Lovejoy's Referee Idea

[davymcfc]

Great article. Things need changing. Also I think video technology is needed. Football can learn a few things from rugby.

 

[mick10]

Good stuff though not sure it would make a blind bit of difference regarding the poor decisions that are made by these officials. The poor decision making is the real problem at the present with ref's and linesmen (and women) and this is what really causes the contempt
directed at them. Some sort of video evidence would assist but not sure that would be so welcome.
Would be a step forward definitely

 

[Sky Blue Red]

Totally agree with yellow/red cards for verbal abuse but video technology for anything else except whether the ball is over the line or not I dont agree with.

i think anything game changing should be available to challenge with video say one appeal per half per team as in cricket.if your right you keep your appeal if not you lose it

But how does a video ref decide whether a sending off is correct or not, whether a penalty is a penalty or not etc. Every decision is only a matter of opinion after all.

I personally think it should stay as it is.

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

I played rugby for years and abuse or disrepect towards refs was not done. Occasionally red mist would descend but you soon learned when he gave 10 yards against you after you'd mauled the ball up the pitch for ages. That wouldn't really translate into football, maybe 20 or 30 yards would. What would work though is the 'decision reversal' rule.In rugby penalty decisions can be reversed if players get gobby or react to opposition/officials after foul play. Free kicks could be reversed if Rooney and Nani etc gang up and crowd the ref or John Terry starts cockney bollocksing at the referee

 

[without a dream]

This was put to Mike Riley, on 5 live over the weekend, who's now head of referees (or whatever his proper title is) and he claimed that it would be detrimental to the relationship between playes and referees.

That seems stupid to me, especially as the relationship seems to be the refs being 'pally' and then copping a load of abuse. The players would soon sort out their bad language when their sponsorship deals start to drop due to it, I really don't understand why something hasn't been done.

 

[city saint]

Totally agree with yellow/red cards for verbal abuse but video technology for anything else except whether the ball is over the line or not I dont agree with.

i think anything game changing should be available to challenge with video say one appeal per half per team as in cricket.if your right you keep your appeal if not you lose it

But how does a video ref decide whether a sending off is correct or not, whether a penalty is a penalty or not etc. Every decision is only a matter of opinion after all.

I personally think it should stay as it is.

yes but blatently wrong calls could be rectified

 

[Sky Blue Red]

i think anything game changing should be available to challenge with video say one appeal per half per team as in cricket.if your right you keep your appeal if not you lose it

But how does a video ref decide whether a sending off is correct or not, whether a penalty is a penalty or not etc. Every decision is only a matter of opinion after all.

I personally think it should stay as it is.

yes but blatently wrong calls could be rectified

Thats my point but. Who says what is blatently wrong? If you show a penalty incident for example to 3 different people you might get 3 different answers. Who is right and who is wrong? The decisions are all opinions.

 

[RandomJ]

It works in Rugby because the players aren't mindless thugs they're actually quite intelligent and respectful and never swear at the ref but you tried this in football you'd have Rooney saying "Fucking" to the ref about 30 times.