Matchday thread: Rams v Wycombe 16/12/2023

[Andy_Faber]

Having said that...there is a joke going round that ‘with the introduction of female refs players have been warned that they might get booked for fouls they committed years ago that they thought were long forgotten’. I hope that’s not misogynistic...because I do think it’s (harmlessly) funny.

Looking forward, and there was a taste of it yesterday, I wonder how things will play out when the honeymoon period of a) players behaving themselves a bit more and b) refs having, on balance, good games comes to an end. I’ve read, and mainly accept, MA’s more expert view on her performance yesterday but I still think she (partly) lost control of the game and if female refs want equality they are going to suffer some hard times, of which 10,000 people shouting ‘you don’t know what you’re doing’ is only a start

[ramAnag]

Looking forward, and there was a taste of it yesterday, I wonder how things will play out when the honeymoon period of a) players behaving themselves a bit more and b) refs having, on balance, good games comes to an end. I’ve read, and mainly accept, MA’s more expert view on her performance yesterday but I still think she (partly) lost control of the game and if female refs want equality they are going to suffer some hard times, of which 10,000 people shouting ‘you don’t know what you’re doing’ is only a start

Bit of a contradiction there AF. I’m fairly sure you’re not ***ist...we’ll certainly not overtly so...but by asking that question in the way you have you run the risk of being perceived as such. After all...it’s not as if plenty of male refs haven’t experienced 10,000 people shouting the words you suggest and it’s not as if we haven’t had plenty of rubbish (male) refs over the last two or three seasons. True equality will only be achieved when people barely notice the gender of the officials because it’s not actually relevant...imo.