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Are you blind? Referees discussion thread.

I've said this for ages. If people knew how fast stuff happens up close you'd get a better understanding of why certain decisions were made.

(Yes, yes but why does VAR still fuck it up.)

 
congrats bud thats a nice appointment - you've earned it obviosuly.
Yer no F ups but hope they give you heaps of banter back chat and apply pressure.
Let us know how it panned out.
 
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LFC said:
congrats bud thats a nice appointment - you've earned it obviosuly.
Yer no F ups but hope they give you heaps of banter back chat and apply pressure.
Let us know how it panned out.
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Just hope to not be forced to give a goddamn penalty.
 
Muz said:
Just a quick toot of my own horn.

It's taken 11 years but I've been appointed to the centre of the premier league men's final on Saturday.

Just a matter of a small crowd of about 1500 to 2000 expected. 1 vs 2 and bad blood between both sides so no pressure.

Now not to fuck it up.
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Congrats! Good achievement
Muz said:
Just hope to not be forced to give a goddamn penalty.
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Do it for the lulz
 
NicCarBel said:
Congrats! Good achievement

Do it for the lulz
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I always thought the worst thing you could do was call a penalty until I disallowed a goal. At one match I was doing they scored and I had to go to my AR and ask him what he saw because I saw a foul in the build up where an attacker cut across a player going to intercept another attacker and ankle tapped him accidentally. Accidental but still a foul. He confirmed it.

So after about a minute I then signalled a foul. All this after the players had gone to celebrate and were on their way back for the kick-off.

Cue pandemonium.

So in order of horribleness. Disallowing a goal, then giving a penalty, closely followed by a NOT clear DOGSO call. (Was it or wasn't it a DOGSO. What colour card?)
 
Muz said:
I always thought the worst thing you could do was call a penalty until I disallowed a goal. At one match I was doing they scored and I had to go to my AR and ask him what he saw because I saw a foul in the build up where an attacker cut across a player going to intercept another attacker and ankle tapped him accidentally. Accidental but still a foul. He confirmed it.

So after about a minute I then signalled a foul. All this after the players had gone to celebrate and were on their way back for the kick-off.

Cue pandemonium.

So in order of horribleness. Disallowing a goal, then giving a penalty, closely followed by a NOT clear DOGSO call. (Was it or wasn't it a DOGSO. What colour card?)
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Oh yeah disallowing something is always fun.

I can't remember if I've told the story here before - but it's why I always make sure I give clear instructions to clubbies running the lines for me (this is State League 1 in Canberra btw so... 3rd tier of Canberra at the time)

Pre-match instructions - Just call offsides, and ball in/out. Don't tell me about any fouls, unless I've missed like a clear punch to the face, something violent happens behind my back, something like that.

Through ball from one team, while the goalkeeper comes out and clatters him. Would be a penalty, so I blow my whistle while I start hearing some people say "offside". So before I signal anything (other than the whistle), I see the clubbie (who is part of the attacking team) with his flag out in front of him (classic offside signal), so that's when I start aiming to restart play with offside, and then the attacking team blow up at me because they thought they were getting the penalty.

So I just explain with the captain who's come up to me (pretty politely actually, given the circumstances/those with him) in front of the clubbie AR from his club "So, look... I've given instructions that I can see the fouls - which yes the keeper would have committed a foul, if your striker wasn't offside. At least that's what I'm understanding from the signals with the flag here." Which is when the clubbie piped in with "Oh, but I was calling for the penalty", so I just had to overrule him again, because at that stage there's no going back.
 
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NicCarBel said:
Oh yeah disallowing something is always fun.

I can't remember if I've told the story here before - but it's why I always make sure I give clear instructions to clubbies running the lines for me (this is State League 1 in Canberra btw so... 3rd tier of Canberra at the time)

Pre-match instructions - Just call offsides, and ball in/out. Don't tell me about any fouls, unless I've missed like a clear punch to the face, something violent happens behind my back, something like that.

Through ball from one team, while the goalkeeper comes out and clatters him. Would be a penalty, so I blow my whistle while I start hearing some people say "offside". So before I signal anything (other than the whistle), I see the clubbie (who is part of the attacking team) with his flag out in front of him (classic offside signal), so that's when I start aiming to restart play with offside, and then the attacking team blow up at me because they thought they were getting the penalty.

So I just explain with the captain who's come up to me (pretty politely actually, given the circumstances/those with him) in front of the clubbie AR from his club "So, look... I've given instructions that I can see the fouls - which yes the keeper would have committed a foul, if your striker wasn't offside. At least that's what I'm understanding from the signals with the flag here." Which is when the clubbie piped in with "Oh, but I was calling for the penalty", so I just had to overrule him again, because at that stage there's no going back.
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That's great.

I always tell my 2 ARs to not flag penalties unless they're a thousand % sure and even then, move to the corner and hold your flag over your chest and call me over and we'll have a discussion. Twice, in the one game one AR at each end decided to throw all those instructions out the window and flag for penalties.

Of course once the flag is up and they're waving it and everyone is screaming blue murder, good luck not pointing to the spot.

Talk about hung out to dry.
 
Muz said:
That's great.

I always tell my 2 ARs to not flag penalties unless they're a thousand % sure and even then, move to the corner and hold your flag over your chest and call me over and we'll have a discussion. Twice, in the one game one AR at each end decided to throw all those instructions out the window and flag for penalties.

Of course once the flag is up and they're waving it and everyone is screaming blue murder, good luck not pointing to the spot.

Talk about hung out to dry.
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Yep, I'm too deadshit scared of doing that to the guy in the middle if I'm AR. I'd have to be dead certain to call a penalty. Foul outside maybe is a bit different though..
 
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Muz said:
Just a quick toot of my own horn.

It's taken 11 years but I've been appointed to the centre of the premier league men's final on Saturday.

Just a matter of a small crowd of about 1500 to 2000 expected. 1 vs 2 and bad blood between both sides so no pressure.

Now not to fuck it up.
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Send two players off in the first five minutes, if that doesn't work start carding the benches.

Then sit back with the popcorn.
 
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