"This is not soccer"

deco · Post by **deco** » January 10th, 2012, 9:04 pm

Good man Nigel

:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YUF9LSXAkY

Apologies if this has been put up elsewhere

nelly the elephant · January 10th, 2012, 9:27 pm

deco wrote:Good man Nigel :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YUF9LSXAkY

Apologies if this has been put up elsewhere

It's certainly been mentioned alright......class moment.....a highlight of the Munster/Treviso game for me!

Donny B. · Post by **Donny B.** » January 11th, 2012, 10:22 am

Typical grandstanding from Owens, playing to the gallery!

No ref gets more satisfaction from giving out lectures.

Peg Leg · Post by **Peg Leg** » January 11th, 2012, 11:04 am

Donny B. wrote:Typical grandstanding from Owens, playing to the gallery!

No ref gets more satisfaction from giving out lectures.

I'll see your Nigel and Raise you a James L Jones!

Mauler · Post by **Mauler** » January 11th, 2012, 11:17 am

There should be more of this sorta thing - or better still ... just ban that joke of a past time and be done with it. Nice one Nigel!!!

Slipper1 · Post by **Slipper1** » January 11th, 2012, 12:23 pm

Donny B. wrote:Typical grandstanding from Owens, playing to the gallery!

No ref gets more satisfaction from giving out lectures.

I'm not one to be criticizing Referees or their decisions, but I tend to agree with you on this Donny, Nigel certainly seems to be enjoying the attention his "chat" has raised.

brummie-leinster-man · January 11th, 2012, 12:42 pm

Reminds me of Wayne Barnes a few years back giving a lecture to Steve Borthwick and Martin Corry about how as England players they should be setting an example.

I did try and find the video but it seems to have been removed due to good old copyright laws

dave13 · Post by **dave13** » January 11th, 2012, 12:44 pm

In fact over the years, the more outlandish what he says/does on the field(ie when he brought both teams(all 30 players) in for a huddle in a game last year), the worse his general level of refereeing has gotten.

Logorrhea · Post by **Logorrhea** » January 11th, 2012, 12:54 pm

haters gonna hate.

Nigel did the right thing there, and did it well.

brummie-leinster-man · January 11th, 2012, 1:01 pm

Logorrhea wrote:haters gonna hate.

Nigel did the right thing there, and did it well.

I agree.

I did especially like the "I dont know if we've met before, but I'm the referee"

fourthirtythree · Post by **fourthirtythree** » January 11th, 2012, 1:03 pm

I really enjoyed during a Welsh derby a few years ago when he pretended to listen to the scrummie (I think), nodded and said "do you really think so?" and after the reply said "well that's why I'll never make an international scrum half and you'll never make a referee".

Doesn't mean that I don't hate seeing him listed as the ref when we're playing because I do not approve of his reffing of the game itself. I think his communication is good, it's just his spotting stuff on the field that's a bit off.

berniemac67 · Post by **berniemac67** » January 11th, 2012, 5:58 pm

this is pure class.
reminds me of one or two teachers from my formative years.

his interpretation and application of the laws may be questionable at times but at least everybody knows where they stand.

and i pray to jeebus we don't get him for any of o0ur remaining HEC matches in 2012.

Donny B. · Post by **Donny B.** » January 11th, 2012, 7:18 pm

Slipper1 wrote:
Donny B. wrote:Typical grandstanding from Owens, playing to the gallery!

No ref gets more satisfaction from giving out lectures.
I'm not one to be criticizing Referees or their decisions, but I tend to agree with you on this Donny, Nigel certainly seems to be enjoying the attention his "chat" has raised.

You can almost picture him running back to the dressing room to check his twitter account for the reaction!

BlueArmyOriginal · Post by **BlueArmyOriginal** » January 11th, 2012, 7:48 pm

This one stand out in my mind too http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvhhd36fxPw

ceemec · Post by **ceemec** » January 11th, 2012, 8:45 pm

Bit obnoxious of Owens. You can communicate well without having to try and turn in a performance. John Lacey, for example, is a great communicator throughout games in my opinion. Clear, concise, no bull and the players know where they stand without the attention seeking. For someone who loved the sound of his own voice, look no further than the great Tony Spreadbury.

Donny B. · Post by **Donny B.** » January 12th, 2012, 9:53 am

ceemec wrote:Bit obnoxious of Owens. You can communicate well without having to try and turn in a performance. John Lacey, for example, is a great communicator throughout games in my opinion. Clear, concise, no bull and the players know where they stand without the attention seeking. For someone who loved the sound of his own voice, look no further than the great Tony Spreadbury.

Speaders to me was the David Brent of referees. He really just wanted someone, anyone to talk to!

Logorrhea · Post by **Logorrhea** » January 12th, 2012, 10:54 am

So what exactly is the problem? Is it the fact he uses social media you dislike? The fact he told the scrumhalf to shut up? Or the fact that it was amusing?

Donny B. · Post by **Donny B.** » January 12th, 2012, 3:30 pm

Logorrhea wrote:So what exactly is the problem? Is it the fact he uses social media you dislike? The fact he told the scrumhalf to shut up? Or the fact that it was amusing?

The fact that this is typical of his attention-seeking antics. I wonder if he would have been the same if it was a more well-known player from a bigger team. Sure Peter Stringer never shut his gob in his Munster days and I don't recall Owens giving him a similar lecture.

I just wish he'd spend less time on Twitter/Facebook and thinking of lectures to make himself the 'big man' and more time studying the laws of the game so he didn't make so many appalling mistakes.

Xanthippe · Post by **Xanthippe** » January 12th, 2012, 3:43 pm

Donny B. wrote: Sure Peter Stringer never shut his gob in his Munster days and I don't recall Owens giving him a similar lecture.

But Spreaders did - Strings appealed so much in one game that Spreaders ended up saying something along the lines of 'come on Pete - it's not cricket'

Donny B. · Post by **Donny B.** » January 12th, 2012, 3:58 pm

Xanthippe wrote:
Donny B. wrote: Sure Peter Stringer never shut his gob in his Munster days and I don't recall Owens giving him a similar lecture.
But Spreaders did - Strings appealed so much in one game that Spreaders ended up saying something along the lines of 'come on Pete - it's not cricket'

Sounds like Spreaders alright.

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