Comments on: How to deal with the problem of Premier League referees

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Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:32:36 +0000

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By: Mark M

Mark M — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:17:45 +0000

‘Time off’ – A call heard all around the country at rugby matches every weekend. The referee stops the game clock for injuries, or to talk things over with captains when persistant penalties are being given away. When watching on the telly, the game clock stops. Thus at the end of the game everyone knows exactly how long is left.

Contrast with the Arsenal game this week when 3 minutes went on the board. With the time at 90:43 a man went down injured and play stopped. Two and a half minutes later, play resumed and the referee called time at 95 mins, 30 seconds too soon. How often have we seen injuries that have seen play stopped for 7 or 8 minutes, only to see 4 minutes of extra time given.

The ‘Time off’ option gives a referee a chance to calm a game down, take his time to talk with his assistants and (if implemented) call up to the video ref – all without affecting the amount of game time. Also, the practise of the ‘slow substitution’ becomes redundant. The final part of this is that game time needs to go off the second a referee awards a penalty and only start again when the ref blows his whistle to signal the penalty may be taken. Stops the players petulance from costing the fans a minute or two of time they’ve paid for.

By: andrew

andrew — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:11:14 +0000

video reviews would be fine but 4 challenges is a lot. I say you take a page from American football. 2 challenges, followed by a third if both of your challenges turn in your favor. Also how will this work with the pace of the game? A video ref must render a decision in a minute time period seems fine and then add to stoppage. Seems fair(ish), yea?

By: Kooper

Kooper — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:52:58 +0000

The game should play while the replays are being reviewed by the video team at Soho Square. Then the stadium announcer could make an announcement.
“The foul, penalty and subsequent goal by Manchester United have been disallowed due to a blatant dive by United’s Number 7. A Yellow card has been given to Number 7.” Which would then cue Ronaldo to beg and plead with the announcer.

By: fourstar

fourstar — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:39:51 +0000

How about four linesmen, one for each side of each half. Between them they would spot more infringements more accurately and, combined with video replay and ‘challenges’, eradicate a large percentage of the debatable decisions per match.

That said, what on earth would we discuss in the pub for hours afterwards