Recent content by deusex

Absolutely. That's where your arm goes when you slide.

Couldn't tell you. But have you ever awarded a penalty that long after the contact?

Referee was very liberal with the cards. Was cautioning anything that moved. The end of his tournament? For me In just not sure the contact was enough for a penalty. Looks like the player feels the contact and dives IMO.

Cringeworthy attempt to save face that makes the referee team look like... Well, liars. The referee was 100% awarding the pen for the 2nd challenge.

Def not a penalty for handball I think we all agree. As for the Bourn penalty. I seem to be on my own but here goes: NO FOUL. I genuinely don't know what the defender is supposed to do. He doesn't move left or right. The attacker knocks it past him and runs right into him. Maybe I'm missing...

You clearly bloody love it, which is great (I genuinely wish I loved it as much). But surely you can see how clubs/leagues will take advantage of your (and others) goodwill to pay the minimum they can get away with? They would absolutely pay us nothing if enough people accepted this.

Oh absolutely you must enjoy it. But why should they be happy with the money if it's less than minimum wage? We should value our own time. The powers that be think they're doing some refs a favour!

There's a subtle difference between "wonder how many refs they string along for 10 years at this level" and "all refs at this level are being strung along". That said, You're EXACTLY the type of person they're relying on to do this for peanuts. "Yeah give Big Cat £5 for this stellar...

I'm not sure saying "L4 refs should be paid £10 an hour minimum for the time they sacrifice on a Saturday" is quite "I'm motivated by easy money". I doubt there's a person on here that wouldn't earn more doing 8 hours overtime at work (with less pressure and no abuse). So the "motivated by...

As a person that travels for my full-time job, I am ABSOLUTELY paid for my travel time. How could my work send me on a 4hr round trip and expect me to only be paid for my time on site?

Very interesting thread this. This sounds like one of those companies that offers unpaid internships with the faint hope of a job at the end. Some of the figures quoted above for an entire day's works are simply taking the p*ss. Wonder how many refs they string along for 10 years at this level?

The equivalence is the chewing gum!?! At this point you're trolling surely?

So you concede it is unprofessional. Thank you, that's all I needed. For the record I'm not that bothered if you chew tobacco. It's amatur football.

This is a straw man argument. No where did I state a job interview is a football match. In fact, pretend this isn't a refs forum. Forget refereeing. Forget football. Would you chew gum at your dream job interview?

Yes agreed. That's how an analogy works.