Refereeing standards

Heman

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Date: Sun Mar 13 14:22 2016

Rotherham United have been subjected to some seriously bad refereeing displays of late. The Brentford penalty, the Derbyshire booking and countless others.

it was a breath of fresh air to watch a match being refereed with impartiality. David Webb has a distinct quality about him that is rare in other refs. Put quite simply he is reluctant to award free kicks. Other refs love to award them.

The difference is easy to see. We get to watch a more flowing and entertaining game of football instead of watching the referee show.

Okay so their second goal was offside but that was the linesman. Let's face it we bagged one in our favour at Hillsborough. What I am saying is I accept that they can't get all the decisions right but I think a culture rethink is required by the FL and FA. They need to change the culture back so that a referee is reluctant to award free kicks and particularly ignore players who go down if they feel a brush of the opponent's shirt.

-- Edited by Heman on Sunday 13th of March 2016 02:24:26 PM

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Date: Sun Mar 13 20:42 2016

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An assistant referee cannot make calls themselves, they can only advise the referee, it is the referee that awards an indirect free kick for offside - not the assistant.

Media outlets, particular after the Costa thing need to be banned from close ups, the scrutiny all stems from them for their own evil agenda and not the good of football. Add a 2nd ref to the equation who use an integrated whistle system then nobody knows who actually made the call. Its about time we all accepted game officials are human, they don't mean to make these errors, and they are part of football and we need to get on with it.

Games are not won and lost on a referees call, only simply because 1 team didn't score as many as the other, and that is down to many other factors.

Again, TV company's should only be able to view a live game from the top of the stand on the half way line only, with strict guidelines and heavy financial penalties to the 2 teams if that is breached.

Can't see it though can you?

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Date: Mon Mar 14 05:54 2016

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I think refereeing standards are higher than they have ever been. There are a number of factors that have come into the game that have made their job much harder. The pace of the game, the endless close ups and replays from various angles, blanket coverage, the willingness of players to cheat and the pressure on managers which makes them more inclined to find a scapegoat (whilst not questioning their integrity). It is easy to knock them but I wouldn't fancy being a ref at 3pm on a Saturday knowing what I was about to put myself through.

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Date: Mon Mar 14 06:02 2016

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I do agree with Heman's point about changing the culture back towards giving fewer decisions not more ie raising the bar in terms of what constitutes a foul. The problem might be exactly that - cultural. We would be out of step with the other major leagues in the world who have a different perception, and FIFA and UEFA are looking for universal standards. There was a time in about the 80's when I got so frustrated watching England because it seemed like the opposition and refs were playing to a different set of rules than we were used to. I think probably due to so many overseas players coming to our leagues we have moved towards their interpretations over time.

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Refereeing standards