Are referees not allowed to use a bit of common sense?
Quote from: Holtenderinthesky on March 10, 2011, 05:02:51 PMQuote from: darren woolley on March 09, 2011, 10:29:48 AMHe made a big mistake sending Van Persie off.No he didn't. He was sent off for two bookable offences, both of which were correct decisions.What was the second bookable offence? He kicked the ball goal-wards it hit the hoardings & bounced backed I can't see how any time was wasted other than the referee producing a red card.As for the mankini incident why wasn't Brian Clough sent of for violent conduct when he hit the forest fan on the pitch?
Quote from: darren woolley on March 09, 2011, 10:29:48 AMHe made a big mistake sending Van Persie off.No he didn't. He was sent off for two bookable offences, both of which were correct decisions.
He made a big mistake sending Van Persie off.
Quote from: Simon Ward on March 10, 2011, 10:37:01 AMAre referees not allowed to use a bit of common sense?You have 2 refs responding and in answer to your question , obviously not.The problem is that most refs become refs not because they have any particular talent for it, but because they were useless at playing the game.
Referees are odious little twats who abuse their power.
That's the trouble with the rules generally nowadays, referees are judged by their peers as to how they apply the laws of the game.In both sending off instances there was no common sense shown. Pathetic.
You can either have refs applying common sense or being consistent. you can't have both
People need to realise that the change needs to come from the top to assist us referees in consistency and common sense. FIFA being a bloody good starting point......
Dunno AV1874, I often chat to the ref after Tamworth games, even if they have been horribly biased towards the opposition(!), and they, almost to a man (and occasionally woman) say that they feel under horrendous pressure to apply the letter of the law because they know they are being assessed.I don't know what level you have reffed at, but these are refs who are trying to make the Football League list and they know that one or two bad assessments means another year or more where the best they can hope is running the line at Hereford.
Dave, when you say they are biased against Tamworth, i hope thats tongue in cheek.