I wasn’t playing in the premier league where money rules the world. I was playing at a time where if you give it out you had To take it back a little. You didn’t start crying like a woman because the ref you’d called a wanker 10 minutes earlier called you out for being a wanker yourself.Wrong, if they are being abused they have a simple remedy. Book the player. It would soon stop. The problem is they allowed themselves to abused week in, week out by the Rags, they were frightened of them. The referees should be above snidey sarcastic comments. if they did their job properly it wouldn't be an issue. In rugby you say one bad word to the ref and your team is penalised. The team soon tell a player to shut up.
Don’t kid yourself- at most levels, players are bigger ****s than the ref.