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Re: Mason to retire after this season
« Reply #1 on: Mon 17 May 2021 15:45 »
Not my favorite referee. But he has had a long career and I wish him well in his new role as dedicated VAR

Very interesting to see the dedicated VAR officials comment as from next season. I wonder who will be on that panel or however it's set up?
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Re: Mason to retire after this season
« Reply #2 on: Mon 17 May 2021 15:49 »
Excellent referee in his day, was very good in his domestic finals including the LC last season. Form tailed off towards the end of his career.
Good luck next season Lee!
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Re: Mason to retire after this season
« Reply #3 on: Mon 17 May 2021 16:37 »
Good Luck to him in his retirement & future role as dedicated VAR. 

Pleased to see the emergence of the role of dedicated VAR. For me it's a positive step.
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Re: Mason to retire after this season
« Reply #4 on: Mon 17 May 2021 16:41 »
Jobs for the boys.

Its looks like the only way they can get 'rid' of anyone with the contracts they have.
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Re: Mason to retire after this season
« Reply #5 on: Mon 17 May 2021 16:48 »
Congratulations to Lee Mason on his retirement. A referee who in my opinion produced many fine performances over his long PL career. I like bmb am glad to see the creation of dedicated VARs. Perhaps this will be an incentive  to other referees approaching the end of their career to step back from on field duties and allow room for the next generation.

Nonetheless well done Lee, enjoy your last game at OT and best wishes for the future
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Re: Mason to retire after this season
« Reply #6 on: Mon 17 May 2021 18:04 »
He has had a long career and has taken a lot of stick, particularly during this season, which has been a difficult one for officials, players, managers and fans. Thaks for the job you have done over many years.

Good luck with the new job in the VAR environment ---nobody said that retirement would be enjoyable and the PGMOL are trying to ensure that it won't be.
Referee's decision used to be final!
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Re: Mason to retire after this season
« Reply #7 on: Mon 17 May 2021 18:28 »
Congratulations to Lee Mason on his on field refereeing career.
I was lucky enough to witness his premier league debut at the Riverside Stadium Middlesbrough.
I thought he had a solid game and went on to referee to a high standard during his time in the premier league.
Perhaps i remember that debut as villa won 4- 0 and Luke Moore scored a hat trick.
I saw Lee referee many times after that initial game including the carabao cup final in which he was a solid performer.
The last few seasons, especially since the first lockdown, lee’s performances seemed to be on a downward slide from his high standards, perhaps age, fitness and the covid environment we now live in have had an effect.
I am sure the comments from a west midlands manager after a game he refereed didnt help his confidence.

Perhaps the final straw for Lee were the events at the hawthorns and after a period of reflection whilst recovering from the injury he picked up in that game he thought the time was right to bring down the curtain on his career.
I am sure we have all had, during our careers however long, the thoughts do i really need this anymore?

Good luck to Lee for his finale at Old trafford tomorrow night and thanks for your service.

It is nice to see referees become dedicated var officials, as well as the dedicated assistant referees.
Good luck in your next phase of refereeing/retirement Lee.
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Re: Mason to retire after this season
« Reply #8 on: Mon 17 May 2021 18:50 »
It makes sense to have recently retired refs as specialist VARs rather than burdening additional workload onto current refs. They should roll it out to some of the others who have retired in the last decade like East etc too.
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Re: Mason to retire after this season
« Reply #9 on: Mon 17 May 2021 20:19 »
Having dedicated VARs seems a reasonable strategy to head in for the long-term. I'm not sure VAR is Lee Mason's strongest aspect though. He's been involved in some poor VAR decisions this season, and how many VAR appointments has he had in the last 3 months?

You do wonder about Lee Probert and Roger East and if they should now be included too.

I'm glad Mason is getting a final PL game tomorrow. He always seemed a bit inconsistent and sometimes lacking a bit of confidence, but he did perform well generally in his biggest games across his career and there were a few years early on where I thought that he was refereeing especially well with very strong SFP detection.

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Re: Mason to retire after this season
« Reply #10 on: Mon 17 May 2021 22:01 »
Given some of the criticism Mason has received on RTR for quite a while now I do find some of these comments quite strange and I have to say overly generous in many ways. Let’s be honest, he did well to get where he did and last as long as he did when to be frank he was a very ordinary referee who rarely seemed to inspire confidence or get the respect of the players and, particularly in latter years, attracted a lot of controversy.
Let’s hope his VAR role exceeds his on field abilities. And I agree that the likes of Probert should be asked back. The excuse not to use him as a VAR because he had been out injured and not reffed for a long time was ridiculous to put it mildly
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Re: Mason to retire after this season
« Reply #11 on: Mon 17 May 2021 22:54 »
I do find it slightly odd that Mason is to become a specialist VAR official after the Soucek red card at Fulham - I thought that was the worst decision we could possibly see, until Bankes eclipsed it recently when recommending a red card for clearing the ball!

In terms of Mason, there was a period of 2-3 seasons around 2010 when he was very good, especially at identifying SFP. Other than that, I think he’s a pretty average official. Never seemed to get a feel for the game and I always found him quite fussy. Having said that, I do hope he enjoys retirement and that we see a server promotion to add to the PL list.
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Re: Mason to retire after this season
« Reply #12 on: Tue 18 May 2021 07:55 »
Are East and Probert still actively involved in refereeing ? If not, I'm not sure if they are qualified. See 9.2 in the VAR handbook.

https://www.docdroid.net/W2cATO8/var-handbook-v8-final-pdf#page=2
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Re: Mason to retire after this season
« Reply #13 on: Tue 18 May 2021 09:05 »
I think Mason was a perfectly competent Football League referee and probably would have been one of the better performers at SG2 level. However I remain unconvinced that he was ever really SG1 material. Again, it's the old issue of consistency. After his difficulties this season I think he is wise to retire from on field senior refereeing and attempt to hone his skills in a a different area. He never appeared to enjoy refereeing very much, always looked rather nervous and overwhelmed but perhaps that appearance was deceptive.  I wish him well for his future career.
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Re: Mason to retire after this season
« Reply #14 on: Tue 18 May 2021 10:18 »
Are East and Probert still actively involved in refereeing ? If not, I'm not sure if the qulifies. See 9.2 in the VAR handbook.

https://www.docdroid.net/W2cATO8/var-handbook-v8-final-pdf#page=2
I note from page 40 of this document that one of the skills required to be a VAR is to be humble.  It therefore appears that PGMOL believe all SG1 referees automatically possess this skill as they all do the job.

I presume VAR performance is assessed throughout the season along with on field performance.  Will specialist VARs be required to be one of the better performing VARs or will it just be a case "have a few extra years paid" after on field retirement for all SG1 referees?  Will they be required to take a sitting down fitness test?
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