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A fair summary, IFA.
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Smile folks!
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Impossible to prove but a very strong chance that this tactic will see us remaining in NLN after this season.
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Anyone who has been on this board for any length of time knows that I support referees and was part of a panel for several decades involved in the independent reviewing and marking of refs. Balance and sanity.
I was the least qualified as a mere broadcaster. We had two statisticians, one pro ref, one local ref – and me. I learned from them. We were all on a single wavelength.
All the clear decision-making for marks was rational.
Then we come to the NLN and the gang has broken up so we cannot mark comparatively any more.
If the average mark in the EFL was a 6/10 – I declare my belief that the average in the NLN cannot possibly be higher than a three.
I see better reffing watching my granddaughter play on Saturday mornings in a very junior Sheffield League.
(The pro ref mentioned is a regular at The AA and despairs.)
Whenever you wonder whether bad anything is corruption or incompetence – 99% it’s the latter. Even so, I am witnessing bias on a very regular basis. I suspect that the situation is that the ‘little guys deserve a break against big spending Scunny.’
I fully accept that this is rarely deliberate – but ‘subconscious bias’ is an identifiable phenomenon.
In so many ways in my life, I have been trained into neutrality in my thinking and decision-making. It has served me well.
I have used this experience (hopefully) with a degree of wisdom over the years but in the face of the reffing this season, I find myself baying at appalling officials just as much as anyone else.3 users thanked author for this post.
Thought that was the most rounded performance I’ve ever seen from Whitehall.
Thought too that Scales had benefited from being dropped.1 user thanked author for this post.
Surely, these negative thought patterns can only be found in players who have already guaranteed a new club.
Could there be all that many?
All of those who have not must know that the new salary structure could very easily turn out to be the very best that they can achieve. That incentivises players.
Potential new clubs will clearly be scared off when scouts report that their target can’t be arsed to give us full measure when chasing promotion!
What of those plenty of players who will still end up needing to get a contract with us?
What of those who recognise that they fell lucky to get such a hefty deal from Hilton? May they not want to stay?
Promotion would have given better earning potential to all players.
I do not buy into the idea that loadsa players are not giving their best.
Say three of our better players have got new clubs lined up.
It would only take as few as three to sabotage our season.
If this idea holds any water at all – I wonder who the trio might be?1 user thanked author for this post.
