Poor Form Nomination

It has been awhile since I felt a poor form nomination was warranted but today I have felt that the Football Association is deserving of this nomination.  Only a few days ago I was none too pleased with the performance of Kevin Friend in Liverpool's loss to Fulham in a game where many questionable decisions affected the outcome of the game.  Out of this game two charges have been laid by the FA.  The first is to Luis Suarez for his alleged gesture to Fulham fans at the end of the game and the other is to Liverpool for the reaction of the players after the red card was shown to Jay Spearing for an incident that still has me scratching my head.

Out of this game it is fair enough that the FA wants to look into those incidents but surely the FA should be more concerned with the performance of Kevin Friend in what could be described as a biased performance or if not biased a very poor standard that would not be accepted in at any level.  Sportsman are told to play to the whistle and respect the refs decision, but when the ref is making decisions that have even the commentators questioning the reason then who in their right mind would expect a player on the field charged with emotion and adrenaline to stay calm and say, "fair enough, we will cop that on the chin".  As a coach I would not want to ever see my players be emotionless lambs on the field. 

And then you have the home crowd constantly chanting cheat to a player from the opposition and yet the only thing they see wrong is the reaction from the player receiving the taunts.  Should not Fulham be reprimanded for the fans performance.  Respect works both ways.  If a crowd shows no respect to a player then they should not expect any respect either.  Fans will say they pay their good money to go and yell abuse at players and that is fair enough, but if you cannot handle the fall out then keep quiet.

So the Football Association gets my poor form nomination for their inability to control all things in their game.