...i'll love manchester united to the day i die..but these referees are constantly, week in week out, at every level ruining the game with pitiful disgraceful decisions that costs clubs titles and teams places in leagues. the biggest mistake we ever made was treating these ****ers like celebritys. they should be known by "ref" and thats it. not their full bloody names. they were obviously so **** at football they try and make a name for themselves by giving diabolical decisions at every whim whilst trying to make themselves the centre of attention. its time ex players were given the job. not these pathetic puny public school boy nonces who haven't kicked a ball in their lives.
Its obvious that video technology should be introduced IMO. Now that the bias stuff was thrown out of the window today we realise that the issue is that they are a bit crap.
Face it Jordan. If refs had made the right decisions all season long then United would not be first in the league. You and I both know that, on the whole, refs give more decisions in your favour than against. But anyway, I agree that refs are constantly ****ing up decisons and I think video referral and tech should be used. It works in tennis, rugby and cricket and makes for a fairer and still just as enjoyable game. If anything, the constant harrassing of refs all the time in fact slows down the game of football, contrary to Blaters logic that video tech would get in the way of the game.
You think you could go a better job? These people are the best of the best in our country, if they get one decision wrong it is known as a **** performance. Considering how difficult it is to ref a football match and how much pressure they are under maybe you should think before you go on a tiresome rant about how poor referees are.
They are only human and i accept that they will on occasion make errors, but what bugs me is how easily it could be improved with technology. which leads me into the matter of sepp blatter...
Someone needs to think of a system of incorporating video technology in to the game that doesn't slow everything down, doesn't undermine the ref and is easily accessible. Until then we have to make do with what we have got.
Exactly, it's easy for people to critisize and say " we need technology" but the logistics of it are far more complicated. I am sure they are looking into ways to make it work.
I understand it not as easy as just doing it instantly and problem solved, but the technology to do it pretty quickly has been there for a while and working out logistics wouldn't take this long. As for Undermining the ref we could just use it to show them a few more angles before making their decision. The fact their mistakes are shown on tv and well documented after the game makes them look just as if not more stupid as this would.
Any questionable decisions - Straight to the 4th/5th ref. If inconclusive within 5 seconds, back to the ref, ref. Easy. Not that I am in anyway taking Chelsea's marvellous win away from them of course.
Okay, fair point. But how would technology have helped in the Birmingham offside/penalty decision versus Arsenal, for example?
I'm not sure, the goalkeeper could easily claim that the ref blew the whistle before their contact, therefore it wasn't a foul. Equally, Arsenal's keeper may not have challenged/fouled the player, opting instead to stop playing, stand still and let the opponent put the ball in the net, he would argue that the goal couldn't stand because the ref had already blown the whistle. Which would be correct. What would happen then? All i'm saying is that there would be pros and cons to the technology, in my opinion, and it would represent stumbling blocks of equal measure.
They seem to do that every week. For my money, if the refs are judged to the same standard as the players, you have to admit they do a decent job. Rooney - best English stirker - sends a header half a mile wide, barges a player over and elbows someone in the head Luiz - one of the most expensive defenders in the world - makes a couple of ridiculously clumsy challenges and lucky to stay on the pitch Cashley - best English left back - practically sends a penalty into orbit Vidic - best centre back in the world - pulls a player back and gets sent off Szczesny and Koscielny - Arsenal's first choice keeper and centre back can't even kick / catch a ball cleanly between them Atkinson - decent ref but not at the top of the pile - misses the penalty and the sending off I know it'd be great for refs to perform at a higher level, but they're only human and even the top players make plenty of mistakes. Unless technology is introduced, the mistakes will continue. And even if technology is introduced, it will only help with the more straightforward decisions - the most contentious decisions will still be debated. I've seen media commentators with endless replays argue for and against Berb's penalty against Liverpool, Barton's tackle on Diaby, Nolan grabbing Szczesny by the throat, and I've even seen some journo in the Guardian argue Clattenburg was right not to send off Rooney based on analysing the eblowing "from all possible angles". If you can't get consensus on these controversial decisions days after the game, how can you provide a decision that satisfies everyone within about five seconds?
What a load of rubbish! If refs had made the correct decision Utd wouldn't be top. No one knows that since it's only pure speculation of the most ridiculous kind. Big clubs including Liverpool get decisions that other smaller clubs wouldn't get. Gerrard should have walked after his elbow on Wellbeck. Did he? No.
Not that simple, if you are stopping play for every questionable decision (so in reality anything that goes against your side) then that will completely break up the rhythm of the game. To solve that problem you would have to put someone in charge of deciding which decisions are controversial or not, and that raises loads of other questions. Who is the decider? If it is the ref and he thinks he has made a correct decision and so doesn't check it but it is wrong what happens then? The only way I can think of it working is that for every controversial decision that has game changing consequences (so only for red cards and penalties, not free kicks or yellow cards) the ref should have to view it on a camera that only he can see to avoid being influenced. Still you get my point though, it is not easy at all to implement. I don't think any of this will ever happen with the current set up though, FIFA are more concerned with making money and preserving their status rather than actually solving problems.
