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My predictions for the weekend are that the referees will continue to get abused despite their lovely letter on the mainland site.

While I agree that abusing referees is wrong I do understand why coaches and players get so frustrated with the men in the middle. There is no consistency in their decisions and the fact that most of them have never player football doesn't help. The letter blames the players and coaches but maybe they should look at the training they are giving the referees as well. The thing that annoys me most is when the assistant referee waits for the ref to give a throw-in or free-kick before finally raising his flag even tho he is closer to the incident. Surely they are there to help the referee but they only seem to be there to back-up the referees decision. I've heard on more than one occasion that this is the way they are coached but surely this is just wrong? Also if Mainland clamped down harder on the coach of the Canterbury team then others wouldn't tink they could get away with abusing the ref.