Quote Originally Posted by Dreamtime Yowie View Post
The incidents that you both argued over in my opinion from a neutral both were wrong calls by the ref unfortunately. The goal should have stood and then the very dubious penalty call which had us all in the stands scratching our heads, I could even see Olympic players laughing. I did see a ref offical there so hopefully he has a word with the officials and they learn from it. After all they are young, maybe too young in my honest opinion. But that’s what it has come to with not many keen to ref these days.
I didn’t see the incident, and nor do I really care, but, respectfully, I’m just wondering what your assertion on the decision being wrong is based on? Have you done a LotG course?

But you’re right regarding referees potentially being too young. It’s a major problem in my opinion regarding how northern has taken over the refereeing. 10 years ago it was the best youngsters of the “junior” branches reffing on NPL/NEWFM juniors, and they could handle it. These days, if a young kid joins northern directly, they’re generally thrown onto PYL very quickly without having the experience from the junior branches that helps them to deal with that level. As an result, unfortunately, mistakes happen. If a ref makes a mistake, like a goalkeeper, it can have a major impact on the game.