View Full Version : Does the perfect referee exist?
bsas
18 May 2006, 12:46 PM
I am wondering about this more and more, as it seems any match of a certain importance brings blames from one side or the other (usually the one that loses:rolleyes: ).
What is your feeling on this. Is there any referee that can live up to the high expectations of the fans?
impalemeplz
18 May 2006, 01:19 PM
i dont watch the german league on a regular basis outside of highlights.
can anyone tell me if markus merk is the best in germany:confused:
Leto
18 May 2006, 01:45 PM
Alan Wiley did a fantastic job with the FA Cup final the other day - the game was open and flowing in large part due to his common-sense approach to handling fouls.
johno
18 May 2006, 08:11 PM
His name is Colina... that is all.
King-James
18 May 2006, 09:26 PM
His name is Colina... that is all.
What amazes me about Collina is he has made plenty of correct, difficult calls that even some people today, with the aid of slow motion replay at 12 angles, cannot pick out the foul.
Teso Dos Bichos
18 May 2006, 10:42 PM
His name is Karma. End.
Caesar
19 May 2006, 12:35 AM
What amazes me about Collina is he has made plenty of correct, difficult calls that even some people today, with the aid of slow motion replay at 12 angles, cannot pick out the foul. What amazes me about Collina is that he is technically no better at making decisions than many other referees, yet he is utterly revered. He has an X-factor that makes people gloss over his shortcomings and highlight his moments of brilliance in ways they wouldn't do for someone like Anders Frisk.
To answer the question, no. Refereeing is a zero-sum game - perfection is required, anything short of is a disappointment. The trouble is that referees are human and expecting perfection is unrealistic. You will never find a match where nobody has a single criticism about the officiating.
The best referees simply make mistakes that are fewer in number, smaller and less significant. That goes for everyone - even Collina.
The Potter
19 May 2006, 12:46 AM
What amazes me about Collina is that he is technically no better at making decisions than many other referees, yet he is utterly revered. He has an X-factor that makes people gloss over his shortcomings and highlight his moments of brilliance in ways they wouldn't do for someone like Anders Frisk.
To answer the question, no. Refereeing is a zero-sum game - perfection is required, anything short of is a disappointment. The trouble is that referees are human and expecting perfection is unrealistic. You will never find a match where nobody has a single criticism about the officiating.
The best referees simply make mistakes that are fewer in number, smaller and less significant. That goes for everyone - even Collina.
People loved Collina because he looked like Martian. He was nothing special.
bsas
19 May 2006, 02:42 AM
To answer the question, no. Refereeing is a zero-sum game - perfection is required, anything short of is a disappointment. The trouble is that referees are human and expecting perfection is unrealistic. You will never find a match where nobody has a single criticism about the officiating.
Well, I think the perfection also lies in the status of the referee. Agreed Collina was a very good referee, but he had also a acquired that aura that protected him from people arguing his decisions.
Let's face it, even if a referee takes all right decisions in a match, you will always find people to argue one of these decisions or the other. And if it's not one of the top 10, then you can be sure that they will say "the referee was a disaster, he should not officiate anymore, ...".
My morality of the story is that referees are the real football lovers: they are paid a misery and get all the crap from fans, sometimes dangerous ones...
King-James
19 May 2006, 10:15 AM
Let's face it, even if a referee takes all right decisions in a match, you will always find people to argue one of these decisions or the other. And if it's not one of the top 10, then you can be sure that they will say "the referee was a disaster, he should not officiate anymore, ...".
After the CL Final I've figured that a ref does a great job when a match has a lot of close calls, and fans of both clubs go away angry at the ref. It doesn't help that commentators are incredibly biased at times (anyone watch the CL Final on sky? They're always incredibly biased towards the English clubs, and helped create the hatred around Frisk to get him death threats), and usually they and the fans don't even know the correct rules. They let commentators spout out nonsense about one rule or another, for years, even when they're completely wrong.