3 refs at the base to assist the on location video ref .all electronic linked. just like NHL . this might worlk .

or the TJ's could just find a spine and actually make a decent call once in a while

FFS is that what you really believe? They are always talking to the ref. If the ref chooses to ignore him he can, and often does, because he is the soul judge of what happens on field. All this terrace crap about "put your flag up linesman" is stupid.

They are mic'd up you fools!!!!!

there have been about 280 video refs decisions so far this year. about 10 have been very suss and might be proven to be wrong . NHL in northern america got sick of it and has gone to the big brother system . to get away from the on site pressure the video refs are under

So how come CLEAR forward passes are left uncalled by the ref? And by this I dont mean a suspect momentum decision or some border line ones I am talking the very obvious ones and there is at least one or two a game. You cant tell me the man in the middle just ignores the touch judge for these?

And a clear elbow to the head when on the floor while the ref is trying to sort out the off sides, surely this is where your miced up linesmen should be running onto the field waving his flag?

and? doesn't mean they use them. i never saw the TJ speak once into his mic as the cru-catalan game.

since you seem so intent on defening the guy with the whistle explain how a ball dropped backwards is a knockon

I bet refs and TJs make less mistakes than, say, a player dropping the ball...

You've been watching us too much.

that depends whether you class a mistake as a giving a wrong decision or not making a decision when its required. if you count the latter it'll probably be a lot closer than you think

when was the last time you saw tj run on the feild with his flag up for a report??

When was the last time you saw a TJ not mic'd up removing the need to run onto the field to get the referee's attention?

surely that's the point - as punters can't see their lips moving (think about this - the closest TJ has his back to them and the other is circa 50/60m away, in which case they couldn't see his lips move anyway) then surely this means the TJ's are incompetent and spineless?





You see, what they really want is for the TJ's to use their flags and come on the field of play so that they can then complain about the hold-ups in play and how they only come on to 'get their face on telly' or sommit similar.

Myabe these 'missed' calls are actually not missed at all but have been seen after all and ajudged to be ok. Maybe they got the call wrong but that doesn't mean they missed it.

second thoughts - nah, they're all spineless and crap right?