Quote: Alan "Who's to say? I'm certainly not qualified to comment on the competence of referees, but it does seem to be that he's had the matches that have kicked off. (e.g. Halifax home & away; Fev away, Rochdale away where there were 5 red cards and 6 yellow and the officials didn't always 'card' the correct players) Of course, it could probably be that those were the games that were most likely to kick off, but could he have handled them any better, and nipped the trouble in the bud before it started?
Maybe just a curious statistic, like Leigh scoring 52 in their first three games, or Rochdale scoring 22 in each of their three games against us?'"
Support all your well made points Alan.
I do think we have to live with errors in referees decision making in the hope that these things even out over the game. However for me the most important aspect of the referees job is to keep control over foul play by taking early action rather than leaving incidents unpunished that inevitably results in players taking the law into their own hands as frustration levels build.
Most fracas are a result of retribution for something that went on earlier and was unpunished.
