Comments on: Five Referees at Every Europa League Game

By: burim

burim — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:04:43 +0000

I like football soooooo muchthe way it is, but if this new regulation will apply I believe my love to football will be less. C’mon even the referees are human beings they can make involuntarily mistakes, what if this system will fail again than what is going to be 10 referees….

By: ghetto gyal

ghetto gyal — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:07:37 +0000

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By: Phil McThomas

Phil McThomas — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:49:06 +0000

@brn442 – the guys behind the goal will primarily be watching out for fouls (and non-fouls) in the penalty area.

By: Sir Bobby

Sir Bobby — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:23:29 +0000

No sir, I am not a Chesea fan.
I really do believe in a fair play system where players, coaches and managers alike should respect the rules and accept all decisions of the officials.
I was simply using that match purely as an example of terribly unfair refereeing.
As a long standing player and spectater of many English and European games I have witnessed many unbelievably bad decisions that were either called or not called by referees.
On many occasions where a crucial decision was not awarded correctly it totally changed the result of a game. Poor and unfair decisions like this often leads to the players and coaches remonstrating towards the officials, which leads to dissent. The game is stopped, and time is added on while players receive their yellow and red cards. If a red card is not rescinded, this in turn can lead to unfair suspensions/fines for key players.
This spoils the game for everone involved from spectators, players and coaches to managers and owners.
Players these days do earn fantastic amounts of money and they need to spend a lot of time on the pitch instead of taking an early bath.

I have already witnessed too many prima donna referees in my game and I strongly feel there is no need for two more to be added.

All this can be easily avoided by the introduction of a video ref.
I see this as the only fair step forwards.
Just like we have seen in rugby and tennis, where video technology has been used, disputed decisions are swiftly settled along with all arguments in a matter of seconds.

By: brn442

brn442 — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 05:05:24 +0000

Another hallf-baked attempt by UEFA. How is this any better than simply having video replay FOR GOAL LINE incidents only.

By: coachie

coachie — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 03:09:22 +0000

The NBA added a third ref as part of David Stern’s crackdown on the game.

By: Phil McThomas

Phil McThomas — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 13:47:28 +0000

What happened in the NBA?

By: Coachie Ballgames

Coachie Ballgames — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:50:46 +0000

@ ferocho
Completely agree, long past due to use simple 20th century technology to bring our beloved 19th century game into the 21st century.
I’m a huge proponent of video technology, as I’ve discussed at my blog
sheahey.blogspot.com but 5 refs is definitely a step in the right direction, the big difference with the NBA is that these additional two will have dedicated tasks and positions.

By: Edwin Khoo

Edwin Khoo — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:35:09 +0000

Hmmm .. i think its alright .. just u need to have goal line technology like a video ref at some point soon, we just need it in the beautiful game .. i wrote about it in my blog http://www.theurbanshogun.com/2009/06/fifa-to-use-5-referees-in-europa-league.html

By: SSReporters

SSReporters — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:53:12 +0000

“The English game is played at a much faster tempo than on the continent”

Where did you read that? I would say the Spanish game is faster than the English game.

And I just think you’re a bitter Chelsea fan. The ref being one-sided had nothing to do with Essien whiffing his clearance, leading to Iniesta’s goal.