If a referee is unconsciously biased, then he's an idiot. It's like excusing a judge for having unconscious bias and putting black kids away while letting white guys go free for the same offenses. Bullshit. Their job is to be conscious of their biases and to manage them. If they can't, bin 'em.

FWIW, there's no way I can ever be convinced they they have any unconscious biases. They know exactly how they feel.

  • Mirth

  • Post #239

One individual could be unconsciously biased but an entire organisation...? It's not like Michael Oliver is the only one with issues.

    Mirth in a career that is almost literally about managing biases, to be unaware of your own seems slightly ludicrous.

      • Qwiss

      • Post #241

      Claudius you can’t have a child traumatized like this.

      The man is 18 years old. Have some respect.

          Qwiss

          Not sure is tongue in cheek.... But... 18 is not quite a child, but not quite a man either.

            They appointed a Liverpool fan to ref our game v City

            If anything, I think they will all be too anxious to do anything overly dramatic.
            Only issue is that it might allow animals like Kovacic license to do some gangster shit

            • JazzG

            • Post #246

            RocktheCasbah I think they know they are being watched and under scrutiny so you'd think/hope they'd wait a while before they can screw us over. But you never know with this lot.

                This guy wished he never wrote this article. Doesn’t know what backlash he will get from Arsenal Twitter who are a force to be reckoned with:

                  • JazzG

                  • Post #250

                  They can't hide from their past.

                  This one is about rules in general: I think the handball rule as currently written is unfairly biased in favor of defenders. Gives them the benefit of doubt that is not afforded to strikers.

                  If a ball accidentally hits a defender whilst he or she is defending in his/her box, it should 100% be a penalty. Regardless of context, regardless of where the arms were located. Up or down or behind the back. Matters not.

                  For me that's the equivalent of what is currently going on with handball as pertains to strikers in the box.

                    • Qwiss

                    • Post #254

                    flobaba If a ball accidentally hits a defender whilst he or she is defending in his/her box, it should 100% be a penalty. Regardless of context, regardless of where the arms were located. Up or down or behind the back. Matters not.

                    No way that would be terrible. The CL is much better on hand ball than the PL because it isn't overly strict. Players shouldn't be punished for having arms.

                        Qwiss I think it could work if goals were ever so slightly devalued by changing offside to the daylight model. I mean, it's not punishing people for having arms, it's punishing them for failing to play the ball fairly.

                          Arm rule on goals is so stupid. Fabs watch the game for goals. Goals are so hard to come by. What do we do? Add an arbitrary rule that makes goals even harder to get?!!

                          • JazzG

                          • Post #257

                          Gary Neville has now been given the go ahead to get involved.