prestonibbo_mcfc said:
I do think we have had some bad decisions. But in most of the matches that have been
quoted, if we had put our chances away and not defended so shockingly then we would
not be having this conversation.
You make your own luck.
I agree with the sentiment that you make your own luck, and we haven't played well enough, consistently enough, to make the most of own own chances, or indeed to make enough luck for
ourselves. Supposedly luck should even out over a season, i'm not convinced it has for us.
Bad decisions are a different matter, first of all, they should not even happen, but on the basis i will grudgingly accept that referees are human (mostly), some will happen, and all teams will suffer their share of them, however, i find it hard to come up with an adequate reason why we have suffered at the hands of a disproportionate amount of erroneous, if not shocking decisions, unless of course, somebody does not like us?.
Totally different argument for a different thread, given that we now have goal line technology, the sooner video technology is used for ALL penalty decisions the better. Any time referee or assistant has good cause to believe a penalty kick is appropriate flag, / blow whistle, for conditional penalty kick, check incident with 4th official (bit like rugby) either with his assistance,or solely 4th official's decision, or simply reviewing incident again, referee either awards penalty kick to attacking side, or re-starts with free kick from penalty spot to defending side. - SIMPLES
One would hope , with the safety net of a review, to cover their arses with regards to awarding a penalty in error, and being lambasted afterwards, referees would / should be more willing to award conditional penalty, and then reviewing it. As long as no stigma was attached to the referee for awarding a conditional penalty, and on review cancelling it in favour of the defending side, i believe this to be a win, win situation, and can see no downside! Fairly obviously, as play has stopped, the officials also would have (as long as required) to consider any yellow or red cards.
A bit like Cricket DRS, and Rugby TMO, no guarantee that ALL decisions would be correct, but a guarantee there would be dramatically less wrong ones, and that most certainly is what is required!
