williams is the master class in mediocre

[true believer]

watching the drive bys v piss ant town .
this is a master class in pure shit from BW .
there should have been a goal and 3 penalties given
both supporters must be crying .
the topo Stanley foul in the first half with the back wards thrown leg
is maybe the ungiven penalty of the year .
f'k me Freddie he's a joke

 

[sydmariner]

watching him referee is like watching the 3 stooges

 

[FFC Mariner]

Wanderers fans blowing up that they were robbed.

Hello?

Did they not see the NTS penalty

 

[midfielder]

Gotta say the standard of our refs is very poor seems to me we need to create a bigger pool I remember some time back we sent some refs to the J-League and they sent some here ...

I think FFA could do worse than spending some of the scare resources on developing a pool of refs and maybe locate them in J / K & C leagues and take a ref of each of these leagues here .... we need depth the list of errors this season is well very big...

 

[Forum Phoenix]

Agree. Love to see the faces of 30k Urawa red diamonds fans after a solid dose of Williams.

Our levels are poor. And it creates a lot of frustration and ill will. Regardless of whether you believe the errors will swing your way to balance out by seasons end - which statistically is a flawed argument - may or may not - fact is everyone is better off if there are less refereeing errors to begin with.

*EDIT



Sorry guys. On my phone and rushing without specs. Fixed.

 

[VicMariner]

Someone has been drinking.

Love this place.

 

[Forum Phoenix]

Was drinking the last of my coffee at the time

 

[MagpieMariner]

If I'd made those errors, I wouldn't be laughing about it.

 

[Forum Phoenix]

If I'd made those errors, I wouldn't be laughing about it.

You talking about WIlliams?

 

[MagpieMariner]

You talking about WIlliams?

Yep, saw his presser, he seemed to think it was just a bit of a laugh.

 

[Forum Phoenix]

Yeah really funny stuff missing pens. It may not be life or death, but it does affect clubs and careers and ruin games for thousands of people. Hilarious.

 

[Rowdy]

missing pens. It may not be life or death, but it does affect clubs and careers and ruin games

Watching Fox post game and they crossed back to the commentators after Williams admission. Bozza said,
"It's good that he came out and admitted he got them both wrong, because Coaches can lose their jobs over decisions like that"

Had to rewind whilst pissing myself, just to see the subtle change/gulp on Phil Moss's face.
Priceless.

SideNote: pretty darn sure Fox scheduled Moss for the game after ours expecting us to have copped a hiding from the Nix, and hoping he'd put the boot into us.

FOX: Fail
Mariners FTW.

 

[Capn Gus Bloodbeard]

Disallowing the goal, (not that it was disallowed, given the whistle was blown before the show) was the right decision, clear foul there. The 2 penalties (not sure what the third one is you're talking about)? Inarguable.

Still, him explaining what he thought he saw and admitting error seemed to calm a lot of neutrals down about it.

I didn't take it as him laughing about it at all myself.

 

[Rowdy]

"From my angle"

will become 'de rigueur'

 

[Capn Gus Bloodbeard]

How do you mean?

 

[Rowdy]

Williams response to getting both decisions wrong.

"From my angle of where i was positioned i didnt think they were penalties, however after reviewing the footage ......"

 

[dibo]

Thank you m'Lud, dibo appearing for Beelzebub.

What alternative does the accused have other than to adjudicate matters based upon his perspective at the time?

I put it to the court that if he sees an incident and forms a view, shouldn't he either make his decision accordingly or hand the whistle to someone who will?

The risk that a person in the accused's role might later be shown to be wrong by a replay is simply an occupational hazard; one which must be cast far from the mind or else one would be struck by an inexorable paralysis, unable to decide any matter for fear of getting it wrong.

Therefore the accused did the right thing in calling as he saw it, regardless of whether evidence presented later pronged his decisions to be erroneous.

He has but his senses and his intellect - best we trust him to use them out so away with referees entirely.

The defence rests, m'Lud.

 

[Rowdy]

Williams & 'Intellect' in the same story?

 

[true believer]

(not sure what the third one is you're talking about)?

.

topor Stanley pulls an attacker over , hands on both shoulders

 

[VicMariner]

Thank you m'Lud, dibo appearing for Beelzebub.

What alternative does the accused have other than to adjudicate matters based upon his perspective at the time?

I put it to the court that if he sees an incident and forms a view, shouldn't he either make his decision accordingly or hand the whistle to someone who will?

The risk that a person in the accused's role might later be shown to be wrong by a replay is simply an occupational hazard; one which must be cast far from the mind or else one would be struck by an inexorable paralysis, unable to decide any matter for fear of getting it wrong.

Therefore the accused did the right thing in calling as he saw it, regardless of whether evidence presented later pronged his decisions to be erroneous.

He has but his senses and his intellect - best we trust him to use them out so away with referees entirely.

The defence rests, m'Lud.

HAL refs might indeed call it like they see it, and that is proper, but why do they make so many major mistakes? Seemingly every round?
Refs in other leagues don't seem to get it wrong so often. Do they position themselves better? Have better judgment?

Maybe our officials need better training.
midfielder made a good point above:

Gotta say the standard of our refs is very poor seems to me we need to create a bigger pool I remember some time back we sent some refs to the J-League and they sent some here ...

I think FFA could do worse than spending some of the scare resources on developing a pool of refs and maybe locate them in J / K & C leagues and take a ref of each of these leagues here .... we need depth the list of errors this season is well very big...