why do footballers argue? It doesnt make any difference. The ref will never go back on his decision.

Baba d tin tire me o!
They don give person red card and some mad players go still the argue? It is wa o!
And then there's this issue of footballers telling lies. I no sure say person dey wey lie pass footballer. Ball go hit person go throwing him go say d tin no touch am. Wahala!!!

I tire myself. Maybe they do that so that they could look sober and the body would not penalize them further.

instinct

guilty conscience

They're trying to sell their story to the referee.

because in the heat of the moment, emotions take over. more importantly some players complain vehemently so as to put pressure on the ref to favour them on the next decision

very dumb question, why do u react when u are insulted?

I agree with kgdavid. . . .It's to intimidate the Referee and put pressure on him so he'd favour them in the next decision.

@ marhoski
its a different thing when you react to an insult because something comes out of it. Its either you are warnin the person not to repeat it or you are trying to make the person apologize or for some other reason but when you react to a refree's decision, its an action in futility even when you're right, the refree wont change his decision
well, i think its just instinctive and sometimes when you're right, the FA can look into it.

@Topic

First, they are human being

Second, football is beyond kicking the ball its also a psychological game so you always do your part deliberately to affect
the psyche of the refree no matter how strong he might want to prove to be. That way the next decision he makes about you
or your team will be done with caution. Such psychological work could make a refree who just gave a player red card to over look
another red card offense if your team commits another one. It all depends, you play the game kicking the ball and you also play the psychological part
to your own advantage.

I wish Nigerian footballers understood this because you will see them at the world cup just accepting everything thrown at them while
Argentina, Brazil, Italy, England and the rest will deliberately 'work' the refree on his decisions to their over all advantage on the field of play.
Even Tunisia, Algeria and Egypy understood that basic psychological principle.

^^ Love the angle u took it from.

deb:

Second, football is beyond kicking the ball its also a psychological game so you always do your part deliberately to affect
the psyche of the refree no matter how strong he might want to prove to be. That way the next decision he makes about you
or your team will be done with caution. Such psychological work could make a refree who just gave a player red card to over look
another red card offense if your team commits another one. It all depends, you play the game kicking the ball and you also play the psychological part
to your own advantage.

I wish Nigerian footballers understood this because you will see them at the world cup just accepting everything thrown at them while
Argentina, Brazil, Italy, England and the rest will deliberately 'work' the refree on his decisions to their over all advantage on the field of play.
Even Tunisia, Algeria and Egypy understood that basic psychological principle.

Something Amodu couldn't work on. Hopefully Lagerback would show them the way.

^^ truthfully, i dont think Lagerback has anything to offer. Check his records, nothing impressive. He even lost to Bruno Metsu, whom i think would have been a better option if at all we needed a foreign coach, in 2002.

Because some of them always feel the ref decision is wrong.