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Poor officials
By: green port Date: September 9, 2025, 4:34 am
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Just saw the goal Linfield were given against Portadown and my
god what a terrible decision. We all make mistakes in all walks
of life but surely its time we had things like this corrected
considering the age we live in. Im sure it all comes down to
money in the end and no idea how much it would cost, but even a
basic way of checking things like this has to be looked into.
Maybe this is a bit too far fetched, but is there no honesty in
sport any more. The Linfield player knew full well it wasnt over
the line but did nothing that i could see to help the officials
out. Wishful thinking, i know [emoji1]
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Re: Poor officials
By: exhausted Date: September 9, 2025, 11:21 am
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No player in the world is going to say it wasn't a goal. Any
form of var in the Irish league would be the ruination of it.
Spend the money on training the officials and perhaps making
them professional.
I think it would help if the officials came out and explained
their decisions. The officials in the Irish league are very
dismissive of players who try and speak to them in a calm
fashion
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Re: Poor officials
By: Phil Date: September 9, 2025, 12:36 pm
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VAR isn't practical for the Irish League. But better prepped and
trained officials should be. That's where any focus needs to be
directed.
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Re: Poor officials
By: Tarabonga Date: September 10, 2025, 3:16 am
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Much as I dislike Linfield (I favour the Ports), to be fair to
their players they didn't actually claim the goal.
When I was reffing/lining many years ago (amateur game), I
tended to hold fire on making some decisions that I was unsure
about for a few seconds to gauge the reactions of the players (I
know some claim for everything, but normally their initial
reactions can be telling).
In this case the referee couldn't be certain whether a goal had
been scored as he couldn't have seen it cross the line (as it
clearly didn't!), and the initial reaction of players confirmed
this. So to go on the linesman's word without a discussion was
poor (I know they're probably wired, but still). Unless you're
absolutely sure that a goal has been scored you simply cannot
award one.
As regards VAR in the local game, we don't need the full blown
version, but simple goal line technology shouldn't be difficult?
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Re: Poor officials
By: exhausted Date: September 10, 2025, 3:46 am
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Going by most comments over the weekend , Windsor is the only
ground capable of having goal line technology and it would be a
nonsense to have one ground with it and the rest without.
I this case a quick look at the footage shows it's not over the
line but not all incidents are that clear cut so what happens
then? Most highlights are just one camera. So do we have the ref
standing looking at one or two angles endlessly while the crowd
wonders what is happening.
If there is money to be spent make the refs professional and get
them trained up to the sufficient standard. Open it up so refs
from outside Northern Ireland can apply
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Re: Poor officials
By: Phil Date: September 16, 2025, 5:44 am
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[quote author=Phil link=topic=1138.msg24606#msg24606
date=1757439360]
VAR isn't practical for the Irish League. But better prepped and
trained officials should be. That's where any focus needs to be
directed.
[/quote]
All of which is brought into sharper relief by the mistaken
identity shambles at Solitude on Saturday.
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