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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2015 11:13:18 GMT
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Post by Veritas on Mar 3, 2015 11:20:20 GMT
No and as usual a none story from the Mail, Webb already works for the the Elite Refs Group or whatever it's called
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Mar 3, 2015 11:26:39 GMT
One former referee (Hackett) has called for Webb to come out of retirement. So although the story is accurate, the headline of the article is misleading - but the title of this thread is even more misleading. 
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Post by lastoftheldk on Mar 3, 2015 11:44:21 GMT
Leave him where he his, big club bias
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Post by metalhead on Mar 3, 2015 11:59:51 GMT
This would be a massive plus for the Premiership. He was by far the best referee in England (despite those who suggested he was pro-Man Utd). He was a superb ref and the only one who I was happy to have reffing our games.
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Post by metalhead on Mar 3, 2015 12:00:46 GMT
Leave him where he his, big club bias Rubbish. Was the best ref in England and probably brought the average number of correct decisions curve up for the rest of those plums considering how good he was compared the rest. |
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Post by RAF on Mar 3, 2015 12:27:21 GMT
If there is any truth to this whatsoever, they need to fuck him off and go and offer Collina a decent wedge to come out of retirement and become the chief ref and trainer in this country.
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Post by nicholasjalcock on Mar 3, 2015 12:38:19 GMT
And David Cameron has just ring fenced his O.A.P. benefits too!
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Post by lastoftheldk on Mar 3, 2015 12:39:46 GMT
Leave him where he his, big club bias Rubbish. Was the best ref in England and probably brought the average number of correct decisions curve up for the rest of those plums considering how good he was compared the rest. Rubbish. When he is on the pitch it's all about him, typical dibble attitude, showed a lot of bias to the shit, drop clangers on the world stage. Wonder why he retired when he did.? |
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Post by stokeramblers on Mar 3, 2015 12:45:09 GMT
Rubbish. Was the best ref in England and probably brought the average number of correct decisions curve up for the rest of those plums considering how good he was compared the rest. Rubbish. When he is on the pitch it's all about him, typical dibble attitude, showed a lot of bias to the shit, drop clangers on the world stage. Wonder why he retired when he did.? Totally disagree. The Man United bias is a load of nonsense, the reason it got highlighted all the time was purely because everyone hates United so much. For me he always just called stuff as he saw it. Don't remember to many clangers on the world stage. He missed De Jongs Kung fu kick admittedly but his line of sight was obstructed. The best referee this country has had for a long time. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2015 12:47:05 GMT
was he one the refs that gave 'fergie time'?
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Post by metalhead on Mar 3, 2015 12:50:44 GMT
was he one the refs that gave 'fergie time'? Fergie time which was proven to be a bit of a myth in the end.... |
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Post by lordb on Mar 3, 2015 13:01:43 GMT
Best ref I've seen in our Premier League era. EDIT: to be fair,it's not hard to be the best of a sorry bunch  |
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Post by chiefdelilah on Mar 3, 2015 13:11:32 GMT
Barely any better than the rest of the current shower.
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Post by mcf on Mar 3, 2015 13:23:11 GMT
I don't put all the blame on the refs. Yep, they are wank but not being able to ref with common sense is what fucks it up.
RAF mentions Collina who was fucking brilliant and he reffed with common sense rather than worrying about the assessors were thinking.
The game is ruined because it's too easy to get people sent off for simple and harmless fouls. Whelan at Newcastle last year just showed what a farce it can be.
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Post by geoff321 on Mar 3, 2015 13:30:11 GMT
The officials are not the cause of gamesmanship in the modern game, but in many cases they are the victims of it.
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Post by cheadlepotter on Mar 3, 2015 13:46:23 GMT
Show bias towards big clubs - get top marks from big clubs - ref more games involving big clubs - earn more money.
And there you have the biggest reason as to why refereeing standards are so low. How on earth anyone expects a referee to do a good job when his head is clogged up with thoughts of what Wenger, Mourinho, Van Gaal etc think i don't know.
And because it's all about pleasing the big clubs and media, the monitoring of standards isn't as strong as it should be. The best league in the world (apparently) allows players to he ruled offside within their own half for example.
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Post by chamberlain on Mar 3, 2015 14:13:37 GMT
The officials are not the cause of gamesmanship in the modern game, but in many cases they are the victims of it. spot on there Geoff , what chance have they got |
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Post by Caerwrangonpotter on Mar 3, 2015 16:15:24 GMT
Bring back Clive....and while were at it, Judders afro too!   |
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Post by superscfc on Mar 3, 2015 16:24:01 GMT
Howard Webb was a good ref, always liked him when he was involved in our games, controls the players well enough, they know where the line is with Webb.
The ManUre stuff is bollocks IMO, got a decision or two wrong against one of United's rival clubs and everyone made out he was Fergie's puppet ref
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