As I'm sure I once read, rugby referees understand the spirit of the game but not the laws and in football they understand the laws but not the spirit.
Quote from: dave.woodhall on January 22, 2021, 01:01:58 PMAs I'm sure I once read, rugby referees understand the spirit of the game but not the laws and in football they understand the laws but not the spirit. Sounds about right but i'd add that the rugby bit is specifically about the scrum and ruck, loads of refs don't really understand that and just do the best they can, which is fine because they normally go back to common sense and, as you say, the spirit of the game.
I would almost gamble everything I own on all referee's not knowing the laws of the game one hundred percent. Some of the laws of the game are ambiguous and therefore open to interpretation...
It appears that Smith now accepts he was wrong about the law and accepts it was a correct decision.Bizarre
Quote from: Drummond on January 22, 2021, 03:12:11 PMIt appears that Smith now accepts he was wrong about the law and accepts it was a correct decision.Bizarre Boooo, Smith out!
Martin, they had time to read and digest the Encyclopedia Brittanica let alone the referee's chart (laws of the game). All joking aside though, there are times in our lives when it is necessary to think on our feet, and refereeing football matches is one of them. What VAR has done, is to give ref's the chance to actually do that. What boils my piss over this is that none of the buffoons chose to take full advantage of the opportunity. What Moss should have done IMO was to have flipped the situation and given the offside and then let the law-makers see what a shit interpretation their original idea was although in fairness this scenario would not have entered their heads.There's an old adage within the refereeing fraternity and it's this:. Better to give a bad decision than a bad goal. Moss and the rest would do well to remember that.
I don't interpret it like that all. To me Smith has accepted the FA charge against him that his remarks to Job Moss were abusive, but not in any way is he accepting that Rodri was not offside?