Days Quote by Roberto Mancini

Don't hate the player, hate the referee.

— Lil Wayne

As a defender it can also be more frustrating to play in Italy because referees do not tolerate too much physical contact. I loved…

— Jaap Stam

There's nothing better than a good, blind referee.

— Bobby Heenan

“The human element tells you a referee can be wrong. But the good ones will make the correct decisions more often than not. The…

— Alex Ferguson

The pace of the game demanded a referee who was fit. It is an indictment of our game. You see referees abroad who are…

— Alex Ferguson

In Korea, if a player doesn't play well, you would never criticise him, but in European countries fans criticise their own teams; sometimes they…

— Park Ji-sung

You don't notice the referee during the game unless he makes a bad call.

— Drew Curtis

People talk about the speed of the English game, but in Italy, referees blow their whistles very often, so you cannot build up speed.…

— Roberto Mancini

I don't like to criticise referees because I believe it is a very complicated job, and what they do is very beneficial for football.

— David Villa

You don't criticise Totti in Italy. There might have been reasons to, sometimes, but you don't touch him.

— Sven-Goran Eriksson

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

— Tom Canterbury

I have changed my behaviour on the pitch in England. Here referees talk to the players all the time. I think it is nice.

— Oscar