Talkin’ with Strachan - Nice comback, Red.

In The Sunday Mail, an amateur footballer, Paul Dyke who plays defense for Southhampton Burridge AFC, claims a ref insulted him verbally after he protested an offside call.

The insult:“Oi, ginger, shut up!”

Dyke objected to the referee’s words, claiming the verbal abuse bordered on racial, and that if a player can be tossed from the pitch for verbal assaults, an official should get the same red card treatment.”What would have happened if I had taken exception to this and called him a short, bald idiot? I rightfully would have been sent off.”

Last evening, Gordon Strachan, who used to manage Southhampton, stated that Dyke should have issued a better comback. At least some sort of comeback. “If I had been in the player’s position and the referee had said something aboutmy hair colour, I would have spotted something on him that I could have said back…I would hope he would be as strong-minded as me.”

Get ‘em, Gordy. I strive each morning to be as strong-minded as my main football manager. The Hampshire FA now has the incident under review.

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