...then they shouldn't be demanding managers come out and do an interview just minutes after the final whistle goes when tempers and passions are still running high. it's just asking for trouble. and it's common sense. then again this is the FA. ****s.
Maybe they should just ban any reference to refs or decisions in any shape or form. It's just asking for trouble as you say, and that way it wouldn't be so blatant who the FA like/dislike. If journalists/interviewers ask about them, the manager/player would just have to say 'no comment' in response. They'd stop asking soon enough.
I'd quite like to see the refs interviewed after the game so they can explain some of their decisions. They are human after all and if they come out and admit they made bad decisions then I guess we may respect them more
Ferguson got what he deserved, he knows what to do and what not to do, he chose to break the rules. FA needs to start having the referee interviewed after the game though. No chance of it happening I bet.
not a fan of this interviewing the refs. they've become to big a celebs as it is, and it shows in their performances. this will only make it worse.
The FA leaves it up to the discretion of the ref. It has happened a few times, but I vividly remember one incident where a ref gave a post match interview to explain some of his decisions. Five minutes later the losing manager was ranting on about the ref refusing to talk to him and his players, but "hogging the media spotlight like a celebrity" or some other such drivel. Why would a ref even bother talking to the media when all that will happen is they get more grief, and no one cares about what they say. It's hardly surprising the standard of refereeing in quite poor - refs just can't win either way....what are the chances youngsters are going to consider giving up potential football careers to become refs...
How about a transparent league table for refs with relegation/promotion and play offs. Maybe even have a cup style competition to see who gets to ref the FA Cup final etc. They'd even have a secion in this forum, perhaps we can even start a fantasy football referee game.
100% agree with this post. The answer to poor decisions is technology not interviews. Refs have always made wrong/bad decisions. Difference now is that Andy Gray et all can view these decisions from a million different angles in slo mo to really show how bad it was. Help them out. What exactly is the 4th official for? Anyway, what the majority of united fans are confusing is the ability to critise a decision and what fergie has done on more than one occassion which is to bring into question the ability of the ref to do his job and his integrity.
Its a joke all alex done was give his views which were correct how can they clamp down on managers giving their views, IT NEEDS TO STOP NOW!!!
Like I've said before, technology still won't fix everything: Replays showed Berbatov was tripped by Agger. Dalglish still claimed it was a "joke" penalty. Replays showed Gerrard went two footed on Carrick. Dalglish still claimed he shouldn't have been sent off. Replays showed Rooney went in with his elbow on McCarthy. Ref saw that and still said he wouldn't have sent him off. The ref saw the Luiz lunge on Rooney perfectly and still didn't show the second yellow. What difference would a replay have made to the RVP sending off against Barca? And so on and so on. You can watch replays from hundreds of angles, but people will still disagree about some incidents and the ref will still have their own interpretation. You are right about bringing the integrity of the ref into question tho'. I though SAF went over the line by claiming Atkinson wasn't fair, and expected him to get suspended for it. His own fault - he should know better by now.
I agree with some of what your saying but at least with replys the referee can made a proper decision rather than a snap decision on something he might not have seen properly. One of the biggest examples was that Tevez goal at the world cup v mexico. Replys in the ground showed he was off side so the ref / linesman could see the decision to allow the goal to stand was wrong but couldn't do anything about it as they had already allowed it. That is unacceptable especially in such a big game.
Replays will definitely help with offside and goal line decisions, and for that reason they should be included. But I doubt they will fix the contentious decisions, where everyone's view seems to coincide with that of the team they support, or against the team they hate...
