Referees should get more respect say Mirror readers after vile threats made to Anthony Taylor

Anthony Taylor volition not referee a Premier League crippled this weekend, arsenic the organisation investigates online maltreatment and threats made pursuing Chelsea's present infamous lucifer against Bournemouth. We asked if it was clip fans started showing officials much respect

After apical referee Anthony Taylor was hounded by online trolls pursuing his dishing retired of a grounds 14 yellowish cards during a match, we asked if fans needed to amusement much respect.

The experienced 45-year-old has since been fixed a week disconnected from Premier League refereeing duty aft receiving vile online maltreatment and adjacent decease threats successful the aftermath of past weekend's action.

Taylor was the antheral successful the mediate for Chelsea's 1-0 triumph astatine Bournemouth, handing retired a league grounds 14 yellowish cards to players. He besides booked Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca and Bournemouth manager Pablo de la Torre, which provoked a mixed absorption from Maresca and other fig Andoni Iraola.

Your Mirror asked if shot fans should amusement much respect to referees, with 70 per cent saying yes, we should, and 30 per cent feeling we shouldn't. Many of you commented connected our story, and portion nary of you condoned the maltreatment oregon threats, respective did question immoderate of Taylor's refereeing decisions.

'Players don't marque ref's occupation immoderate easier'

Here's conscionable a enactment of what immoderate of you had to say:

Blueandy1962: "While I don't condone the online abuse, the FA indispensable code the information that these incidents are occurring with Taylor acold excessively often. He seems to privation to beryllium the centre of attraction each the clip and that volition evidently interaction connected his decisions. Time to determination him connected permanently I think."

Auspom47: "The ref’s occupation isn’t being made immoderate easier by the actions of galore players; they get a pat connected the ankle and dive to the crushed clutching their head, galore conscionable feigning wounded to effort to beverage escaped kicks. Looks similar truthful galore of them person graduated from the Jack G schoolhouse of diving. No bully complaining astir the fig of cards being dished out, commencement complaining astir the changeless regularisation bending / breaking by the players and coaches."

Galvo: "Although I don't condone the threats he's received. He's not bully capable to referee Sunday league shot ne'er caput Premier League fixtures."

CorBlimeyGov: "That crippled didn’t warrant that galore cards, helium conscionable wants to beryllium centre of attention!"

Asoundviewpoint: "Hardly astonishing , incompetence tin lone beryllium tolerated by everyone for truthful agelong . The refereeing presumption successful the Premiership is dire. Mainly caused by implicit complication successful elemental determination making with acold excessively overmuch being asked of referee's decisions alternatively of utilizing VAR for its close purpose."

331: "This peculiar referee loves brandishing cards astatine players often for nothing. He evidently thinks that he's the prima of the show."

Mcfctreble: "The players marque it a batch harder for the referee than it should by diving etc and the crippled is excessively speedy for them these days."

Not the archetypal clip receiving maltreatment from fans

Last year, Roma supporters attacked Taylor astatine Budapest Airport aft the 2023 Europa League final.

Taylor aboriginal went connected the High Performance Podcast to stock his feelings astir the maltreatment of officials. "Just much knowing and much empathy [is needed]," helium said.

"So again, yes mistakes are made and we're acold from perfect. Far from perfect. But there's galore different facets that lend to the effect of a shot match.

“And truthful possibly reflect. Before you commencement trying to blasted an individual, possibly effort and consider. Very hard I admit objectively aft a team's loss. Consider the things that spell into what's been decided and effort to recognize wherefore thing has been done.”