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Post by lineoh on Jan 8, 2012 19:50:38 GMT 1
Its not often i have a moan at referees having been a linesman ( sorry assistant) for 6 years, but the performance of the man in the middle at our game yesterday left alot to be desired. Not only was he over fussy he penalised players for perfectly good tackles and let blatant pushes in the back go unpunished ( for both teams I add ). He booked ( sorry cautioned) a visiting player after he ( the referee) let the home side take a quick free kick and when it went horribly wrong stopped play an cautioned the player when it was clearly his fault. Then to top it all he sent the visiting assistant manager/physio from the bench after words were spoken when the he ( referee) gave a free kick against a visitng player for shielding the ball in the corner with 2 defenders on his back ! How does that work? Overall his performance fussy , but consistent (bad). i spoke to some home supporters after the game and the agreed. Just a shame there was'nt an assessor there.
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Post by kilnparkspeedwaystarborgslayer on Jan 9, 2012 16:19:15 GMT 1
he came from the same mould as the referee who did the Man Chity v Nobs Utd game yesterday. How was that a sending off?  |
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Post by lineoh on Jan 9, 2012 22:10:56 GMT 1
I tend to agree with you in one way, he did'nt touch the player but won the ball but as im sure any referee nowadays will go by the letter of the law and say you cant jump in with two feet which is goos as serious injuries can be caused if mistimed. Common sense should prevail in some situations but then again that could prove difficult to some referee's
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Post by fozwaldo on Jan 9, 2012 23:45:29 GMT 1
It all boils down to the fact that 'the ref isn't always right, but he's always the ref'.
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Post by carrington on Jan 10, 2012 19:01:00 GMT 1
Oh lovely!! Very profound! ;-)
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Post by fozwaldo on Jan 10, 2012 23:17:23 GMT 1
Thanks carrington. :-)
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Post by kilnparkspeedwaystarborgslayer on Jan 11, 2012 10:42:02 GMT 1
and as it turns out is always right! |
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Post by adored on Jan 11, 2012 20:26:45 GMT 1
Lineoh, Won't comment on the decisions made by the referee as I wasn't at the game, but one of them is common practice at a higher level. Penalising the player who's in posession of the ball and takes it into the corner flag to 'waste time' stops silly challenges from defenders who become frustrated with this 'time wasting'.
It does make sense to find an offence by the attacker than have to deal with a defender with either a caution or red card from a resulting foul. I'm not saying this happens on every occasion or relates to this instance,but just passing on from experience.
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Post by adored on Jan 11, 2012 20:33:53 GMT 1
I tend to agree with you in one way, he did'nt touch the player but won the ball but as im sure any referee nowadays will go by the letter of the law and say you cant jump in with two feet which is goos as serious injuries can be caused if mistimed. Common sense should prevail in some situations but then again that could prove difficult to some referee's One thing in football life that people moan about is inconsistancy from referee's. So you propose referee's using 'common sense',but don't you think that this will increase inconsistancy unlike the letter of the law that would be more consistant? |
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Post by lineoh on Jan 11, 2012 21:58:59 GMT 1
There are some situations that require the use of 'common sense' more than others. Yes the letter of the law should be adhered too but as you know doubt see that in many premiership games the 'art of wrestling' in the penalty area has increased with very little punishment from the referee or his assistant and in some cases the 4th officials who 'pose' behind the goal with little or no bearing on the game. Is that not adhereing to the letter of the law? if that happened im sure many a game would finish with less than a full compliment of players. As for 'time wasting' in the corner is a palyer no longer allowed to 'shield' the ball from an opponent? Is not a goalkeeper picking the ball up when it goes out of play on one side of the goal then proceeding to casually walk to the other side of the goal area to take the goal kick classed as time wasting?
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