Interesting read- Jonathan Moss’ officiating has come under further scrutiny following the publication of a report into errors by Premier League referees. The 45-year-old official attracted controversy earlier this month with his handling of Leicester City’s 2-2 draw against West Ham United, which saw him show a red card to Jamie Vardy for simulation and award two contentious late penalties. Moss has now been found to have made more ‘game-changing’ mistakes than any other top-flight referee this season, with 13 in 22 games. Glenn Turner, a former World Cup assistant referee, carried out the study in conjunction with YouAreTheRef.com and recorded a total of 84 “fundamental” errors in the 333 matches played up to 22 April. Incorrect decision on goals, penalties and sendings off were included once identified by both Turner and YouAreTheRef’s ‘Ref Show’ panel, which includes Keith Hackett, a former general manager of the Professional Game Match Officials Board. The study revealed Moss makes, on average, a mistake which could potentially influence the result every 1.69 games. By comparison, the league’s least error-prone referee Anthony Taylor only makes a fundamental incorrect call every nine games, with a record of three mistakes in 27 games this season. Mark Clattenburg, who will represent England’s officials at this summer’s European Championships in France, fares relatively well, with a key error every 5.40 games. Martin Atkinson, also selected to officiate in France, has made a total of 7 mistakes in 29 appearances, at an average of one every 4.14 games, according to the study.
I qualified as a referee when I was 16. Doing the course is easy. Officiating a game is infinitely harder than most people imagine. Its easy to make a refereeing decision from the stands or when you're watching on television, but not so much when you're in the middle of it. I think all of this scrutiny and analysis of their performances only makes a hard and thankless job harder. Doesn't stop me criticising referees though!
Yeah I did the refs course a few years ago when my son started playing. Reffed the 5 games I had to to pass the course and got sick of the parents whinging in my ear about things so never did it again (about 5 years since now!) Let's be honest, at full speed how many of us watching on TV thought the foul on Borini was a foul (against Norwich) - I certainly didn;t - Marriner had a better view and, watching the replays, it definitely was. I stood in the middle of an under 12's game when I was doing my qualifications and the ball was whacked into the box, hit one kids foot and another kid on the head. It fell to the edge of the area where one of the lads took a shot, hit it straight at the face of another kid who used his arms to stop it hitting himself. I didn;t give the penalty and there were grown adults wanting to start a fight with me afterwards (game finished 1-1). That's basically why I gave up
We don't bother about refs in Aussie Rules Football and SOMETIMES they bring a ball on to the pitch but more often than not they just start without one . . .
We don't bother about Referee's in Aussie Rules Football and SOMETIMES they bring a ball on to the pitch but more often than not they don't bother . . . Note: In the background at about the 1.45 mark the rest of the teams are playing on and score a goal - that's the Goal Umpire with the flags signalling a goal!
