[DIFH]

I?ll start with pen?s where the ref has to tell ?the wall? to go behind his sprayed line; tell everyone to stay out of area, and then the goalie ritual where he gets his directions.

A complete yawn fest but seriously wasting unnecessary time.

[Benno Spire]

DIFH, on 06 January 2025 - 08:07 PM, said:

I?ll start with pen?s where the ref has to tell ?the wall? to go behind his sprayed line; tell everyone to stay out of area, and then the goalie ritual where he gets his directions.

A complete yawn fest but seriously wasting unnecessary time.

Is that a new rule where there is a wall for penalties

[Bald magician]

Using cocaine and slagging off jurgen klopp on film

[azul]

DIFH, on 06 January 2025 - 08:07 PM, said:

I?ll start with pen?s where the ref has to tell ?the wall? to go behind his sprayed line; tell everyone to stay out of area, and then the goalie ritual where he gets his directions.

A complete yawn fest but seriously wasting unnecessary time.

Struggling with this

[DIFH]

azul, on 06 January 2025 - 09:03 PM, said:

Struggling with this

You see it every game including efl .

[JonB]

DIFH, on 06 January 2025 - 09:13 PM, said:

You see it every game including efl .

You see folk refusing to go behind the sprayed line for walls at penalties every game? I can assure you that doesn?t happen?

[Looker-on]

It is entirely typical of referees' anti-CFC agenda to allow our opponents to form a defensive wall when facing a penalty.

[Nitrous Oxide]

Why do refs allow defenders to grapple the opposition in the penalty area and give nothing, yet it's a foul anywhere else on the pitch?

This post has been edited by Nitrous Oxide: 07 January 2025 - 10:47 PM

[JonB]

Nitrous Oxide, on 07 January 2025 - 10:47 PM, said:

Why do refs allow defenders to grapple the opposition in the penalty area and give nothing, yet it's a foul anywhere else on the pitch?

Or happily give a free kick against an attacker as soon as the corner is taken yet if an attacker is fouled they stop play and warn the defender.

Happens loads that fouls they would give 99/100 anywhere else on the pitch aren?t given as pens. Pundits and commentators saying it wasn?t enough of a foul to be a penalty. Why should it have to be more of a foul just cos it?s in the box. A foul is a foul not differing levels of foul because of where it takes place.

This post has been edited by JonB: 07 January 2025 - 11:20 PM

[HaslandBlue58]

And the two handed push in the back which depending on shirt colour is not a foul.

[60s 70s Spireite]

HaslandBlue58, on 08 January 2025 - 12:01 AM, said:

And the two handed push in the back which depending on shirt colour is not a foul.

My pet hate. Apparently allowed under the guise of encouraging more free flowing games - but surely not allowed if you look at the rules of football.

[dtp]

Watching a player deliberately dive and not yellow carding him.

Happened a couple of times last night with Newcastle players against Arsenal.

[Westbars Spireite]

Leaving aside Dave's fantasy scenario, the one thing that boils my **** is referees effectively coaching players ahead of set-pieces. It's not their job to manage events before they happen, it's to act on them once they have.

[60s 70s Spireite]

Westbars Spireite, on 08 January 2025 - 08:40 AM, said:

Leaving aside Dave's fantasy scenario, the one thing that boils my **** is referees effectively coaching players ahead of set-pieces. It's not their job to manage events before they happen, it's to act on them once they have.

Moreover, referees rarely dish out a card during these spats, even if a player is flung to the floor. Just because the ball isnt in play, doesnt mean disciplinary action cant be taken.

[clarevoyant.]

60s 70s Spireite, on 08 January 2025 - 09:18 AM, said:

Moreover, referees rarely dish out a card during these spats, even if a player is flung to the floor. Just because the ball isnt in play, doesnt mean disciplinary action cant be taken.

Even retrospectively for assault, a bit like tickling someone's belly button.


One that p.. alot of folk of is the directive that a player won't be flagged offside when clearly offside but in a foot race with the keeper until the race is over. If it's devised to keep the game flowing then that's totally hypocritical when you consider time keeping is an absolute joke.

Let refs, ref the game as they see fit and cut out all these stupid directives in the search for consistency, because all we have at the moment is consistent crap created by refs more concerned about their marks than contributing to a decent game of football.

And another trait that brings a smile, at a corner on the linesman quadrant, why do some linesman go into a crouching position, are their eyes better the lower they get?

[Osborne again]

The refereeing standards have dropped through the floor in the past 10 years, and it's across the board. When you get a decent a decent ref,it's a novelty and even with VAR they still make a mess of some decisions.
The linesmen don't come out it much better either. The amount of offside calls they get wrong is ridiculous on its own but when you add in all the other mistakes,then frankly they should all go back to school. The forth official, especially at our ground is only there to listen to Paul Cook kick off and get him booked, but they don't seem to do the same about the opposition bench.
All every fan wants to see is fairness and professionalism.

[Siberian Spireite]

Osborne again, on 08 January 2025 - 10:17 AM, said:

The refereeing standards have dropped through the floor in the past 10 years, and it's across the board. When you get a decent a decent ref,it's a novelty and even with VAR they still make a mess of some decisions.
The linesmen don't come out it much better either. The amount of offside calls they get wrong is ridiculous on its own but when you add in all the other mistakes,then frankly they should all go back to school. The forth official, especially at our ground is only there to listen to Paul Cook kick off and get him booked, but they don't seem to do the same about the opposition bench.
All every fan wants to see is fairness and professionalism.

The standards have dropped because not enough people will give up their time just to be abused.

Shirt-pulling seems legal nowadays- something that would have been a foul all day a few years ago.

Refs need to stop managers coaching their players when the keeper has been instructed to go down (in the Conference especially).

[fishini]

Another few things that wind me up is the number of times the keeper goes way outside his box before kicking the ball out of his hands. The linesmen never act on it. Ref making players go back for a throw in then allow them to run and take it from the same spot. The number of foul throws allowed. Moving a free kick 6 inch

[Osborne again]

Siberian Spireite, on 08 January 2025 - 12:21 PM, said:

The standards have dropped because not enough people will give up their time just to be abused.

Shirt-pulling seems legal nowadays- something that would have been a foul all day a few years ago.

Refs need to stop managers coaching their players when the keeper has been instructed to go down (in the Conference especially).

Probably more would follow the route into refereeing if they saw utter professionalism from those already there. Those who are decent don't get abused so much, in fact I forget they're even there.
The shirt pulling and grabbing isn't even checked by refs it's pathetic.
I can't remember how many times I've seen the opposition management telling the goalie or centre half to drop as though shot. Refs should get a grip of it and book players while giving the opposition a free kick from the centre of the D. It would stop overnight. Refs bring things on themselves by being weak and others by thinking the game's about them.

[HaslandBlue58]

Osborne again, on 08 January 2025 - 01:30 PM, said:

Probably more would follow the route into refereeing if they saw utter professionalism from those already there. Those who are decent don't get abused so much, in fact I forget they're even there.
The shirt pulling and grabbing isn't even checked by refs it's pathetic.
I can't remember how many times I've seen the opposition management telling the goalie or centre half to drop as though shot. Refs should get a grip of it and book players while giving the opposition a free kick from the centre of the D. It would stop overnight. Refs bring things on themselves by being weak and others by thinking the game's about them.

Pretty much what I respond with when the 'how much abuse refs. get' argument arises.If a ref. is just crap,I want him to be crap for both teams,then I do not have much of a problem with that.It is the 'look at me and with my own rule book' types that get my abuse.