BRE v Ips

[Samuel]

As a Town fan it does pain me to agree that he did have a good game despite the second yellow. I'm not sure what the mark scheme is like when you get to that level but will be surprised to the KMI error will stop him from going up, he definitely has the potential to be officiating at this level in the very near future.

As for the same referees getting the bigger games I think we haven't had a group that have consistently performed better or even at the same level as the current top refs.

 

[Kent Ref]

@one you're sounding my trumpet
I think what @RustyRef misunderstands (certainly in my case), is that nobody is saying (well I'm not saying this, at any rate) Referees are leaving it to VAR intentionally (That would be absurd). My argument is that it's an unintended psychological consequence of having the VAR to fall back on. I see it as a subconscious problem whereby the presence of VAR is causing many many more incorrect on-field KMI's
In all honesty, I'm not the model Referee, but I'd be seriously upset if I got this KMI wrong. When something doesn't make sense, we have to make sense of it somehow or another and the presence of VAR is very compelling.
Otherwise, I thought this Referee looked quite good

I agree with this.

With regard to VAR i still think refs are flashing quick yellows and letting VAR intervene, if needed. It's a safetly blanket and it's in the back of the minds of our top refs.

 

[FirsFox40]

Given that dropping a complete clanger usually just results in having to ref in the second tier for a week (shock horror!), think any of them will be alright until they call it a day, fail a fitness test, or [redacted] a [redacted] on holiday.

 

[RustyRef]

Given that dropping a complete clanger usually just results in having to ref in the second tier for a week (shock horror!), think any of them will be alright until they call it a day, fail a fitness test, or [redacted] a [redacted] on holiday.

How many more times is this rubbish going to get said? PGMOL are contracted to cover 3 EFL games a week with SG1 referees, 90% of the time when an SG1 referee is in the Championship or lower it is just because it is their "turn". When referees have dropped complete clangers their spell away from the EPL has been much longer, ask Darren England or Stuart Attwell if you need clarification. Or Keith Stroud and Steve Tanner, who were both demoted from SG1, granted some time ago now.

 

[RustyRef]

At no point has myself or anyone else said the officials don’t care whether they get a decision right or wrong. Of course they do. They’ve worked many years to get where they are and take pride in what they do.

But the marks once they get to this level mean nothing. They have pretty watertight contracts which means they won’t be going anywhere. The ones in the development groups like Lewis are virtually guaranteed to become SG1 officials. One bad ‘mark’ isn’t going to change that.

I have a nagging memory that he got a KMD wrong in at least one other of his Premier League trial games though, involving Fulham from memory. Doesn't matter how promising you are, you'll only get so many chances of advancement and you're only as good as your last mistake (and I include that in most careers not just refereeing).