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'One day in this country a referee will lose his or her life'
Hundreds of grassroots referees tell the BBC they fear for their safety when refereeing and are dissatisfied with the current measures to tackle abuse.
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Get Danny Murphy to referee a Step 6 level match.....That will show him to stop thinking players are always right.One thing we could do to begin shifting the view that this attitude is all fine, is remove Danny Murphy from MOTD. His one-eyed views that the players are invariably right and the refs invariably wrong winds me right up.
Been saying 1 & 2 for years, but really like suggestions 3 & 4!!So, the BBC have realised that there is a referee shortage / abuse problem.....
How can they help?
1. Make all their pundits take the referee course, so they can be correct in their analysis and terminology?
2. Have a ex referee on the MOTD panel and at live games to explain the decisions - see the NFL and the use of rules analysts as an aid
3. Start asking the managers, when they start about the referees / VAR mistakes, questioning the open goal, penalty missed and defenvice mistake really cost them the game.
4. Stop talking about passion and start talking about bullying / intimidation when managers and players confront the officials.
Well that would be a start!
Totally agree - some of these so-called 'experts' on TV have no more idea of the LOTG than the average 2 year old! Should be a pre-requisite that anyone offering opinions on TV have passed the course and refereed a game themselves! I know, fat chance!This report highlights an issue which is society's problem - one of our own making. Unpunished abuse is so endemic within the game now nobody blinks when it happens. Players tell refs to 'F off' and berate them for whatever they fancy and they stay on the pitch; I watched Tarkowski doing it last night in the Merseyside derby and the game just carried on. The same thing then happens at grassroots and everyone is surprised when a ref sends off a player for this, stirring up more abuse from parents/players/coaches. Then, and this happened to me last week, the coach asks you if you're putting those cards through - after his side were issued with four varieties of caution. Damn right I am.
One thing we could do to begin shifting the view that this attitude is all fine, is remove Danny Murphy from MOTD. His one-eyed views that the players are invariably right and the refs invariably wrong winds me right up.
and to add to this, when they’ve got one, don’t argue with them like they do on BT. When you’re told something is correct in law, debate the law, don’t just argue with the person telling you it2. Have a ex referee on the MOTD panel and at live games to explain the decisions - see the NFL and the use of rules analysts as an aid