Yelling Dumb arse to a supporter is hardly good conduct.
When did the officials become such "Gods"
Maybe Mainland or NZF should ensure the quality of the Officials to help.... There has been a number of incidents this season, a lot as a result of some strange decisions.....
Good job the PDL sides of Christchurch Utd and Nomads ended up laughing at how poor their official was on Saturday, otherwise it could of ended in disaster!
Wonder how many of the posts have ever tried to referee a match themselves - at any level? As a player I would likely f... up many more times in a match than most referees, yet they are always fair game and on the receiving end of the criticism. Yes they do get it wrong and have good days and bad days, just like players do.
What are clubs doing to bring more of their (ex)players (who are clearly all experts in their own right!) into the middle. All too easy to demand better quality referees - checked at the corner dairy when I picked up my K2 & party pill supplies; you can't buy them there!
Div 1 juniors criteria requires a Club Based Referee and AR at home games; Don't see too many of these senior "afternoon experts" putting back into the game in the morning by helping out and setting the standard.
Time for clubs to take some responsibility themselves in raising the standard of referees, or at least stop moaning about it.
Some clubs seem to have refs and others don't.
I attended a refs course in Kaiapoi cos it was the only one I could fit in.
The room was packed with junior parents, youth players, and senior players. A room full of cage fighters - yes a little daunting.
Seems they are educating everyone out there!!
Perhaps that's why they complain so much about the refs - the spectators are too well educated!
Perhaps so. At least by the sound of things they are pro-active and getting off their backsides, more than what the old established clubs are doing. Mainland only enforce criteria or rules when someone presses them to.