[St Charles Owl]

Refs have got it in for us after Pulis opened his mouth about wanting to know where the money went from player and manager
fines.

Publicly criticising a referee's performance in any game cannot be productive and will not change any decision and given human nature, could possibly antagonise a referee's outlook and perception of any club, thus there could be something in what Rainbow is saying.

Never did any harm to Ferguson over his 26 years, nor Mourinho when he was at Chelsea!!!!

Of course that could also just lead to the "bias against a small club by refs" conspiracy!!

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I don't hate refs, I just hold them in a healthy contempt. They've got a difficult job to do sometimes, but they and their laughingly called 'assistant referees' could make their jobs easier by 1. Actually watching the game, 2. Not bottling decisions and 3. Only giving decisions when they're 100% sure of what they've seen. Nobody minds honest mistakes where someone holds his hand up, but incompetence followed by closing ranks fools no one.

Due to the refs not being allowed to speak to the media or even just being able to somehow explain their decisions through the Referrees Association or something similar we have no way to know whether the 7 times you have been on the end of an incorrect decision this season is incompetence or an honest mistake!!

Some form of video replay needs to come in to help the refs.  The game is so fast these days that if they are literally one step out of the perfect line of vision they have no chance of making some calls!!  Most decisions can be reviewed and changed if need be within 10 seconds of the incident by a 5th official watching a TV replay.  Most are fairly clear cut from the many angles tv has and even if play has continued it can always be brought back quickly.