The Whole Nine Yards

steveo1 · Dec 23, 2006

I normally try and sympathise wih officials as they do have an extremely difficult job. However, did anyone else notice that idiot ref today when we had a free kick in the 2nd half. He started pacing out the distance for the wall and mysteriously stopped at 9 paces. Duh!

Westcliff Blue · Dec 23, 2006

Maybe he can't count to ten

Shrimp in a Kilt · Dec 23, 2006

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Quote[/b] (Westcliff Blue @ Dec. 23 2006,22:56)]Maybe he can't count to ten

In which case, I think we have just missed our best chance of playing the killer "4-4-4" formation.

Mick · Dec 24, 2006

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Quote[/b] (steveo1 @ Dec. 23 2006,22:43)]I normally try and sympathise wih officials as they do have an extremely difficult job. However, did anyone else notice that idiot ref today when we had a free kick in the 2nd half. He started pacing out the distance for the wall and mysteriously stopped at 9 paces. Duh!

Perhaps he had previously established that one of his paces covers 40 inches ?

Xàbia Shrimper · Dec 24, 2006

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Quote[/b] (steveo1 @ Dec. 23 2006,23:43)]He started pacing out the distance for the wall and mysteriously stopped at 9 paces. Duh!

And? Do you really think that pacing ten paces equates to ten yards? Referees already establish their pace v yard ratio over many trials - it doesn't always equate to 1 yard per pace - and thus know exactly how many paces they need for approximately ten yards. Duh!