This goes along with S8's petition thread to 'Save Grass Roots Football'. Nobody being actively encouraged to take on referee's courses & with the incentives that it needs. That works its way up, fewer ref's so we have to accept the best of a mediocre bunch. Don't get me wrong it's admirable that they do. It is not their fault they are inadequately trained, poorly paid etc in context of what the pro game refs have to put up with. It's even worse now that so much financially rides on what they decide, or what they miss.

It's about time we had 2 referee's for each half of the game. In Ice Hockey there are 2 goal judges, 2 linos and a referee on such a small playing surface. The speed of the game of football is not far off it, and with the expanse of a full size pitch, it's about time some common sense was applied.