Hold the line, please
cordarone
"Young players growing up in Spain expect that from referees, and receive it, whereas it is something you are not going to get in the British game because we allow a bit more contact. In the British game a tackle is appreciated just as much as a one-on-one situation and that can come as a bit of a shock to a player from Spain. In Spain you would never get a clap or a cheer for a tackle, never. So in Gerard's first month, his first instinct when losing the ball would be to look to the referee. Once he realised that wasn't going to work, and began to react to losing the ball by trying to get it back, that showed me he was nearly ready.