Even the most dyed in the wool, one-eyed, biased, blind to all
Chelsea fans found themselves agreeing with Roberto Martinez yesterday.
Branislav Ivanovic’s 61st minute goal was clearly offside; it was so
offside that there can only have been two people in Stamford Bridge who missed
it; the referee and his assistant. This was not a marginal, hard to make call;
there was clear daylight.
As a Chelsea supporter, I’m not going to lose sleep over a goal
which kept us in the hunt for 4th place but that does not stop me
sympathising with Wigan. What interests me in this matter is what the FA will
choose to do.
In the past, whenever a manager speaks out against poor refereeing
decisions they have ignored the mistakes and instead fined the manager. But if
they now treat Martinez the same way they will be fining a manager doing nothing
more than speaking the truth; a truth even the opposition concede.
But if they don’t fine Martinez then what does that say of their
treatment of other managers fined for honest comments following other, albeit
more marginal, refereeing errors?
I have no sympathy for the FA; this is a quandary of their own
making. Their mismanagement of the national game has long since passed
farcical. That mismanagement continues to unjustly fine managers and players
and leave the people who fund the sport (us fans) angry, bitter and frequently
bemused.
We, the fans, have it within our power to change all this. We, the
fans, must start boycotting the FA and their sponsors. If we don’t, we, the
fans, will end up with the sport we deserve.
Let the FA, the media and everyone else know that you do not
approve of the continuing mismanagement of the national sport, use the hashtag
#NotMyFA on Twitter and encourage other right minded fans of all clubs to do the
same.
Of course, you don’t have to join me. Just remember though that
next time the FA pisses you off – don’t come bitching to me. We, the fans, have
the chance to change things. Let’s do it!
#NotMyFA
KTBFFH
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