01-01-2023, 10:51 PM
(01-01-2023, 09:00 PM)Northstander Wrote: I've said many times lately we aren't getting any luck from Referees or Linos. As an ex Ref (albeit a long time ago) I thought the Ref today was Ok 1st half, crap 2nd half. He didn't cost us the game though, errors by Pigott and Raggs then the Pack sending off saw to that. Two of my big moans about football are the way players writhe around in agony when there is nothing wrong with them and the time it takes to get a free kick taken near the penalty area. At least a minute on average, far too long. We as paying fans are being shortchanged.
for your latter reasons I am now a convert to 60 minutes time counted to the second by an off the pitch timekeeper.
I've ended up watching more NFL than prem or champ this winter. We could learn a lot from their use of teams of officials, a time keeper and a pitch side TV for the on pitch head referee and no one else. Teams have a way to appeal for the ref to review the last play (part of their 3 timeout rule thing) and all touchdowns automatically see the ref go and have a quick look at the pics.