Our first ref this season.....

[enema of the state]

I used to like durkin

[dww]

I really think worrying about the ref is for the Evertons of this world.

The referees in the PL in my opinion are generally unbiased and try their best. They are however human and as such the pressure and the reputations of top players will result in big teams being favoured slightly season in season out. As a big team I think it is a bit rich to moan about referees in general and have a suspicion that neutrals will have a different view to us about these big decisions which have gone against us consistently in the past according to some.

Specific instances of a referee having a bad match which affected us is different obviously.

[enema of the state]

IThe referees in the PL in my opinion are generally unbiased and try their best. They are however human and as such the pressure and the reputations of top players will result in big teams being favoured slightly season in season out.

not a totally unfair point mate

but bottom line - refs in the EPL arent good enough - end of

they diminish the product, theyre a negative, one of the worst things about the very best sport.

some people like the randomness factor of having a single muppett racing around after 20 pro athletes trying to make evey correct call from a single angle. I dont. I want the best (and fairest) team to be rewarded.
Id rather have a slower game with a stopping clock and less controversial decisions.

the nfl - whilst a hugely different sport, and not without referreeing errors/controversiies of its own, is by far the best referreed sport ive seen. we have masses to learn from them.

[mchaggis]

not a totally unfair point mate

but bottom line - refs in the EPL arent good enough - end of

they diminish the product, theyre a negative, one of the worst things about the very best sport.

some people like the randomness factor of having a single muppett racing around after 20 pro athletes trying to make evey correct call from a single angle. I dont. I want the best (and fairest) team to be rewarded.
Id rather have a slower game with a stopping clock and less controversial decisions.

the nfl - whilst a hugely different sport, and not without referreeing errors/controversiies of its own, is by far the best referreed sport ive seen. we have masses to learn from them.

So you want to watch commercials every 2 minutes?

[dww]

not a totally unfair point mate

but bottom line - refs in the EPL arent good enough - end of

they diminish the product, theyre a negative, one of the worst things about the very best sport.

some people like the randomness factor of having a single muppett racing around after 20 pro athletes trying to make evey correct call from a single angle. I dont. I want the best (and fairest) team to be rewarded.
Id rather have a slower game with a stopping clock and less controversial decisions.

the nfl - whilst a hugely different sport, and not without referreeing errors/controversiies of its own, is by far the best referreed sport ive seen. we have masses to learn from them.

I'm in favour of changes to the way matches are officiated but I think slowing down the game would take away something from the sport.

I would like to see rules such as offside simplified and ideally made physically possible for the officials to see all necessary areas. Watching the man running + the one passing + working out what phase of play everything happened in is a ridiculously difficult task and even in replays people often disagree about the interpretation.

I also think that we could do with a change to the way advantage is played to make it less completely random. Possibly having a presribed time limit when the offended against team can call for the freekick if they get no advantage.

I think additional assistants with more prescribed roles would also be benificial.

Overall I would like to see FIFA/UEFA trial some innovations to see the level of impact and to see which changes are worth applying. As it is they seem resistant to do anything but ludicrous alterations of the 'interpretations' of the rules.

[LFCman]

I used to like durkin

Me too. Top ref.

[stevie_gerrard_8]

I used to like durkin

If he was the one with ginger hair, then yes, he was a very good ref.

[paulcooper4]

If he was the one with ginger hair, then yes, he was a very good ref.

Thats the fella. The players used to have a laugh with him too, mainly got the big decisions correct

[Pacman]

I used to like durkin

Best English ref without a doubt

[Jack D Rips]

We didnt complain when our first ref last season gave us a dubious penalty.

Lets not make excuses before the match even starts

[nobbylad]

We didnt complain when our first ref last season gave us a dubious penalty.

Lets not make excuses before the match even starts

[Joe King]

I used to like Colllina but he's retired

[Fubar]

I used to like Colllina but he's retired

even he showed towatds the end that mistakes are easily made.

[Fubar]

We didnt complain when our first ref last season gave us a dubious penalty.

Lets not make excuses before the match even starts

[enema of the state]

So you want to watch commercials every 2 minutes?

do you watch the nfl much mate?

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