Back Quote by Robbie Savage

The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.

— Bill Shankly

I've seen managers come in and lose the first game, you're on the back foot straight away.

— Paul Lambert

Damn referees, I'll miss them less than anybody.

— Abe Lemons

A player might take an occasional timeout, but they'll always return to the game

— Hussein Nishah

There are many penalties which referees don't see. Sometimes they are right, and many other times, they are wrong. That is football.

— Sergio Ramos

Referees will make good decisions and bad ones. But when they make decisions actually affecting a game of football, it's disappointing.

— Tony Pulis

We have to be careful with time-wasting, the behaviour of the players. There are a lot now who are complaining during the game. We…

— Marco van Basten

Obviously as players we want to play every game. But when you do miss out, I strongly believe the job is to not sulk…

— Moeen Ali

The trouble with referees is that they just don't care which side wins.

— Tom Canterbury

Men like a ref decision because they just want to get back to the game.

— Jerry Seinfeld

I've always said to the refs to not be the ones to decide the game. Let the players dictate the outcome.

— Ray Lewis

But referees have to remember there is a reason managers are being nice to them - we're hoping that it just might make the…

— Neil Warnock