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Quote from: Acme Thunderer on Mon 22 Nov 2021 08:52

With regard to the Hull incident, I have some sympathy for Harrington and his AR, the ball being on the other side of the goal from the AR and the goal posts and players getting in the way of a good view of the incident. Did we not have a similar incident when Hawkeye was available but couldn't tell whether a good goal had been scored? We often say on RTR that officials shouldn't guess and here is a case in point. It is a pity that VAR was not available to clear up a controversial incident directly leading to a crucial goal in Hull's attempts to get clear of the relegation area.

Sheffield United - at first sight, I thought Salisbury was correct to caution for simulation. A different angle and slowing it down suggested otherwise but Salisbury did not have that available to him.

Swansea - agree with you re the penalty appeals (Stroud).
Boro - wow, Langford was either brave or foolhardy. My suggestion is the latter. You don't often see a ref overruling an AR where the incident was right in front of the AR, and I have to say I thought Langford was wrong to do so in this instance.

The Hawkeye incident was Aston Villa v Sheffield United in the covid season which ended up saving villa. (Edited to Fix Quote Thing-Hertsref123)

Whilst Hughsy you have made many valid points the issue is 2 fold:
SG2 refs are full time, on a contract. This makes removal/demotion very difficult.
This links to 2nd point which is if you promote others do you not just end up with less games per referee?
Hard to remove a ref if you have given them targets to achieve then reduce the number of games they get.
I would love an insight into what "full time" or "professional" means at SG2 level as it would seem it certainly has not raised standards.