Guy Fawkes
The voice of treason
- Sep 29, 2007
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Biggest mistake East made last night, which I'm surprised no one had mentioned is the clear foul on Hemed which then lead to the incident where he gave a free kick to Ipswich that led to their goal.
It effectively cost us the game.
East also has one half yellow card syndrome. In a couple of matches I've seen where he has been ref, he has handed out yellows in the first half as if they were sweets in a playground and then gives nothing in the second half. There were two or three occasions where a yellow, including with Emmanuel a second, but he clearly didn't want to have to do the paperwork at he end of the match and so bottled it.
One final thing I'd comment on is that I've not seen a referee in a long time where his positioning based on the location of play was so poor. For two or three important decisions the linesman gave a decision and the referee was too far away and gave the decision the other way. Poor poor refereeing performance overall that frankly ruined what should have been an entertaining game.
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Disagree that that decision to award a (very dodgy) free kick cost us the game but it made our job that much harder when things like that go against you (decisions not the goal)
Funny how he only booked Ipswich players first half and our players second despite incident in both halves where he could have booked players from the side he wasn't booking for very similar looking incidents to the ones he actually booked players for
Interesting article and this bit is a bit worrying:
The foundation of a referee’s performance is to see, think, recognise and act. The quality of decision-making is really about getting the big decisions correct. We are witnessing too many errors around big game-changing decisions.
When a team are playing poorly the manager’s position comes into question. One must therefore ask if Mike Riley and his team at the PGMOL are up to the task.
There have been some worrying developments behind the scenes. They decided to remove assessors at games, former referees who offered positive support and advice. They now rely on former managers and players to do this job at the stadium. It is not as effective.
While a small group of ex-referees review performance through DVDs, sadly the personal touch has been lost. I also understand that video review sessions at the referees’ regular meetings are no longer used.
This is a mistake. Discussing good and poor practice by viewing decisions and discussing them is one way to learn to avoid error by sharing experiences.
With some refs becoming professional, you would think that more money would have allowed for a higher standard of training, assessing and review & guidance but it seems to be the opposite, which could go some way to explain how refs can manage the game so differently (one lets it flow and another blows up for any and every slight contact)
Fans and players would find it a lot less frustrating (like last night) if the approach was consistent, regardless of ho the actual official was for a match