DIR Return Create A Forum - Home
---------------------------------------------------------
RateTheRef
HTML https://ratetheref.createaforum.com
---------------------------------------------------------
*****************************************************
DIR Return to: General Discussion
*****************************************************
#Post#: 66257--------------------------------------------------
Re: England vs Nigeria: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)
DIR By: Arbitre anglais
Date: August 8, 2023, 12:35 pm
---------------------------------------------------------
Or when the ref isn’t sure who did it …. cue loud whistle,
gesture to come over, walk away and authoritive ‘yes please,
blue!’ hoping someone steps forward and follows
…😳😖
#Post#: 66282--------------------------------------------------
Re: England vs Nigeria: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)
DIR By: bmb
Date: August 9, 2023, 7:57 am
---------------------------------------------------------
--- Quote from: Whistleblower link ---
>
> You make very good points bmb. What I have always found
slightly problematic is when a caution is given when it is
clearly a dismissal offence. The referee has obviously seen an
incident otherwise she would not caution but she hasn't
interpreted what she has seen correctly. I can quite understand
a referee missing an incident because of the angle of looking or
a player in the line of vision but I am less tolerant of a
viewing with a mistaken interpretation.
>
--- End Quote ---
Accept that totally but in reality how do we know if the
misinterpretation is caused or at least partially caused by the
angle of view or not? We all know what we think the ref's view
would be but the fact is we don't actually know what their view
was. Whether their view was down to sheer bad luck, for example
looking too high and not being able to see what feet were up to,
poor positioning leading them to not have an optimal view, a
partially obscured view for something we may not consider due to
the lovely clear TV angles we are given, despite knowing their
view will be completely different to those, or whether they were
not 100% focused is another matter entirely. I could see x from
my grand height of 5'1, Viktor Kassai could stand in the exact
same spot as me, facing the exact same way etc. and watching the
exact same incident and would see something completely different
to me from his 6'5 height.
I just think that when viewing a game as a spectator, especially
on TV we tend to make our judgements of any given decision with
the benefit of lovely clear TV images, often slowed down and
zoomed in, and completely forget that the referees view will not
have been anything like the one we had, and as referees or now
retired referees, we should have more awareness and empathy for
that 'in reality' difference - we've all been there at some
point. I'd love to see a TV punditry show where the ref has a
camera on and them show what the TV cameras view of an incident
is and then compare it with the view from the ref cam - we all
know how very different it would be!
*****************************************************
Page 2 of 2
DIR Previous Page