Demanding a rule change: Punish the delaying ‘cheats’
You know the footballers who kick a ball away or keep it to prevent a quick throw-in? Punish them.
Referees
Call for ‘ghost observers’ to fight racism towards black refs
Ref observers, who “almost always be white chaps of a particular age”, are blocking black refs…
Refereeing needs transparency to help battle outrage culture
Officials’ decisions seem more reasonable when you can hear them being made. Who’d have thought?
Referees could strike over abuse…and we should back them
Why should they be abused by players, fans and coaches? Without them, the games does not happen…
Referees and their decisions: We’ve manufactured a crisis
Refereeing is not getting significantly worse; we’re just told it is. The blame game needs to stop…
Man Utd boss ‘happy’ with standard of refereeing
Jose is satisfied with referees: “Yes, they made mistakes, but I am happy with the level I am having.”
Stop treating referees like footballing pinatas…
Refereeing perfection is impossible in a game of speed, nuance and subtlety. Stop kicking them.
Michael Oliver’s Arsenal record and other referee oddities
Arsenal have won only three of 16 PL games refereed by Michael Oliver. Plus, Man United 4 Lee Mason…
Howard Webb hired by MLS to oversee video refs
The plan is then to introduce video review in the second half of the MLS season.
Bum notes are part of live referee experience
It isn’t the refereeing decisions that spoil your fun, it’s your attitude to the decisions, says Johnny.
Neville like dog with bone on ‘corrupt’ refs
He’s not letting this one lie. ‘So the PGMOL think Mark Halsey is a liar?”
A new age of respect? This should be fun
It’s a new dawn of respect for match officials. One man will be happier than most: Mike Dean
F365’s welcome guest: R.E.S.P.E.C.T F.*.*.*.E.D
Mailbox regular Name Withheld has some ideas to change youth football before someone gets killed.