoon is fantastic too. The quality of content and writing is the reason I keep coming back to this site. This is an excellent article, the cartoon is fantastic too.

The quality of content and writing is the reason I keep coming back to this site.

]]> By: historyman http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2008/04/10/respect-and-refereeing-in-italy/comment-page-1/#comment-4209 historyman Sat, 12 Apr 2008 09:26:02 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2008/04/10/respect-and-refereeing-in-italy/#comment-4209 Another excellent post on an enduring Greek/Italian tragedy! The six newspapers' decision to post a league table of unfair referreeing decisions is hardly constructive, is it? As Vanda highlighted, this is sheer hypothesis on their part. Another excellent post on an enduring Greek/Italian tragedy!

The six newspapers’ decision to post a league table of unfair referreeing decisions is hardly constructive, is it? As Vanda highlighted, this is sheer hypothesis on their part.

]]> By: Daily Dose 4.11.08 - Daily Dose - The Offside - Soccer News and Opinion from leagues around the world http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2008/04/10/respect-and-refereeing-in-italy/comment-page-1/#comment-4206 Daily Dose 4.11.08 - Daily Dose - The Offside - Soccer News and Opinion from leagues around the world Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:01:08 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2008/04/10/respect-and-refereeing-in-italy/#comment-4206 [...] Respect and refereeing in Italy (Pitch Invasion) [...] [...] Respect and refereeing in Italy (Pitch Invasion) [...]

]]> By: roswitha http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2008/04/10/respect-and-refereeing-in-italy/comment-page-1/#comment-4204 roswitha Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:19:53 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2008/04/10/respect-and-refereeing-in-italy/#comment-4204 Vanda, just to say I loved this article. That song is part of what I think is so attractive about football fan culture -- perhaps it's the effect of translation, but the irreverence and anti-authoritarianism are as cathartic as they [appear to be] ineffective. We achieved some sort of consensus in the discussion on Brian's post, I think, on how respect for the referee should be one of the fundamental rules of the system, but that is actually something that is wholly acceptable only in theory. Vanda, just to say I loved this article. That song is part of what I think is so attractive about football fan culture — perhaps it’s the effect of translation, but the irreverence and anti-authoritarianism are as cathartic as they [appear to be] ineffective. We achieved some sort of consensus in the discussion on Brian’s post, I think, on how respect for the referee should be one of the fundamental rules of the system, but that is actually something that is wholly acceptable only in theory.

]]> By: Davyd Trunyov http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2008/04/10/respect-and-refereeing-in-italy/comment-page-1/#comment-4202 Davyd Trunyov Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:51:39 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2008/04/10/respect-and-refereeing-in-italy/#comment-4202 Vanda thank you for the article and for posting the satirical song. Maybe i'm wrong, but i don't think anyone else has as many soccer related pop songs as Italians do, well done. (Pazza Inter is still stuck in my head :-) ) Vanda thank you for the article and for posting the satirical song. Maybe i’m wrong, but i don’t think anyone else has as many soccer related pop songs as Italians do, well done. (Pazza Inter is still stuck in my head :-) )

]]> By: English vs Italian Referee’s « The Referee http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2008/04/10/respect-and-refereeing-in-italy/comment-page-1/#comment-4199 English vs Italian Referee’s « The Referee Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:14:57 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2008/04/10/respect-and-refereeing-in-italy/#comment-4199 [...] There are some excellent artccles on the site and very insitful view points.   The latest post talks about the perception of Referee’s in Italy & England by the [...] [...] There are some excellent artccles on the site and very insitful view points.   The latest post talks about the perception of Referee’s in Italy & England by the [...]

]]> By: jk http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2008/04/10/respect-and-refereeing-in-italy/comment-page-1/#comment-4198 jk Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:08:49 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2008/04/10/respect-and-refereeing-in-italy/#comment-4198 Excellent article. Excellent article.

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