I'M IBRAHIM TALL Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 McCurry has turned round and said all his decisions against The Arabs were wrong. Well thats all right then eh! Unbelievable. Every time a referee makes an arse of a decision, Don McVicar turns round and say we are harming the future of the game by discouraging youngsters from taking up refereeing. Its the man default setting. We are sending men out to do important jobs who cannot/will not do thier job. They will never/ever improve if they are constantly backed to the hilt when they make an arse of it. If the refs **** up, pull them out until they can be re-trained and re-assesed. If they dont have the bottle to make the big calls, throwing them in the next again week will never make them improve, only excaserbate the problem. Every single other person in the game is accountable. Its time to do the same with refs and thier assistants. I have said it before, refs in this country are not corrupt. They are inept. Inept players are dropped and sold. Its time to do the same with refs. AND PLEASE FOR GODS SAKE, STOP MAKING EXCUSES FOR THEM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigC Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 From here: http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/whistleblower.cfm?newsid=3948 RANGERS V DUNDEE UNITED Monday, 12 May 2008 Referee Michael McCurry has today moved to explain the reasoning behind two of the decisions he took during this weekend’s match between Rangers and Dundee United at Ibrox. “In the 55th minute of the match Rangers were in possession of the ball and attempted to clear it from their defensive area. As is normal practice, I started to run towards the half way line, anticipating the ball being cleared from defence. The clearance, however, was not successful and the ball struck Noel Hunt of Dundee United, who then played a very quick “one-two” allowing him to chase the ball into the penalty area closely followed by David Weir of Rangers. “At this point, given the very quick change of the direction of play, I was caught out of position and my line of sight was partially obstructed by another player. “I saw Noel Hunt fall to the ground with David Weir in close proximity behind him. As my vantage point was extremely poor it was not possible for me to say what or, if any, infringement had occurred. “Given this significant doubt in my mind it would have been improper for me to simply conclude that an infringement had occurred on the opposite side of the field of play from me. On this basis, I had no option but to allow play to continue amidst the appeal for a penalty kick. “I have now had the benefit of seeing the incident again on television. I believe that were it not for the fact that I had been caught out of position by the quick transfer of play I would have awarded Dundee United a penalty and would have cautioned the Rangers player David Weir. In my opinion there was another defender in close proximity with the possible opportunity to make a defensive challenge on the attacker. “In the 71st minute Dundee United were in possession of the ball and Danny Swanson shot towards the Rangers goal from approximately 30-35 yards. The ball appeared to me to be deflected off a Rangers player and entered the goal. “As I turned to award a goal to Dundee United it was brought to my attention that the stand side Assistant Referee had his flag raised signalling that an offside infringement had occurred. I also noticed that a Dundee United player required medical treatment. “Having made sure that the player received the required treatment, I then went across to the Assistant Referee and confirmed that he was signalling for an offside infringement. He confirmed this was the case and informed me that a Dundee United player had been in an offside position and that he had played the ball prior to it entering the goal. “I informed the Assistant Referee that it appeared to me that the ball was deflected off a Rangers player. The Assistant Referee told me that he had not seen it touch a Rangers player but had definitely seen it played by the Dundee United player, David Robertson. Given that David Robertson was behind the Rangers player, my view was such that I could not tell if the ball had been played by Mr Robertson last before entering the goal. Consequently, I decided to accept the advice of my Assistant Referee. “Again, having had the opportunity to review the incident on television, it is clear to me that the ball is not played by the Dundee United player Robertson who was, however, technically in an offside position and was in close proximity to the ball. “I can understand the difficulty faced by my assistant referee in this incident and why, David Robertson may have been considered offside. “Again, with the benefit of seeing the incident again numerous times on television, I consider it would have been more appropriate to conclude that the player, David Robertson, was not involved in active play and would have allowed the goal to stand.” Scottish FA Chief Executive Gordon Smith said: "Everyone at the Scottish FA is hugely disappointed in the accusations that have been levelled at one of our match officials following the match at Ibrox on Saturday. To impinge on a man's integrity in this way is extremely unfair and does nothing to encourage more people to take up refereeing. "Michael McCurry has been a top class referee for a number of years and has handled many a high profile, high pressure game. He has shown his own strength of character by being willing to be up front with his explanation of why he made these crucial decisions during the game. "To suggest that there was any kind of agenda behind the decisions made on the day does a massive disservice to the game and, quite frankly, is completely unfair. "Football is a game played by people and people can make mistakes. It is always frustrating when decisions go against you - but this has been a part of football since the game started. We rely on our referees to make decisions in a split second and without the benefit of countless replays. I think that it is extremely sad that an honest, dedicated professional has been treated in this way." 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amadjambo Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 How can someone "definately" see something which didn't actually happen? Isn't this impossible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wicker Man Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Unless you go to the same eye clinic as Andy Davies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spellczech Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 It?s uncanny how often referees are unsighted when the OF need them to be and also can imagine things when the OF need that too (Brines at Parkhead)...Always in the OF?s favour these "honest mistakes"...remarkable. As for the old "it puts people off being referees if their integrity is questioned"...In my experience it takes a certain type of person to want to be a ref in the first place. In the scheme of power-hungry megalomaniacs it ranks somewhere above a club bouncer and somewhere below a despotic dictator... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 Plenty of 'football people' such as Davie Provan still get a decision 'wrong' after watching it on replay 10 times. The referee/linesman does not get that luxury. McCurry has admitted to the mistakes. Levein should now put up his evidence of dastardly dealing or face a huge punishment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bootboy100 Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 I very much agree with the OP our refs to my knowledge arent corrupt however are grossly imcompetent and for some reason the SFA and Don MacVicar seem to have no strategy in place to deal with refs who ****** up major league. McCurry has made quite a few this season but somehow he still gets to ref!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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