Cardiff City Post Match Thoughts

[CAMiller]

Maybe time to introduce an NFL type principle around officials and have them work together as a team, week in week out and if they are adjudged to have a 'bad day at the office' the whole team are 'rested' for a period of time. Obviously doesn't work if all the 'teams' are crap so the league ends up with nobody to officiate

[Miller Nez]

Maybe time to introduce an NFL type principle around officials and have them work together as a team, week in week out and if they are adjudged to have a 'bad day at the office' the whole team are 'rested' for a period of time. Obviously doesn't work if all the 'teams' are crap so the league ends up with nobody to officiate

Well it makes more sense than what we've got in this country CAMiller. It's beyond a joke now and we seem to be getting poor "officials" week in, week out.

[MillersTime]

Maybe time to introduce an NFL type principle around officials and have them work together as a team, week in week out and if they are adjudged to have a 'bad day at the office' the whole team are 'rested' for a period of time. Obviously doesn't work if all the 'teams' are crap so the league ends up with nobody to officiate

The big issue with what I'm going to propose is that there doesn't seem to the depth of quality to put it into action. However, as you have mentioned the NFL, I mentioned before about being a big fan of the NBA, should there not be more of them on a pitch? 3 officials on a basketball court, nowhere near the size of a football pitch, idk how many on an NFL game, 3 at least I'm guessing, the linesmen should be there to run the line and get those decisions. Why not have 1 or 2 more refs on the pitch so they have better angles and arent getting from 50 yards away when the ball is pumped to the other side of the pitch and there is a coming together? Instead they guess. I get there may not be the numbers nor quality but surely it would help. Hopefully it would help.

[CAMiller]

The big issue with what I'm going to propose is that there doesn't seem to the depth of quality to put it into action. However, as you have mentioned the NFL, I mentioned before about being a big fan of the NBA, should there not be more of them on a pitch? 3 officials on a basketball court, nowhere near the size of a football pitch, idk how many on an NFL game, 3 at least I'm guessing, the linesmen should be there to run the line and get those decisions. Why not have 1 or 2 more refs on the pitch so they have better angles and arent getting from 50 yards away when the ball is pumped to the other side of the pitch and there is a coming together? Instead they guess. I get there may not be the numbers nor quality but surely it would help. Hopefully it would help.

I guess it's a money question and the big boys are putting their money on the big man in the sky (aka VAR). Otherwise at least doubling the on pitch officials to 6 would be advantageous. 1 ref and 2 'linesmen' per half.