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Originally Posted by honeychile
An MSL ref was at the soccer convention on year, and he gave a talk that gave me more insight to referrees. The quote was, "In the eyes of the referree..." and he said that they can't see everything all of the time.
But on this occasion, he could have called the "foul", conferred with the other referrees, then make the hard and fast decision. He does NOT have what it takes to be a referee!
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I just don't know, after the rage has settled a bit, I don't really want this guy's career to be over. And he HAS officiated some major games before...and well. I just think he wasn't ready for the WC. If he'd pulled the equivalent of Joyce a simple explanation plus "I screwed up" if he saw it differently after watching the replay... well I'd feel better. But not the whole "we don't know what the call was" bull doesn't help him.
I dunno, I just want him relegated to flag guy for the rest of this Cup, let him come back with more experience under his belt in four years.
I'm not a fan of instant replay in soccer unless it were REALLY limited, but I think cases like this make a really good argument for a fourth official (or.. fifth I guess since the fourth holds up the signs) standing behind the goals.
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