Shouting and hurling abuse at the ref by RS does not achieve anything. Anyway, thats my job, but last season I only recall him getting excited at the ref when the ref was crap, and to be quite honest deserved it. If the ref does a good job theres no problem, but when he fails to do his job, and a big part of his job is to protect players from being crippled by aggressive tackling, then as far as I'm concerned he deserves everything he gets.
Some refs just don't have 'football insight' and shouldn't be doing the job. Some refs pick on easy targets like managers when they are incapable of making brave decisions on the field. I get annoyed when linesmen don't inform the ref of things they have probably witnessed, although I am informed that the ref tells the linesmen before the game wether and to what extent he wants their assistance.
Anyway, I don't condone the use of foul language either by the managers or supporters, especially in earshot of youngsters, but when it comes to the standard of refereeing I do believe the refs bring it on themselves.
RS can keep showing his passion for the game as he does but should cut out the swearing bit of it. Someone told me once that a person who swears a lot does so because he or she has poor knowledge of the english language and is thick. Perhaps learning a few 15 letter words that can be offensive and confusing to refs could be useful. I'm going to look a few up now. Perhaps swearing in Latin could be the answer.
