tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596681196436096141.post7642591044679683092..comments2024-03-28T06:28:15.467+01:00Comments on Law 5 - The Referee: A Bigger and Bigger Grey Area of Relativisation - A week in refereeing that points to a darker future (Law 5 View, 3/3)Law5TheRefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12274952933938429751noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596681196436096141.post-88770335589611022462019-08-08T18:21:32.488+02:002019-08-08T18:21:32.488+02:00WC 2014 had some strange referring instructions li...WC 2014 had some strange referring instructions like stay as close to the play as you can, send off players when really is needed... That lead to the developing of the opinion that Pepe's headbutt was not enough for a red card (for example).<br />Fully support the article - there must be unidentified red line as written in Law 12. <br />Nikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09614945438285857528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596681196436096141.post-89935154448950839992019-08-08T00:54:21.563+02:002019-08-08T00:54:21.563+02:00The issue which Mikael has analyzed so well, is co...The issue which Mikael has analyzed so well, is complicated because it has several dimensions: 1. we cannot get FIFA/UEFA and individual leagues to agree about how the rules should be interpreted and, in fact whether they really want the referees to apply the rules. 2. they put the referees in a horrible position, because often an experienced and ethical referee knows what the 'correct' decision is,but he/she must think of what FIFA?UEFA wants, in order to protect his/her career; but what happens if some of our best referee can no longer tolerate that situation? 3. many seem to think that referees are human and the VAR is a 'machine'; but VAR is also a human who is helped by a machine; the VAR official can make a mistake or may not have the courage to intervene in the way he/she should; so one cannot just blame a problem on the VAR system; 4. without the VAR, the differences in interpretations/instructions in different countries could be 'camouflaged' a bit by just 'blaming' the subjective decision of the referee; but now that we have referee + VAR, the differences become much more obvious; 5. VAR changes the traditional philosophy that 'if you are not sure, you do not punish'; so 1 cm offside was not offside because the AR could not be sure; but now if the VAR can see 1 cm, then it must be offside; there are similar issues regarding YC/RC and handball or not; too much!controling the game is paramounthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08074846583139346932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596681196436096141.post-7418021930505474322019-08-07T14:24:55.921+02:002019-08-07T14:24:55.921+02:00Chefren since the var is back in the premier leagu...Chefren since the var is back in the premier league...<br /><br />I suggest for top leagues like laliga and premier league...<br /><br />You should post referee appointment for the EPL and laliga also....<br />So that this page can be busy...<br /><br />I don't think posting only international matches will make this page busy as always....<br /><br />#JustmyopinionJafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14271170544299431373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596681196436096141.post-87534364475789124232019-08-07T02:13:14.342+02:002019-08-07T02:13:14.342+02:00But then you got me back again when you started ta...But then you got me back again when you started talking about FIFA refereeing of which I happen to agree with most of what you said in this regard.Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01233110893275558420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596681196436096141.post-51820404653478571362019-08-07T02:04:19.315+02:002019-08-07T02:04:19.315+02:00You lost me as soon as you said, "carting out...You lost me as soon as you said, "carting out your studs on to an opponent's shin". I don't how you can say contact was on the shin from that video.Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01233110893275558420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596681196436096141.post-39001280138655563392019-08-06T23:21:06.793+02:002019-08-06T23:21:06.793+02:00Regarding Drees' statement/relativisation: I t...Regarding Drees' statement/relativisation: I think, he wanted to make clear, that this mistake doesn't mean that the VAR system is not working in general or that the VAR system is useless. But instead it is a mistake, which will happen from time to time, because there are humans operating the system. <br />However I am convinced that Drees is aware, that such a mistake must not happen.<br /><br />Regarding "clear and obvious": In my opinion this term should not be used for e.g offside decisions - or square roots. Those are instead factual decisions, which don't need any interpretation.<br />"Clear and obvious" should only be used for decisions, that require the referee's interpretation, e.g. Red Cards. There we or rather the VARs have the important task to find a common application for this term to get a consistent line for interventions throughout a whole competition - or rather throughout all competitions.<br />But Red Cards or penaltys never can be as clear as mathematical equations, therefore we have to accept that nearly always there will be a small margin for discussion. Philipp Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17241731897712166394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596681196436096141.post-31808367619099006512019-08-06T12:26:03.151+02:002019-08-06T12:26:03.151+02:00I fully agree with the article and your comment an...I fully agree with the article and your comment and I'm glad that, at least, some "important" people will read here (I'm convinced) our opinions...Chefrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09540069165794069444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596681196436096141.post-63720009884177662562019-08-06T12:10:47.577+02:002019-08-06T12:10:47.577+02:00Great article, Mikael! You brilliantly expressed w...Great article, Mikael! You brilliantly expressed what many of us think watching the games handled by permissive referees (only because they want / are instructed to keep all the players on the field at all cost).<br /><br />In addition, there is another issue behind the leniency we experience in almost every big game nowadays: players' safety! I fear the big clubs' players already know that the referees are not keen to send them off in the big games and they will perform more and more brutal tackles and sneaky violent conducts endangering the safety and well-being of high-skilled players whose focus is to play football.<br /><br />This issue is directly linked with another one: quality of football spectacles. While such leniently refereed games are going to be very tense and breathtaking, the quantity of football deemed rather as playing the ball than kicking opponents will be negligible in these big games -> see WC2010 and WC2014 finals... Do we really want football like this British in the 80s?<br /><br />The following passage is alarming and, unfortunately, real: "The future of refereeing points a dystopia where not even an objective reality of red cards, let alone yellow cards or fouls, exists and referees are just there to judge in each situation "what football wants" and officiate in a totally feeling-based and ad hoc way, with an all consuming grey area that makes evaluating any referee's performance totally superfluous."Euro Soccer Refhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15901062602280003219noreply@blogger.com