Lee speaks with Steve after we left Wales with a point in a 1-1 draw. A very good performance could have been better if we had taken our early chances.
Unofficially, at this level, the Ref makes all of the decisions. The assistants are a requirement in the rule book but are there just for show. I heard the officials at SJP, a few seasons ago, where the Ref told his Linesmen exactly that. "I make the decisions and you indicate what I decide." That's why last season (?) Joe White was felled in the penalty area but the linesman said nothing. Even though he knew it was a penalty.
I understand your thought process, but refs at this level are a very good standard. Refs do understand the game in a different perspective- something no fan could mentally comprehend. I think VAR has made the game less natural, because what we perceive as true has been rearranged. Personally, I love the ref being conceived as a gatecrasher. The ref who showed Brooking's first yellow, and called half time a second after allowing a corner at World Cup which ended in a goal, are my favourite moments. Life is always about getting a little extra somewhere, and when players do it, cheating the ref is worth the entrance fee. Mostly, refs get away with murder. Who would want to be a manager or player.
One aspect I don't either agree with or understand, is that a ref will put up with managers swearing at players, but when a fan does it, they get thrown out. That doesn't happen at the Southern League, but it does a few steps down. I once spoke to a linesman at Wembley about this, and he kinda explained that a fan doing it was like a public disorder. At games with lower crowds, the ref is mainly concerned with a fan coming onto the pitch. A referee knows the game far better than any fan, player or ex player.
@@charliemagri1669 It's not thought process, It's sheer observation. I watch a swathe of matches at differing levels. Indeed, I've just watched a League One match this evening and that same "wait for the ref to decide" method was on full display. Including shocking offside decisions (made by a ref who was yards behind the play) and signalled dutifully by his assistants. So it's defiantly* crept up the football pyramid. Competent and unbiased officials are the cornerstone of the game (or any other one for that matter) and if players, managers and fans have no confidence that it is the case, the game is in big trouble. I chose "Defiantly" as it appears that the TPTB in the FA think that all is rosy in their garden but fans, biases aside, see each week that its not and is steadily getting worse.
@@charliemagri1669 The assistants don't make any decisions, that's the whole point! It's not about one side being robbed by a crass decision, it's the process where the referee decides every aspect and the assistants act accordingly. Think of repeaters on a vehicle. You activate them and they display your intention to observers.
A nothing game? You've just achieved a great draw against the most talented side in the league. That has disrupted their play off chances, but made a statement about the standing of Hendon FC. Their keeper was excellent at Hendon, and saved certain goals.
Regardless of what happens against Gosport, this result means more than those huge wins in the Vase. The fans watch Hendon because they are different. Other sides play a predictable way, but the individual talent at Hendon provides the spark for something to happen and surprise the opponents in a second. Hendon are all great players, and not robots. You could not become so involved watching another team. The quality and entertainment is amazing. Chesham may have won the league, but they did that like robots with no passion for the beautiful game. You got what you deserved at Merthyr.
Good draw boys ,ftom Webby ,Sunny Tenerife
Forgot to mention the many merthyr chances which crossed the line but were ruled offside...
Unofficially, at this level, the Ref makes all of the decisions. The assistants are a requirement in the rule book but are there just for show. I heard the officials at SJP, a few seasons ago, where the Ref told his Linesmen exactly that. "I make the decisions and you indicate what I decide." That's why last season (?) Joe White was felled in the penalty area but the linesman said nothing. Even though he knew it was a penalty.
I understand your thought process, but refs at this level are a very good standard. Refs do understand the game in a different perspective- something no fan could mentally comprehend.
I think VAR has made the game less natural, because what we perceive as true has been rearranged.
Personally, I love the ref being conceived as a gatecrasher. The ref who showed Brooking's first yellow, and called half time a second after allowing a corner at World Cup which ended in a goal, are my favourite moments.
Life is always about getting a little extra somewhere, and when players do it, cheating the ref is worth the entrance fee.
Mostly, refs get away with murder. Who would want to be a manager or player.
One aspect I don't either agree with or understand, is that a ref will put up with managers swearing at players, but when a fan does it, they get thrown out. That doesn't happen at the Southern League, but it does a few steps down.
I once spoke to a linesman at Wembley about this, and he kinda explained that a fan doing it was like a public disorder.
At games with lower crowds, the ref is mainly concerned with a fan coming onto the pitch.
A referee knows the game far better than any fan, player or ex player.
It's in the general rule book, that the referee can over rule the linesman.
@@charliemagri1669 It's not thought process, It's sheer observation. I watch a swathe of matches at differing levels. Indeed, I've just watched a League One match this evening and that same "wait for the ref to decide" method was on full display. Including shocking offside decisions (made by a ref who was yards behind the play) and signalled dutifully by his assistants. So it's defiantly* crept up the football pyramid. Competent and unbiased officials are the cornerstone of the game (or any other one for that matter) and if players, managers and fans have no confidence that it is the case, the game is in big trouble. I chose "Defiantly" as it appears that the TPTB in the FA think that all is rosy in their garden but fans, biases aside, see each week that its not and is steadily getting worse.
@@charliemagri1669 The assistants don't make any decisions, that's the whole point! It's not about one side being robbed by a crass decision, it's the process where the referee decides every aspect and the assistants act accordingly. Think of repeaters on a vehicle. You activate them and they display your intention to observers.
A nothing game? You've just achieved a great draw against the most talented side in the league. That has disrupted their play off chances, but made a statement about the standing of Hendon FC.
Their keeper was excellent at Hendon, and saved certain goals.
Regardless of what happens against Gosport, this result means more than those huge wins in the Vase.
The fans watch Hendon because they are different. Other sides play a predictable way, but the individual talent at Hendon provides the spark for something to happen and surprise the opponents in a second.
Hendon are all great players, and not robots.
You could not become so involved watching another team. The quality and entertainment is amazing.
Chesham may have won the league, but they did that like robots with no passion for the beautiful game.
You got what you deserved at Merthyr.