Quote from: Give and Go on June 28, 2012, 11:10:20 AMQuote from: tbrick18 on June 28, 2012, 08:53:41 AM
The biggest problem with Duffy in that game wasnt the goal he allowed, it was his almost completely biased bit of referring for the whole game. It seemed like one rule for Monaghan and a different rule for Down. I thought that was one of the most unprofessional jobs of reffing I've seen. Consistently inconsistent would be the best I could say about him.
I agree, refs can get things wrong as they are only human, but the amount of errors made in that game was beyond just a "bad day". In player terms, if you'd an inter-county player who put in an equivalent performance he'd be off the panel let alone the team.
And now we have the joy of him in the qualifiers. I can only hope he learns from his mistakes last week and at least applies the same rules to both teams....I'm not hopeful though.
There's 3 other refs who spring to mind as being just as bad mind, that boy Hughes from Armagh and the Fermanagh ref (who's name escapes me) and the other M. Duffy.
It's just not good enough given that counties spend lots of money preparing teams which can get knocked out as a result of a bad referee. I'd imagine if the standard continues you could see legal challenges in an attempt to get compensation for the money spent if it can be argued the team was beaten due to poor reffing standards.
I agree fully with you and am surprised this hasn't been given more prominence. The Sunday Game analysts never even picked up on this. I'm not from Ulster but this was incredible display of 'different rules for different teams'
That's my point, of course a referee can make some mistakes over the course of a game but in this particular game he seemed to make a lot of mistakes in favour of Monaghan. It was almost completely one sided refereeing and for me that's why he should be reprimanded, not spcifically the goal as that single incident could be chalked down to a judgement error. The biggest problem with refereeing is this perceived bias with some refs and the inconsistency of the application of the rules from ref to ref.