Starting next season players and managers alike will be subject to this new initiative. Now I have no complaints about this, buts lets be totally honest here, respect has to be earned, and not just expected. Its all very well referees and their assistants getting things wrong, I just wish that they would have the guts to come and admit it now and again.
Time after time we have seen incidents which as spectators we know what has happened and yet for some obscure reason the officials see it differently from everyone else. What I would like to see starting ASAP is for the fourth official to have a more hands on role in decision making. All Premier league games are televised so why can he not have access to a monitor so that contentious issues can be looked at and the correct decision arrived at. We already have the technology at our disposal so why not embrace it.
At the end of the game I would sooner be discussing the good things that took place during the game, than cock-ups by officials. By the way can anyone remember the directive that players brandishing an imaginary card to have an opponent booked, should in turn be booked themselves. Yes that didnt last long did it.
Time after time we have seen incidents which as spectators we know what has happened and yet for some obscure reason the officials see it differently from everyone else. What I would like to see starting ASAP is for the fourth official to have a more hands on role in decision making. All Premier league games are televised so why can he not have access to a monitor so that contentious issues can be looked at and the correct decision arrived at. We already have the technology at our disposal so why not embrace it.
At the end of the game I would sooner be discussing the good things that took place during the game, than cock-ups by officials. By the way can anyone remember the directive that players brandishing an imaginary card to have an opponent booked, should in turn be booked themselves. Yes that didnt last long did it.
