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What is it about autocorrect on a phone in TWTD? Mine always types like it’s in treacle then makes stupid corrections.
The handball was completely obscured by the pillar as I had restricted view seats and I didn’t move my head fast enough.
In more detail. An assessor would ask him why he didn’t give a penalty and if he gave an answer in law he would say “ok, fine with me you were 15 yards from it”. The other “fails” are schoolboy. Like my proof reading.
As an official I don’t like to berate them, but there were schoolboy errors from the officials today and they are going to be getting a very bad report.
The AR totally bottled the handball - he looked right at it and panicked. I was sitting opposite - Yellow card and free kick.
The referee gave a goal kick in the first half, five seconds later having realised all the town players were walking back to defend a corner he changed his mind and awarded the corner.
The yellow card for Mass had no basis in law. Not reckless, not stopping a promising attack.
He kept stopping play to tell people to stop doing whatever it was at corners, but there was nothing happening.
The penalty won’t get him in trouble - purely subjective (although I would have given the Chapman one but couldn’t see the handball due to a pillar).
Odd question. The junior blues membership came with a goodie pack and I thought the adult came with something - even if just a membership card. I don’t remember however, please can someone with a better memory remind me? TIA
I agree. This is how I prefer to referee games. Last 15 he changed because the players started to get angsty.
As to why isn’t there consistency between referees? The stupid but correct answer is they are different people, and the laws of the game are open to so much interpretation. It’s really interesting when we do a ref training session and a clip is played that can split the room - red card or goal kick.
True. Council tax is bad at all levels, costs a lot to collect and really should be removed. The problem with all and any example is that there are always exceptions. Why should the young couple across the road from me who are forced to rent (due to the bonkers housing market) pay a social care levy when a pension sits on a huge amount of cash locked into an asset? Why should a pensioner who has saved all their life to own a house in retirement be punished for prudent decision making? Why do we tax earned income but not wealth, so Sunak's tax rate is lower than many nurses?
We blunder on with structures of government and taxation and nobody brave enough to grasp the nettle because it is unpopular, and politicians are more concerned with winning the next election than making the changes the country needs.
Birmingham made their own mess. The dispute was ongoing for years (over ten) and at no point did they say to themselves "lets set aside some money in case we lose this case" - like you hear the banks setting aside money for write downs for bad debt. They then compounded this with a shocking IT project.
I have political oversight of a district council budget. In 2010 our RSG (revenue support grant) was £2.358m, this coming year it will be £188,000.
The extra costs pushed onto councils are very often hidden - Internal Drainage Boards are something that impact the East of England and the RSG was a large part of this funding that now "just" comes out of council tax.
Due to the cost of electricity increasing and the terrible standing charge poll tax (which we as residents have also been hit by) many Eastern councils were hit with a huge IDB levy increase. The standing charge for St Germans Pumping Station in King's Lynn has increased by 1,300% and for East Lindsey District Council the total levy equates to 65% of the council tax they receive. For 23/24, the council we allowed to raise council tax by £321,000 but the IDB increase was £946,000. With inflation at 10%.
What I will say is, just like national government, there are a number of councils who take politically expedient decisions that they really shouldn't because winning the next election is more important for them and, frankly, most of the public don't understand so they get away with it. Also, the quality of some local councillors can be suspect perhaps because the "rewards" are negligible. I'm a relatively competent professional who thinks social justice and giving back to the community are important and who earns enough money in my day job that it doesn't matter how poor allowances are, but my day job pays me 20 times what I receive for time on council work. But I enjoy it and in just 20 months on our council I have turned a five year MTFS £8m black hole into a £4m surplus while also introducing a scheme that has removed the poorest out of paying council tax.
O - and council tax. Another dreadful, regressive tax that favours the asset rich.
The opposition will enjoy this result more than we would have, so let’s help them celebrate with a shared sherry and wish them good luck in the next round.
I'm an out of Suffolk (just) supporter but am looking at the next general election with interest. I see Suffolk has some interesting Tory majorities - can anyone tell me about Dan Poulter?
The problem is there is nothing concrete in the rules to define "time wasting". If the keeper has the ball in their hands it is clear - six seconds - but for free kicks, corner kicks and so on there is nothing to help the referee make a clear call. Do you send someone off when the laws of the game are unclear - no chance.
It is one of a number of messes that are the LoTG. Have a look at how many cards you can have if dissent sin bins are played, three yellow cards and in one circumstance a red follows but in another it doesn't. How about two yellows and you can sub the player who must be withdrawn but who doesn't receive a red? How about handball? Or have you read the definition between a reckless yellow and dangerous red card - almost impossible to understand the difference.
Compare this to futsal: For kick-ins, free-kicks, goal clearances and corner kicks, the player in possession of the ball has four seconds to restart play which the referee will count with their fingers in the air. If play isn't restarted within four seconds an indirect free-kick will be awarded to the opposing team.
I’ve not been this season (life) but I think if I had to sit next to the person sitting next to me last night again I’d not want to go again this season. Utterly clueless about everything, moaning about all the changes, shouted complaints about one thing against Fred then praised the same for Hutchinson, every refereeing decision was wrong, no ability to see what players were attempting and kept shouting “wake up”. The biggest worry for me was this was in the family area (I was there with 11 and 13 year olds) and those younger ones around seemed to be considering this was the norm by the end of the game (no idea why they were in the family stand). I normally see this from plastic Man U fans who’ve never seen “their” team live - now these are at games moaning without having enjoyed Town 0 Preston 0 under Mick when the wine gum game failed to keep to boy entertained (you could have a wine gum if there’s a corner or shot or target - 72 minutes later the pack was untouched).
My son (13) has one that is used frequently, looks excellent and is holding up to his abuse of it well - I’d get a replacement as it sounds like a Friday afternoon job.
I am a referee, although only at grassroots level. In our county FA is a chap who does ITFC games from time to time.
Last night the referee was let down by his positioning - he wasn’t able to keep up with play. At the root of the problem for me is the idea that one person, running around the pitch that now contains 22 athletes who will be professionals (not part timers) and therefore fitter and faster, to get in the right position to be able to see a split second decision. Guess what - you can’t. The system is setting the referees up to fail. Watch the Hirst penalty shout (it was a penalty), the ball breaks quickly and the ref must turn and sprint to get to the area - he is 35 yards away when the foul comes in and a defender steps in front of his eye line at the key moment. The AR is also 25 yards away and the wrong side of the challenge - plus no referee wants an AR coming in there (although I think the RDOs are downplaying the ARs too much).
The VAR situation is terrible, but remember that of an average weekend less than 0.2% of the games will have VAR - it doesn’t fix the root problem we face with officiating.
Everyone says all referees are terrible - they either are, the people watching don't know the laws of the game, or the Victorian principle of one person trying to keep up with athletes in their prime AND make accurate decisions doesn't work in the modern game.
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