Fuck Tum Balogun and the mail.
Nothing inspires confidence like fast tracking
This is so dumb.
If they’re going to do this they should at least do it properly. Fast tracking will just be chucking them in the deep end and see who swims.
Oh is the confidence on referees low, Howard? Wonder why!
That feels like a Hail Mary move for Webb, and if really doesn’t sound like one which is going to work.
Inexperienced referees with a potential unconscious bias is going to make things worse, not better. Not to mention it undermines the confidence of the current referees even further.
Any young people aspiring to be referees are going to be demotivated as well.
Any other profession and Webb is out of a job now.
True. Imagine a referee giving a team a bad call because the fans called him a cunt 20 years ago. Humans can be very petty.
Player: Ref, handball!
Zlatan: Nope.
Player: How could you not see it?
Zlatan: I am the best. I do not miss anything. No handball.
Player: Is it cos your nose is in the way?
Zlatan: Red card. Off.
*Kicks player in the head*
Mic up so we can hear how decisions are made you cowards
The only way this’ll works is if the players never played in the league
Get them Swedish referees in I say. IKEA does amazing all over the world, it’s in their culture to do their best
How the fuck is this not possible conflict of interest lmao
Any more than a ref being a fan of any given club?
They obviously wouldn’t officiate games for the clubs they played for, or their rivals. Current referees are already subject to restrictions like this, everyone has a favourite club that they’re going to be biased towards.
mate, they let officiate referees who are on UAE payroll, they don’t give about conflict of interest
Why not poach the best referees from other leagues like they already do with players?
These idiots will do anything but bring in the best refs from other countries
“Referee’s have never played at this level so don’t understand everything”
“No you can’t train up retired footballers either”
The first thing they’re going to have to do is teach these former players the actual rules. The majority of pundits that are former players don’t seem to fully know them but love the phrase ‘anyone who has played the same’ and shit like that.
Recent former players being involved in actually making the rules, I’d be all for that.
Let’s be honest though, even if the rules were absolute perfection, people would still bitch and whine.
Let me guess, they are all from Manchester.
And baldy