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General Discussion / Re: Thomas Bramall (Liverpool vs Bournemouth)
« on: Sun 20 Aug 2023 10:25 »
I believe that both "contentious" decisions would have fallen into the cricket umpiring definition of "Umpire's call".
If we are to continue to seek 100% clarity / correctness on every decision then one of two things will happen:
~ The wording of the Laws of the Game will become even more unmanageably complicated (see handball and offside for examples of this).
~ Everyone is going to get more and more frustrated.
Possibly both!
There has to be - in a fast and fluid game such as football - areas where the referee makes a decision which is:
~ Not palpably wrong.
~ Not deemed 100% correct by all objective observers.
And yet accepted as a reasonable decision.
It may be the case that another referee in another game would reach a different decision but that does not make either incorrect. It already happens dozens of times in a game. If we stopped seeking the nirvana of 100% accuracy and concentrated on applying the Laws in a fair, consistent and reasonable way, the game would surely benefit.
If we are to continue to seek 100% clarity / correctness on every decision then one of two things will happen:
~ The wording of the Laws of the Game will become even more unmanageably complicated (see handball and offside for examples of this).
~ Everyone is going to get more and more frustrated.
Possibly both!
There has to be - in a fast and fluid game such as football - areas where the referee makes a decision which is:
~ Not palpably wrong.
~ Not deemed 100% correct by all objective observers.
And yet accepted as a reasonable decision.
It may be the case that another referee in another game would reach a different decision but that does not make either incorrect. It already happens dozens of times in a game. If we stopped seeking the nirvana of 100% accuracy and concentrated on applying the Laws in a fair, consistent and reasonable way, the game would surely benefit.