Lee mason

[JLW]

Worst of all time? there can only be one

Jeff Winter?

 

[DownOnTheUpside]

Jeff Winter?

Yerh, absolutely hated him

 

[ToffeeDan]

Worst Lee Mason Everton match Reffing Debacle

Is it?

1) Three Dodgy Pens at Blackburn - they miss their two, Mikel nets in the last minute in his last game
2) Two offside goals at the Emirates - Saha puts Everton 1-0 up so he evens things up in the 2nd half and, naturally, we lose 2-1
3) Missing a West Brom attempt to decapitate Leighton Baines, in the penalty area (Everton 1-2 down) resulting in Mikel exacting swift revenge and a red card - going on to lose 1-4 (when clearly it could have been 11 v 10 and probably 2-2)
4) Something else

 

[Old Blue 2]

This was a rather nifty piece of refereeing as well.

About a foot away from the ref, and nothing whatsoever was given against the Chelsea player...

 

[Tree13]

But it wasn't dressed up as being correct in some way or greeted with silence...well actually not sure if the referee has admitted a mistake or not, but at least noone has attempted to convince us it was a correct decision somehow.

The ref in question (Pascal Gauzere) has spoken with the head of referees (Joel Jutge) after reviewing the footage of his own game - this is totally standard in top-level rugby refereeing, by the way - and said that he was unhappy with his own handling of the two decisions which attracted such a fuss in the media. THAT'S how you earn respect.

As it happens, those two decisions weren't decisive in the outcome of the game - MAYBE that made it easier for Guazere to put his hand up and say "Nope, I screwed that up." Furthermore, he was very good in the other 78 minutes of the match, clearly communicating with both teams and maintaining a two-way relationship with both captains from start to finish.

Rugby referees (at a low level, I am one) will tell you that the single best tool they have available to them when managing a game is their voice. Good rugby refs talk continually throughout the game, you'll hear them at every breakdown (the part of the game where, currently, most penalties are conceded) telling players IN ADVANCE what they can / can't do: this makes the game flow far better than if they just left the players to break the laws and then blew the whistle. When I used to teach at a junior school I used to ref football games the same way and the parents all approved.

Football referees need to be mic'ed up, the feed needs to be uninterrupted, the tv fans should be able to hear it at all times and the conversations between the ref, the linesmen, the 4th official and the VAR team should all be audible to the fans too.

 

[Lineker]

The ref in question (Pascal Gauzere) has spoken with the head of referees (Joel Jutge) after reviewing the footage of his own game - this is totally standard in top-level rugby refereeing, by the way - and said that he was unhappy with his own handling of the two decisions which attracted such a fuss in the media. THAT'S how you earn respect.

As it happens, those two decisions weren't decisive in the outcome of the game - MAYBE that made it easier for Guazere to put his hand up and say "Nope, I screwed that up." Furthermore, he was very good in the other 78 minutes of the match, clearly communicating with both teams and maintaining a two-way relationship with both captains from start to finish.

Rugby referees (at a low level, I am one) will tell you that the single best tool they have available to them when managing a game is their voice. Good rugby refs talk continually throughout the game, you'll hear them at every breakdown (the part of the game where, currently, most penalties are conceded) telling players IN ADVANCE what they can / can't do: this makes the game flow far better than if they just left the players to break the laws and then blew the whistle. When I used to teach at a junior school I used to ref football games the same way and the parents all approved.

Football referees need to be mic'ed up, the feed needs to be uninterrupted, the tv fans should be able to hear it at all times and the conversations between the ref, the linesmen, the 4th official and the VAR team should all be audible to the fans too.

Thank you for addressing my question so thoroughly and I agree with your perspective. I referee youth football in the same way as you because I agree with being proactive with your voice.

I feel that Rugby refereeing compares favourably to almost any other sport I have a watched of a similar type (2 teams of multiple men and a single ball). Living in America as i do now, those sports are the ones I am most familiar with.

I have noticed a pattern that as the various leagues have tried to make their sport more marketable, they have favoured attacking play. More often than not, it has been by reinterpreted the rule book to penalize contact. We have all noticed this in English football starting in the late eighties but more and more in the early premier league years, but the same occurred in the NBA during the mid nineties and more recently in the NFL.

Each time the rules were reinterpreted, plauers began pleading for fouls and attempting to fool the referee into giving a foul at an increased rate, with a consequent loss of respect for the referee amongst the players and public. I dont think the two are not related.

I think rugby is next due to the crack down on seatbelt tackles, duty of care to a player in the air, etc.. not that those aren't good rules changes, just that there are unintended consequences.

 

[trueblue84]

90minutes did a league table of the refs from worst to best. Lee mason was near the bottom, but their summary is pretty much spot on...

"Strikes us as a man who doesn't want the limelight, but accidentally turns up to a funeral in a Ninja Turtle costume, somehow thinking it was fancy dress."

 

[dublinbluenose]

Sam's got this, no need for intervention

 

[canuckblue]

The ref in question (Pascal Gauzere) has spoken with the head of referees (Joel Jutge) after reviewing the footage of his own game - this is totally standard in top-level rugby refereeing, by the way - and said that he was unhappy with his own handling of the two decisions which attracted such a fuss in the media. THAT'S how you earn respect.

As it happens, those two decisions weren't decisive in the outcome of the game - MAYBE that made it easier for Guazere to put his hand up and say "Nope, I screwed that up." Furthermore, he was very good in the other 78 minutes of the match, clearly communicating with both teams and maintaining a two-way relationship with both captains from start to finish.

Rugby referees (at a low level, I am one) will tell you that the single best tool they have available to them when managing a game is their voice. Good rugby refs talk continually throughout the game, you'll hear them at every breakdown (the part of the game where, currently, most penalties are conceded) telling players IN ADVANCE what they can / can't do: this makes the game flow far better than if they just left the players to break the laws and then blew the whistle. When I used to teach at a junior school I used to ref football games the same way and the parents all approved.

Football referees need to be mic'ed up, the feed needs to be uninterrupted, the tv fans should be able to hear it at all times and the conversations between the ref, the linesmen, the 4th official and the VAR team should all be audible to the fans too.

All mic'ing the referees will show is how much players from certain teams in red try to influence things. Which isn't a bad thing to be honest.