: Sat Mar 28, 2009 7:23 pm
Alice's Phallus wrote:
Those people on this board, who drove the superb Ashley Klein out of this country with their ridiculous and relentless denunciations and taunts (remember "Ashley Klown"?), should take a good look in the mirror before they start asking where the good referees have gone.
As for M. Thierry Alibert, he is renowned as an affable man with a good command of English (certainly better than some of the dopes on here), who loves to share a beer with fans after the game. I suspect that the nastiness of some of the commentary on here, with its xenophobic undertones, is going to make that nice personal touch a little less likely from now on.
It was his Mrs who drove him out of this country, nothing to do with any denunciations or taunts. She wanted to live in Oz, simple as. Klein had to make a decision stay here and ref without his wife and kids or ref in Oz and be with his wife and kids.