Dont blame the Refs. Have you ever seen some Premier league football refs? Not great at all. Also rugby has it's fair share of poor ones.
the black card is the way to go. It is a great invention altogether.

galwayford (Galway) - Posts: 2519 - 02/03/2015 12:12:20    1698256

the standard of refs at minute is shocking, watching the Tyrone match the other night and I have to say he had a shocker full stop, he give a few that were soooo bad, then the free at the end were Derry should have had a free out and then Tyrone got a free in. it needs looked at ASAP cause at the minute the ref can decide who wins a match not the best team on that day...

youngfella27 (Armagh) - Posts: 110 - 02/03/2015 12:47:36    1698274

Yes it's true but there are far more officials available for the ref to consult with and on most occasions he just doesn't do it or the umpires fail to act when they see incidents happening right in front of them. This to me is more frustrating than a ref getting a call wrong when he is 10 to 15 yards away and partially unsighted. The umpires need to be empowered more IMO and accountable i.e. if a camera shows that a red card incident occurred straight in front of an umpire(s) and that umpire failed to act then some form of sanction should be imposed. Same goes for any other official who gets an obvious call wrong.

Joxer (Dublin) - Posts: 4700 - 02/03/2015 12:48:21    1698275

When will GAA act on poor refering . We need consistency..

HughHunt24 (Cork) - Posts: 841 - 19/05/2015 12:51:28    1725443

2 refs for champo games - simples

HenryHill16 (Dublin) - Posts: 249 - 19/05/2015 14:19:48    1725524

Lets help the referees rather than criticise from behind our keyboards.

HenryHill16 (Dublin) - Posts: 249 - 19/05/2015 14:22:27    1725527

HenryHill16- Lets help the referees rather than criticise from behind our keyboards.

Hear Hear - yes refs do mistakes ...but amazingly so do players.. yet the refs get scolded to high heaven... would be a big help if the umpires were refs as well and were utilised more - and for TV games maybe use the TMO (trial it first though) - also think havin an ex ref doin analysis on tv even in studiop would be a help

janesboro (Limerick) - Posts: 1502 - 19/05/2015 14:32:34    1725536