| If you were a referee what biases would you bring? 14:43 - Jan 30 with 3494 views | Illinoisblue |
I would stop the over protection of goalkeepers at corner kicks. Goalies would have to be getting attacked by an axe murderer before I’d consider reaching for my whistle. |  |
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| If you were a referee what biases would you bring? on 14:45 - Jan 30 with 2097 views | TractorFrog |
I would award penalties, free kicks, throw-ins and corners to Ipswich Town wherever I could possibly get away with it. |  |
| They'd all laugh at me if they knew what I was trying to do. To create a new strain of super-wine in half-an-hour with a fraction of nature's resources and a FOOL for an assistant. 'Bernard Black, he's mad,' they'd say, 'he's insane, he's dangerous.' Well I'll show them! I'll show them all! | | Poll: | Who should start in CM with Cajuste? |
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| If you were a referee what biases would you bring? on 14:46 - Jan 30 with 2096 views | ITFC_Forever |
Put the fecking flag up as soon as it’s offside.
The ridiculous situation at the moment is going to cause a serious injury before long. |  |
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| If you were a referee what biases would you bring? on 14:53 - Jan 30 with 2059 views | footers |
Extreme political ones. And for daft haircuts. |  |
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| If you were a referee what biases would you bring? on 14:55 - Jan 30 with 2054 views | XYZ |
Immediate yellow card for any player on the offending side within 10 yards of a free kick two seconds after I've blown the whistle. |  | | |
| If you were a referee what biases would you bring? on 15:07 - Jan 30 with 2018 views | blueislander |
| If you were a referee what biases would you bring? on 14:55 - Jan 30 by XYZ |
Immediate yellow card for any player on the offending side within 10 yards of a free kick two seconds after I've blown the whistle. |
Straight red for swearing . That is applied rigorously in Guernsey league football, and believes it or not it works. | | | |
| If you were a referee what biases would you bring? on 15:14 - Jan 30 with 2003 views | LankHenners |
| If you were a referee what biases would you bring? on 14:46 - Jan 30 by ITFC_Forever |
Put the fecking flag up as soon as it’s offside.
The ridiculous situation at the moment is going to cause a serious injury before long. |
You'd have to scrap VAR at the same time for that to be brought back, which I wouldn't be against at all. |  |
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| If you were a referee what biases would you bring? on 15:19 - Jan 30 with 1979 views | cbower |
Straight red for diving. Straight red for swearing at ref. Advance free kicks ten yards for arguing. No gloves for outfield players. If you are offside, then you are offside. If you are on the pitch then you are interfering with play ffs. Refs should be miked up so we can hear the abuse they get |  |
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| If you were a referee what biases would you bring? on 15:26 - Jan 30 with 1953 views | MattinLondon |
| If you were a referee what biases would you bring? on 15:19 - Jan 30 by cbower |
Straight red for diving. Straight red for swearing at ref. Advance free kicks ten yards for arguing. No gloves for outfield players. If you are offside, then you are offside. If you are on the pitch then you are interfering with play ffs. Refs should be miked up so we can hear the abuse they get |
Why a straight red for diving? What makes that more of an offence than a defender grabbing hold of an attackers shirt?
The trouble is that if someone tries to officiate too sternly than that will be just as bad for the game than being too lenient. |  | | |
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| If you were a referee what biases would you bring? on 15:29 - Jan 30 with 1945 views | HARRY10 |
| If you were a referee what biases would you bring? on 14:55 - Jan 30 by XYZ |
Immediate yellow card for any player on the offending side within 10 yards of a free kick two seconds after I've blown the whistle. |
yep, any actioned that is deemed to be trying to delay or interfering with the free kick would be booked
similarly the 15 yard gain on the throw ins
it cannot be beyond the capability of the lino to stand where the ball went out - the crowd could then see where it went out as could the ref | | | |
| If you were a referee what biases would you bring? on 15:31 - Jan 30 with 1938 views | ITFC_Forever |
| If you were a referee what biases would you bring? on 15:14 - Jan 30 by LankHenners |
You'd have to scrap VAR at the same time for that to be brought back, which I wouldn't be against at all. |
Even better.
But why do they play to that directive when there is no VAR? | |
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| If you were a referee what biases would you bring? on 15:34 - Jan 30 with 1914 views | cbower |
| If you were a referee what biases would you bring? on 15:26 - Jan 30 by MattinLondon |
Why a straight red for diving? What makes that more of an offence than a defender grabbing hold of an attackers shirt?
The trouble is that if someone tries to officiate too sternly than that will be just as bad for the game than being too lenient. |
Diving pees me off. The op asked for personal views and I gave one. I hate how for some it has become some sort of art form. That's all. Any deliberate offence is, of course, a form of cheating isn't it? | |
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| If you were a referee what biases would you bring? on 15:35 - Jan 30 with 1907 views | soupytwist |
As Half Man Half Biscuit put it in Paintball's Coming Home:
If I were a linesman
I would execute defenders who applauded my offsides. |  | | |
| If you were a referee what biases would you bring? on 15:38 - Jan 30 with 1885 views | longtimefan |
| If you were a referee what biases would you bring? on 15:29 - Jan 30 by HARRY10 |
yep, any actioned that is deemed to be trying to delay or interfering with the free kick would be booked
similarly the 15 yard gain on the throw ins
it cannot be beyond the capability of the lino to stand where the ball went out - the crowd could then see where it went out as could the ref |
Assistant needs to stay level with second last defender and they can’t be in two places at once, especially when the ball exits in the half they don’t patrol. There’s really no excuse for referees not being more proactive in policing where the throw is taken from though, it’s ridiculous how many yards are gained in some cases. | | | |
| If you were a referee what biases would you bring? on 15:41 - Jan 30 with 1862 views | MattinLondon |
| If you were a referee what biases would you bring? on 15:34 - Jan 30 by cbower |
Diving pees me off. The op asked for personal views and I gave one. I hate how for some it has become some sort of art form. That's all. Any deliberate offence is, of course, a form of cheating isn't it? |
Of course diving is cheating - for me, it’s an offence that isn’t any worse than a defender deliberately grabbing hold of a striker of pulling his shirt etc. But I do understand that for some diving is worse than other offences. | | | |
| If you were a referee what biases would you bring? on 15:42 - Jan 30 with 1859 views | WD19 |
I would be impeccably even handed.
Unless there were any gingers playing.
Or Scousers. |  | | |
| If you were a referee what biases would you bring? on 15:43 - Jan 30 with 1851 views | LankHenners |
| If you were a referee what biases would you bring? on 15:31 - Jan 30 by ITFC_Forever |
Even better.
But why do they play to that directive when there is no VAR? |
Unless I've missed something they don't? Or they're not supposed to anyway. Probably just down to poor officiating or the officials taking too long to make their mind up. | |
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| If you were a referee what biases would you bring? on 15:45 - Jan 30 with 1830 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| If you were a referee what biases would you bring? on 15:07 - Jan 30 by blueislander |
Straight red for swearing . That is applied rigorously in Guernsey league football, and believes it or not it works. |
It is a sea change so more than just what one individual referee can achieve. However, I would want the head of refereeing to look to implement the following:
1 Discourage the whole discussion of everything with players. If the referee makes a decision, that is the decision (unless VAR intervenes) and anyone disputing/discussing it (or trying to persuade the referee to book a player etc) gets a yellow card and the original decision increased in favour of the side not complaining (free kick reversed to opposition, moves up 10 yards or throw in within 10 yards of the corner flag becomes a corner, corner becomes a free kick on edge of the area, free kick inside box becomes penalty etc). This would rapidly eradicate dissent and improve the speed of the game.
2 Rigorously implement the 6 second rule for when a goalkeeper gathers the ball (it rarely is) and have a similar limit for all throw-ins, set pieces etc. (would have to see whether slightly longer might be necessary for these).
3 Have a policy that referees should seek to allow the game to flow with playing advantage being sought as far as possible.
This is all rooted in the idea that football should be an entertainment business and professional timewasting is not entertaining. |  |
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| If you were a referee what biases would you bring? on 15:45 - Jan 30 with 1829 views | MattinLondon |
I would build a time machine and go back in time to the incident when Roy Keane and all of his teammates ran after Andy D’Urso. I would then jump into the body of the referee and line-up all of the Man U players and yellow card them all. Then, if Sir Alex complained, I would send him to the stands. | | | |
| If you were a referee what biases would you bring? on 15:47 - Jan 30 with 1818 views | BlueandTruesince82 |
Auto yellow card for gobbing anywhere near the pitch. |  |
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| If you were a referee what biases would you bring? on 15:49 - Jan 30 with 1812 views | jaykay |
mark the spot where the ball went out for a throw in. seen the ball go out for throw in, in line with the penalty area and the time its thrown its taken by the half way line. |  |
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| If you were a referee what biases would you bring? on 16:03 - Jan 30 with 1770 views | Ftnfwest |
| If you were a referee what biases would you bring? on 15:19 - Jan 30 by cbower |
Straight red for diving. Straight red for swearing at ref. Advance free kicks ten yards for arguing. No gloves for outfield players. If you are offside, then you are offside. If you are on the pitch then you are interfering with play ffs. Refs should be miked up so we can hear the abuse they get |
Agree on the diving but as VAR is present in the premier league at least it’s stopped all that….oh wait |  | | |
| If you were a referee what biases would you bring? on 16:03 - Jan 30 with 1768 views | ITFC_Forever |
| If you were a referee what biases would you bring? on 15:43 - Jan 30 by LankHenners |
Unless I've missed something they don't? Or they're not supposed to anyway. Probably just down to poor officiating or the officials taking too long to make their mind up. |
They do in L1.
Couple of weeks ago (Wycombe at home possibly), the opposition went on the attack, Burns hared after the attacker and had a swing and a miss of a tackle, bloke shot straight at the GK and only then the linesman put his flag up.
Had Burns connected and injured the opposition, he would have been unnecessarily injured. | |
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| If you were a referee what biases would you bring? on 16:10 - Jan 30 with 1746 views | LankHenners |
| If you were a referee what biases would you bring? on 16:03 - Jan 30 by ITFC_Forever |
They do in L1.
Couple of weeks ago (Wycombe at home possibly), the opposition went on the attack, Burns hared after the attacker and had a swing and a miss of a tackle, bloke shot straight at the GK and only then the linesman put his flag up.
Had Burns connected and injured the opposition, he would have been unnecessarily injured. |
That's probably just bad officiating or he was still in communication with the ref about it. Most games in League 1 they seem to be fairly swift about putting the flag up.
The only reason they do it late in the Prem is because it allows VAR to be used as intended otherwise a wrong call could spoil a perfectly fair goalscoring chance. Obviously that doesn't stop potential injuries and I would scrap the whole lot and just accept that linesmen get it wrong occasionally. | |
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| If you were a referee what biases would you bring? on 16:37 - Jan 30 with 1687 views | Scuzzer |
| If you were a referee what biases would you bring? on 14:45 - Jan 30 by TractorFrog |
I would award penalties, free kicks, throw-ins and corners to Ipswich Town wherever I could possibly get away with it. |
and considering the dreadful quality of these ....wouldn't make a scrap of difference. |  |
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| If you were a referee what biases would you bring? on 16:40 - Jan 30 with 1669 views | HARRY10 |
| If you were a referee what biases would you bring? on 15:38 - Jan 30 by longtimefan |
Assistant needs to stay level with second last defender and they can’t be in two places at once, especially when the ball exits in the half they don’t patrol. There’s really no excuse for referees not being more proactive in policing where the throw is taken from though, it’s ridiculous how many yards are gained in some cases. |
"Assistant needs to stay level with second last defender and they can’t be in two places at once"
ah yes, I wondered who would be the first to spot that 
More so when the ball goes out near the corner flag, and it is a throw in for the defending team. What advantage there is, is lost by the player taking the throw in from far further up the pitch.
Ref can sort this out easily, with a word to both teams before the game. Any gaining ground and the throw is awarded to the opposition.
VAR rules on a mere inch difference - throw in, 15 yards with no complaint. | | | |
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