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From: HASM on 1 Jul 2010 21:17 "Bob" <Bob(a)Bob.com> writes: > You apparently come here that one month in four years because bad calls > and what to do about it are almost always on topic here. I only post around the Euro and World Cups, which are the only games I see in almost real time. I record lots of EPL, La Liga, Euro and WC quals, but usually I'm at least a couple of weeks behind, and thus don't read rss that often to avoid knowing the results of the games. When I read, I restrict myself to old posts, and thus most discussions are already stale. -- HASM
From: Huw Morris on 5 Jul 2010 08:24
HASM wrote: > Even on the standard diagonal system, ARs refrain from calling a few fouls > that are "obviously" the CR's responsibility. I can see the extra > referees (GR, goal-referees?) deferring to the CR a lot in the future, As a linesman, the instruction I usually got from the referee was: if you see a foul, take a quick look at the referee's position, and don't give a foul for an incident which the referee has obviously seen, and allowed play to continue. Of course, that doesn't apply if you genuinely believe the referee was blindsided by an incident. Sometimes you'll catch the referee looking your way, which usually means he's not sure and wants you to make the decision. The Assistant Referee is there to assist the referee (hence the change of name) not to make calls for the referee. A subtle, but important distinction. Huw |