This whole “disrespect” thing cracks me up. Honestly, who gives a fudge? Is this just more Macho aggressive flimflam from blokes who think it’s OK to retaliate and try to intimidate because someone shows them disrespect?
The player got booked for smashing into Richie. As a result, he was then walking a tightrope. I think Richie came out on top there.
All these ex-pro’s like Carragher and Agbonlahor saying they would have done the same - they would also get booked. Let’s face it, it shows their mentality. Neither of them are especially intelligent individuals - and Carragher sits on his high horse but he actually spat at a young girl who heckled him in a car, “stay classy Jamie” - because he didn’t have the maturity to rise above it.
I was once running the touchline in a game a Sunday league game, I gave an offside that their manager disagreed with - he called me a “cheating clam not fit to be on the pitch or run the line” - I laughed at him, told him I couldn’t understand what he said because of his accent. He then got really animated and tinkled off with me, at the end of the game he came over and wanted to shake my hand, I turned round and asked him if he thought calling me a “cheating clam” when there were kids at the side of the pitch was OK? Apparently he got “carried away in the heat of the battle” - I reminded him that it was a Sunday League match and was basically of little or no importance, I then said “its ok, I accept your apology” (which tinkled him off because he didn’t apologise), and then held out my hand. He walked away, making him look small.
The point being, you don’t need to be a petulant arsehole, these people should have the emotional intelligence to rise above it, otherwise they will get booked. Trouble is, most of them don’t.
