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[halfcenturyup]

That’s a good shout, now that I think about it.

By the way, I think you were stretching the meaning of tolerant in your previous post. ;-)

Well maybe, but you are enough to make anyone crazy :)

 

[halfcenturyup]

Think it's politically correct. It was women. No batsman anymore and batslady dont quite sound right. :-(

Edit: Fuck me, that's a bit too big :O

 

[SebastianBlue]

Well maybe, but you are enough to make anyone crazy :)

You are my missus and I claim my £1,000!

 

[invisibleandalone]

A (very) long piece in the Guardian on PL refereeing. It contains little new other than its interesting to hear their perspective. It deals with VAR but I felt it was a very insular view and even with the appointment of Webb there is no effort to learn from other sports to improve. Lots on football as a subjective sport so not every decision is black and white. Notwithstanding that its worth a read.

The impossible job: inside the world of Premier League referees

Players, pundits and fans complain bitterly that referees are getting worse each season – but is that fair?

www.theguardian.com

There's a sentence in this article that says "Most referees maintain a distance of about 15 metres", 15 metres from what? The play, the ball, the fowl ? That is bollocks and would love to know, how a ref knows, where a fowl is going to happen to maintain his 15 metre distance

 

[Stephen230]

There's a sentence in this article that says "Most referees maintain a distance of about 15 metres", 15 metres from what? The play, the ball, the fowl ? That is bollocks and would love to know, how a ref knows, where a fowl is going to happen to maintain his 15 metre distance

The article actually answers all of the questions you’ve asked and explains why 15 metres is considered to be roughly the optimum position for a referee to be away from the action.

 

[TinFoilHat]

What odds Tierney gets our game with the dips?

 

[Blue Mist]

I had many discussions with Alan Harper’s ‘Tash, if that’s who you mean.

I think you’re overestimating my commitment to do whatever it is that would achieve, if you think I’m going to be firing up two devices and chatting away to myself in a thread.

Phone and lap top, dead easy.
I'm also Mad Eyed Screamer, everyone else who was offered it refused as they coukdnt stand the Smiths.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

You are my missus and I claim my £1,000!

£1000???

It used to be a fiver.

Bloody inflation.

 

[richardtheref]

De Gea was in the video review area?

Itv showed a clip where you can see he is stood behind the ref watching

 

[richardtheref]

Just finished reading Clattenburgs book. Whilst most of it is a complete work of fiction in the final chapter he says VAR should be scaled back & refs have become over reliant on it. I agree with this.
However, he then says the new handball law helps defenders????? Not sure about that

 

[Gazza]

Attwell refereed the Carabao final Liverpool v Chelsea, a year ago (2022).

Oh yeah, I'd forgotten that game, can't think why.

 

[Gazza]

Just finished reading Clattenburgs book. Whilst most of it is a complete work of fiction in the final chapter he says VAR should be scaled back & refs have become over reliant on it. I agree with this.
However, he then says the new handball law helps defenders????? Not sure about that

Have you read Collina's book? Now that book is pointless - he just toes the official line all the way through the book, it's almost like he knew he'd get a job with EUFA.

 

[richardtheref]

Have you read Collina's book? Now that book is pointless - he just toes the official line all the way through the book, it's almost like he knew he'd get a job with EUFA.

I have read that. Not sure if you are employed by UEFA that you are going to be too controversial

 

[Gazza]

I have read that. Not sure if you are employed by UEFA that you are going to be too controversial

I'm not sure he was employed by them at the time of writing.

 

[ZanteWeatherman]

fuck me who watches women's cricket

Me...... only if it's England though.

 

[richardtheref]

I'm not sure he was employed by them at the time of writing.

Book came out in 2003 when he was still a UEFA ref I believe

 

[hertsblue]

What odds Tierney gets our game with the dips?

It will be one of the Dippers usual fav officials with them allowed to foul at will, Fabinho avoiding 4 carded offences and us being totally fucked over on at least 1 decision due to Var, just the usual officiating we get v Dippers.
Atwell/Tierney/Oliver or Taylor

 

[TinFoilHat]

It will be one of the Dippers usual fav officials with them allowed to foul at will, Fabinho avoiding 4 carded offences and us being totally fucked over on at least 1 decision due to Var, just the usual officiating we get v Dippers.
Atwell/Tierney/Oliver or Taylor

Darren England in VAR...

 

[bluemanchester]

I thought so too. Btw, when did we start calling them batters? Haven't watched cricket for a long time, but is this new?

Why not just call them batty;-)

 

[halfcenturyup]

Why not just call them batty;-)