Ref Watch City Games - 2023/24

[BringBackSwales]

Guessing ? How the fuck can one guess better than another, they shouldnt be guessing anything , you dont see it clearly then it didnt happen

Exactly. Guesswork my arse, there’s a referee plus 2 assistants, plus a 4th official, and var for the bigger decisions, yet he says a large element is guesswork. Says it all

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

ref was poor again.

fouls, ball kicked away by brighton and then we get booked.

Had a feeling we would get a red card

 

[Stephen230]

Exactly. Guesswork my arse, there’s a referee plus 2 assistants, plus a 4th official, and var for the bigger decisions, yet he says a large element is guesswork. Says it all

That’s because neither of you have ever refereed a game of football. If you had, and it’s irrelevant whether it’s a Sunday League 4th Division game or a World Cup Final, you’d know there are many occasions in every game, where the referee is making a decision on what has most likely happened, rather than is 100% certain of.

Of course at the top end with all the help that brings, you can expect the referee to get more decisions right than a guy completely on his own in the park. But the same principle applies.

If the VAR era has highlighted anything it is how many big decisions in football are subjective.

In multiple games in every round of Premier League games you will see decisions where the VAR will stick with the onfield decision, whichever way it has gone.

If you think every decision in football is a black or white, right or wrong call, you’ve not been paying much attention these last six years or so.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

That’s because neither of you have ever refereed a game of football. If you had, and it’s irrelevant whether it’s a Sunday League 4th Division game or a World Cup Final, you’d know there are many occasions in every game, where the referee is making a decision on what has most likely happened, rather than is 100% certain of.

Of course at the top end with all the help that brings, you can expect the referee to get more decisions right than a guy completely on his own in the park. But the same principle applies.

If the VAR era has highlighted anything it is how many big decisions in football are subjective.

In multiple games in every round of Premier League games you will see decisions where the VAR will stick with the onfield decision, whichever way it has gone.

If you think every decision in football is a black or white, right or wrong call, you’ve not been paying much attention these last six years or so.

Maybe a ref needs to wear a camera to show what they can see from within the game unfolding.

I don’t think the people that can’t believe that some decisions are educated guesswork have any perspective of how different viewing a game is from a second tier camera.

All it takes is a player to obscure a view and the ref literally can see what has happened.

 

[berryblue]

Do refs finish warming up on the own ? Never noticed it before and thought than that this ref seems to like the attention. He finished warming up on his own and I thought what a knobhead

You can get a good idea what the ref is going to be like when they walk out on the pitch. The more fervently they sweep the ball off the plinth the more likely they will think they are the number 1 person on the pitch. It shouldn't be their job anyway, should be the home mascot.

 

[berryblue]

Maybe a ref needs to wear a camera to show what they can see from within the game unfolding.

I don’t think the people that can’t believe that some decisions are educated guesswork have any perspective of how different viewing a game is from a second tier camera.

All it takes is a player to obscure a view and the ref literally can see what has happened.

Cameras on refs wouldn't be much good really. If you've ever watched those police progs when the copper is chasing the villain you don't actually see anything because of the vibrations.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Cameras on refs wouldn't be much good really. If you've ever watched those police progs when the copper is chasing the villain you don't actually see anything because of the vibrations.

I don’t mean a regular thing, just something to highlight how differently a ref sees the game to the TV pictures and replays that fans get.

Sky did a bit of it with their VR a season or so ago, I seem to remember.

 

[berryblue]

I don’t mean a regular thing, just something to highlight how differently a ref sees the game to the TV pictures and replays that fans get.

Sky did a bit of it with their VR a season or so ago, I seem to remember.

You would get a decent recording for when the ref is stood talking to players.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Cameras on refs wouldn't be much good really. If you've ever watched those police progs when the copper is chasing the villain you don't actually see anything because of the vibrations.

Just allow us access to the voice comm's between the official and VAR.

Honestly; what have they got to hide?

 

[TonyColemansbagofapples]

Quite a bit I reckon