Standard of officiating

[Omegstrat6]

Looking at the players in the box awaiting a corner kick these days is more like watching a rugby scrum with all the pulling, shoving and grappling. Touch the keeper and you'll get penalised but otherwise anything seems to go..

[Prando]

Looking at the players in the box awaiting a corner kick these days is more like watching a rugby scrum with all the pulling, shoving and grappling. Touch the keeper and you'll get penalised but otherwise anything seems to go..

I’m unsure of the credibility of this, however I read a commentary from an amateur referee (aren’t they all ) stating that the Officials’ options are limited when the ball is not in play…e.g. the preliminary scrummage before the corner kick is taken.

Any knowledgeable posters able to advise ?

[baggiematt]

The refereeing system is broken to a degree. If youre a poor ref in the premier league, you get demoted to Championship with no VAR support.

So we effectively get a ref that was poor with technology and then take it off them!

In theory you should allocate the better refs to games without technology but thats never going to happen.

I dont like VAR and I think there is a long way to go before it is truly effective, but longer term we do need it.