paulwalker71 wrote:
Have to say that is one of the most rational and dispassionate explanations of 'You're not fit to referee' that I've ever come across
My problem has usually been this: I come from the point of view that the ref is just a decent and honest guy, admittedly sometimes apparently incompetent, but basically just doing his best in the sort of trying circumstances which require the eye of a hawk, the patience of a saint, the wisdom of Solomon and the skin of a rhinoceros. Naturally, since the poor man rarely arrives with any of those requisites, save perhaps the rhino skin, he only too often finds that circumstances have totally overwhelmed him.
This is absolutely fine,
someone has to do the job, and so long as we get our share of the 50/50s, I'm quite relaxed and even chilled about this, and let's be honest, someone needs to stick up for these guys...wouldn't have a game without them and all that, but sometimes - just sometimes - it becomes far too hard to come to any logical conclusion as to why the ref decided what he did, so I just waffle on and hope to hit the nail - if not on the head, to at least not hit my finger. I think the Clough incident, and my explanation, is a perfect example of this.
There M'Lud, rests the case for my defence.
