Relax boys, relax.

The news that the Brazillian referee Carlos Simon for the England v USA game has spent time learning English swear words has been taken by the English media as a definite sign that the world is against England in their bid to win a second World Cup.

A booking and post-match warning for Wayne Rooney for swearing against the Platinum All-Stars has sent the nation into a tizzy, with concerns about Rooney’s temperament reaching boiling point and perhaps exploding over. It seems as though there is always a desire to have a scapegoat in waiting for any English defeat and the fears that Rooney may get sent off is building along that route.

Now…let’s all take a moment to step back – the match is England versus the United States of America. There is a lot of water between the two countries but there is (nearly) a common language.

They use sidewalk, we use pavement.
They use color, we use colour.

And so on and so forth but you know something, we both use near enough the same swear words.

If you were a referee taking charge of a match between two foreign nations which have a common language, would you not take some time to pick up on the language that you might find on the football field?

At the moment, we are feeling sorry for poor old Tim Howard in the nets for the USA with his tourettes. Surely he is at more risk than Wayne Rooney if a referee knows the words but doesn’t understand the context?

That’s a bit light-hearted but in reality, the uproar and fury that has met the news this ref has taken the time to do some research prior to the game indicates how World Cup fever can affect people!

Lets just relax and not put any further pressure on our big game players…..the refs are out there to do the job and if he deserves castigation, lets do it post-match…not prior to a ball being kicked!

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