Whilst not completely brought on by the Laporte cup final double yellow situation, it has brought this issue back to the front of my thinking.
It really irks me that referees are not under more scrutiny. All we ever hear is what a hard job it is, and I get that, to an extent anyway. I understand that if you’re the bloke in the middle of 22 others and you give the decisions either way then you’re likely going to be unpopular.
However in every other profession what you do and your performance in doing it is always under review, why should it be any different here?
Yesterdays cup final saw Paul Tierney give one of the worst refereeing performances I’ve ever seen, and there’s been some shockers. It should be said I think he got decisions wrong for both sides as well, I don’t necessarily feel he favoured one side, more his performance was so bad overall that he actually made a mess of the entire game.
Managers and players get fined if they criticise a referee or their performance. Fined a good sum of money if they do and therefore most stay quiet more often than not.
Now I’m not saying it should be open season, and of course people shouldn’t be allowed to openly abuse refs. None of that changes, but why can a manager not come out in an interview after the game and say “I felt the referee was poor today”. It is after all just an opinion.
I don’t think players should surround refereeS and hound them like Liverpool and United do. However I do feel there should be a way to review their performance so the best refs get the most important games.
I think we should have an independent panel (as far as possible) made up of a group of people who score each ref each game on a points basis. This informs a refs league table, the higher you are the more likely you are to get the big games and cup finals. The lower scorers have to ref lower league games until their score has consistency as such that it’s felt they get another crack at the higher league games.
I haven’t entirely thought out what they would be scored on yet, but curious to know what everyone thinks - should refs have more scrutiny? Should managers be allowed to call refs out on their errors? Where does VAR fit into that scrutiny?
Genuinely curious to see people’s views on this.
It really irks me that referees are not under more scrutiny. All we ever hear is what a hard job it is, and I get that, to an extent anyway. I understand that if you’re the bloke in the middle of 22 others and you give the decisions either way then you’re likely going to be unpopular.
However in every other profession what you do and your performance in doing it is always under review, why should it be any different here?
Yesterdays cup final saw Paul Tierney give one of the worst refereeing performances I’ve ever seen, and there’s been some shockers. It should be said I think he got decisions wrong for both sides as well, I don’t necessarily feel he favoured one side, more his performance was so bad overall that he actually made a mess of the entire game.
Managers and players get fined if they criticise a referee or their performance. Fined a good sum of money if they do and therefore most stay quiet more often than not.
Now I’m not saying it should be open season, and of course people shouldn’t be allowed to openly abuse refs. None of that changes, but why can a manager not come out in an interview after the game and say “I felt the referee was poor today”. It is after all just an opinion.
I don’t think players should surround refereeS and hound them like Liverpool and United do. However I do feel there should be a way to review their performance so the best refs get the most important games.
I think we should have an independent panel (as far as possible) made up of a group of people who score each ref each game on a points basis. This informs a refs league table, the higher you are the more likely you are to get the big games and cup finals. The lower scorers have to ref lower league games until their score has consistency as such that it’s felt they get another crack at the higher league games.
I haven’t entirely thought out what they would be scored on yet, but curious to know what everyone thinks - should refs have more scrutiny? Should managers be allowed to call refs out on their errors? Where does VAR fit into that scrutiny?
Genuinely curious to see people’s views on this.