Referees

[summerisle]

Should be ashamed of his performance, especially this. Probably see him again at the derby

 

[Ring master]

I fail to see how he cant even tell thats a foul,nothing blocking him

 

[Toast]

Soccer Saturday had a piece about John Moss today.
Clearly trying to make him seem sound and not unfit and incompetent.

He owns a record shop which sells some decent gear.

 

[ToffeeTim]

It's a blatant foul.

Otherwise it's a goal kick.

One of the worst decisions you'll ever see.

 

[Ring master]

When it happened Live,i was expecting the worst as it usually happens to us,when stuff goes against us,and it so nearly did again

 

[SantaClausisanEvertonian]

On a slightly different subject, what really needs addressing in football is the complete lack of respect for referees at all levels of the game.
Take a look at rugby union for example. The referee commands and gets respect from players, club officials and fans alike. This is the polar opposite of what refs get in our so called 'beautiful game'.
This needs to be tackled (pun intended!) from grass roots level, right up to the Premier League.
I know our current standard of refereeing is abysmal at the moment but a little respect would go a long way, together with more accountability on the part of officials.

 

[toffee82]

If they had scored would VAR have looked at it. The decision was a clear and obvious error.
It was a shocking decision but refs make mistakes. VAR is supposed to correct that but it is already a joke this season. No wonder decisions on the pitch are so poor if the whole system is rotten.

 

[nsno-chris]

I’m not normally one to criticise referees but that was one of the worst displays I’ve seen. It was appalling throughout

 

[jaycee]

Its difficult to have respect for these full time professional refs when you see horrendous displays like yesterday,when you have Moss basically standing in the centre circle most of the game because he is not fit,then blowing for some random free kick so he can catch up with play and when you have VAR getting it completely wrong despite having numerous opportunities to review events
Local league refs deserve a lot of praise for simply getting out of bed on Sunday morning to put up with all the crap

 

[degsy]

What can you do its 'Chinatown' for footy

 

[Diogenes the Cynic]

Its difficult to have respect for these full time professional refs when you see horrendous displays like yesterday,when you have Moss basically standing in the centre circle most of the game because he is not fit,then blowing for some random free kick so he can catch up with play and when you have VAR getting it completely wrong despite having numerous opportunities to review events
Local league refs deserve a lot of praise for simply getting out of bed on Sunday morning to put up with all the crap

People who choose to be refs are generally just weird. The type of people who were jobsworth prefects in school and now work in an office and are in charge of stationary so they can make people come to them to ask for a pen.
If you can play then you play. Even if you can't play, you play pub footy.
Who wants to be the one running around with a whistle telling people off and handing out cards. I think they all have deficient personalities.

 

[DOMNOLAN]

On a slightly different subject, what really needs addressing in football is the complete lack of respect for referees at all levels of the game.
Take a look at rugby union for example. The referee commands and gets respect from players, club officials and fans alike. This is the polar opposite of what refs get in our so called 'beautiful game'.
This needs to be tackled (pun intended!) from grass roots level, right up to the Premier League.
I know our current standard of refereeing is abysmal at the moment but a little respect would go a long way, together with more accountability on the part of officials.

Referees need to command respect through good refereeing. Yesterday, the ref deserved no respect, and to give him respect when he performs like that just brings the game into disrepute. If you ref like that, you need to be accountable. Once they are accountable, maybe then we can respect them.

 

[PhilM]

If they had scored would VAR have looked at it. The decision was a clear and obvious error.
It was a shocking decision but refs make mistakes. VAR is supposed to correct that but it is already a joke this season. No wonder decisions on the pitch are so poor if the whole system is rotten.

Perhaps it's best for the VAR thread, however on MOTD Alan Shearer made a really good point about the incompetent use of VAR by the referees.

There's already been so many dubious decisions made using VAR, that's putting it nicely, yet not once has a referee actually used the TV available to view it.

We're onto nearly ninety games and not once has it been used, nor has VAR been used to give a penalty this season. Incompetent? I think it's more than that.

I've always suggested that referees have been under a lot of pressure because they've had to make split second decisions, when judged by slow motion replays.

But they've now got something to aid them and for whatever reason they aren't actually using it, so they are deserving of the scrutiny they are receiving.

 

[jaycee]

Its a lot more difficult to referee games now,multiple camera angles,second phase of play,games faster,more "gamesmanship, and the thing I think is stopping a lot of VAR decisions being called is the wording "clear and obvious mistake", its basically saying call your fellow ref incompatent

 

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A lovely bunch of lads