Refereeing accountability

[CaptainFantastico]

After 2 atrocious missed penalties on Saturday - which have a huge effect on a game but we never hear about again, it got me thinking isn’t it time in this era that refs are shown incidents and interviewed after games with the opportunity to explain or acknowledge an error. I appreciate it wouldn’t change anything but for professionals to have a job like they have now on the pay they get the silence and lack of responsibility for ruining 3000 people’s day and a teams result is bizarre

[backsidebaggie]

After 2 atrocious missed penalties on Saturday - which have a huge effect on a game but we never hear about again, it got me thinking isn’t it time in this era that refs are shown incidents and interviewed after games with the opportunity to explain or acknowledge an error. I appreciate it wouldn’t change anything but for professionals to have a job like they have now on the pay they get the silence and lack of responsibility for ruining 3000 people’s day and a teams result is bizarre

Pointless IMO.

They get stuff wrong. If they are interviewed what can they say other than I got it wrong? We’d just have dozens of refs apologising every week. Don’t see what it achieves.

[CaptainFantastico]

Might sharpen the sheltered idle fuggers up a bit

[Fulham Fallout]

After 2 atrocious missed penalties on Saturday - which have a huge effect on a game but we never hear about again, it got me thinking isn’t it time in this era that refs are shown incidents and interviewed after games with the opportunity to explain or acknowledge an error. I appreciate it wouldn’t change anything but for professionals to have a job like they have now on the pay they get the silence and lack of responsibility for ruining 3000 people’s day and a teams result is bizarre

Maybe, they should introduce a system whereby the game is watched by another ref on TV who can watch replays of the incident and relay his decision to the ref on the pitch after watching the replay?  

I’m sure fans would moan that it slows the game down with lots of stoppages. 

The refs can’t win.

[CaptainFantastico]

Notice the ref in the England game just had to announce her change of decision over the speaker.

We are a media driven society now and reffing (still an atrocious standard in the UK) is stuck in the dark ages

[Dreamkiller]

Notice the ref in the England game just had to announce her change of decision over the speaker.

Think they do it for all VAR decisions at this World Cup where the ref has had to go to the monitor. 

Totally pointless exercise which achieves nothing. If they explained 'why' the decision was made, it would at least add something of note, but given how this would be hijacked by referees who want to be a little too central to the drama, I'd rather they just cracked on with the match.

[CaptainFantastico]

Agree the why would give it more purpose

[Tom Joad]

Disagree. Isn't there meant to be a ref in the stands that adjudicates their performance? This is the guy that isn't up to the job. Like any high profile position,there really should be an accountability and a standard that ought to be scrutinised. The inconsistency is baffling.

[CaptainFantastico]

Disagree. Isn't there meant to be a ref in the stands that adjudicates their performance? This is the guy that isn't up to the job. Like any high profile position,there really should be an accountability and a standard that ought to be scrutinised. The inconsistency is baffling.

I think that’s partly what annoys me. Whatever scrutiny there is is clearly shit.

[MrFizz]

I would like to see some sort of system where managers can highlight what they percieve to be errors for major decisions affecting penalties, goals, red cards etc. They can submit this in writing after the game, and responded to. Correspondence should be made public. At least it might explain why/why not. May not agree with it, but we'd know why.

FWIW i think the handball wasn't a pen (arm is in a natural position) but the trip/shove probably was.