daztrueblue91
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What pisses me off more than anything about the standard of referring in the country is how the refs believe that they are the law themselves. Many choose not to follow the rulebook and are allowed to hide behind the nature of decisions being 'subjective' to cover for their bias/incompetence.
The aftermath of the Derby completely summarises the problem. Dermott Gallagher on SSN, having watched the decisions from multiple angles, comes to the conclusion that Young should not have been sent off for the challenge of Kun (although it should have been a penalty) and that the handball incident in the 1st half was not a penalty. Then there are other former referees who argue the complete opposite and claim it was a stonewall penalty for handball and a sending off.
Now I have some sympathy over the handball incident as it is an extremely grey area at the moment. The whole argument over accidental and intentional handball only muddies the water. I remember an incident a few seasons back when Aguero went to score a header against Stoke and the ball missed his head and bounced of his arm and went in. It was universally agreed that whilst the handball wasn't intentional, the goal shouldn't have stood as a player shouldn't be able to gain an advantage via their arm/hand. Now the exact same thing happened with the Young incident. He went to head the ball, missed it, it hit his hand and took it away for Raz who had a tap in. But yet the narrative is different as Gallagher has said it was no penalty.
The Young challenge on Kun is a complete shocker though and how any ref, journalist or pundit can say it didn't warrant a red card just shows a blatant disregard for the rules. The tackle is high, reckless and dangerous and Young doesn't win the ball. For all of the talk of him touching the ball, it is Kun who still maintains possession of it before he gets taken out near the knee.
I have a gut feeling that the lawmakers and governing bodies want to keep the game the way it is so that their influence doesn't diminish. After all, the technology is available to eradicate these sort of problems but the FA and co implement it in a way which is set to hinder the game rather than help it. So long as this goes on, there are always going to be questionable decisions and there is no doubt in my mind about which side will benefit from them.
The aftermath of the Derby completely summarises the problem. Dermott Gallagher on SSN, having watched the decisions from multiple angles, comes to the conclusion that Young should not have been sent off for the challenge of Kun (although it should have been a penalty) and that the handball incident in the 1st half was not a penalty. Then there are other former referees who argue the complete opposite and claim it was a stonewall penalty for handball and a sending off.
Now I have some sympathy over the handball incident as it is an extremely grey area at the moment. The whole argument over accidental and intentional handball only muddies the water. I remember an incident a few seasons back when Aguero went to score a header against Stoke and the ball missed his head and bounced of his arm and went in. It was universally agreed that whilst the handball wasn't intentional, the goal shouldn't have stood as a player shouldn't be able to gain an advantage via their arm/hand. Now the exact same thing happened with the Young incident. He went to head the ball, missed it, it hit his hand and took it away for Raz who had a tap in. But yet the narrative is different as Gallagher has said it was no penalty.
The Young challenge on Kun is a complete shocker though and how any ref, journalist or pundit can say it didn't warrant a red card just shows a blatant disregard for the rules. The tackle is high, reckless and dangerous and Young doesn't win the ball. For all of the talk of him touching the ball, it is Kun who still maintains possession of it before he gets taken out near the knee.
I have a gut feeling that the lawmakers and governing bodies want to keep the game the way it is so that their influence doesn't diminish. After all, the technology is available to eradicate these sort of problems but the FA and co implement it in a way which is set to hinder the game rather than help it. So long as this goes on, there are always going to be questionable decisions and there is no doubt in my mind about which side will benefit from them.