Bearfax
Grizzly old fart
You've got to give it to the referees. They are consistent. The obstruction issue involving Hall and Watmough, reminded me of oh so many soccer dives I've seen in that international code, a problem that only now the more astute refs in that code are recognising by penalising the player 'diving' to gain a penalty. The incident between Hall and Watmough was just such as incident.
Now I dont blame Hall for trying it...he could see the danger looming and took clever action that worked...well done. But the issue is that it was oh so obviously a dive, and one where Watmough barely touched Hall and in fact raised his arms to show he was avoiding contact. It was so obvious even the TV commentators, trying their best not to be too critical, expressed surprise at the final decision.
Seems to me, having watched so many matches where the video ref is involved, that I sometimes think I must be watching camera angles that these adjudicators dont have, because they seem to get it wrong so often. And hey, I'm all for the video system.
Harrigan obviously has a problem here. Not only does he need to have his refs eyes tested on a regular basis, but they need testing for sheer common sense. I would suggest they have ten video refs for each game, but at present the personnel they have in their ranks would come to ten different conclusions, such is their obviously distorted sense of sight.
Who would be a coach? You're a brave man Mr Toovey.
Now I dont blame Hall for trying it...he could see the danger looming and took clever action that worked...well done. But the issue is that it was oh so obviously a dive, and one where Watmough barely touched Hall and in fact raised his arms to show he was avoiding contact. It was so obvious even the TV commentators, trying their best not to be too critical, expressed surprise at the final decision.
Seems to me, having watched so many matches where the video ref is involved, that I sometimes think I must be watching camera angles that these adjudicators dont have, because they seem to get it wrong so often. And hey, I'm all for the video system.
Harrigan obviously has a problem here. Not only does he need to have his refs eyes tested on a regular basis, but they need testing for sheer common sense. I would suggest they have ten video refs for each game, but at present the personnel they have in their ranks would come to ten different conclusions, such is their obviously distorted sense of sight.
Who would be a coach? You're a brave man Mr Toovey.