The Master Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Just watched this on Twitter. Australian A-League referee Jarred Gillett, who is joining the English Championship pool of referees, had a live mic for his final game down under. It gives a great insight into the communication that goes on in a game. It's already used in rugby; is this something that football should adopt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginaro Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Was interesting to hear how much the ref and AR spoke about the decisions, could almost do away with the commentators. To begin with VAR decisions should be available to hear post-match, like the Dutch FA have done, as the referees/VARs would basically run the audience through the decision better than the commentators. They could make the ref mic available for the broadcasters to show at HT/FT, because no doubt there will be concerns about lots of swearies. Then make it available live, especially once players know it's being broadcast live (maybe a red button option first). Don't really see any downsides to ref mic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Maturin Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 I thought it was excellent, definitely something I would like to see. Fairplay to the ref having to listen to Ashley Peacock on helium all game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7-2 Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 13 minutes ago, Ginaro said: Was interesting to hear how much the ref and AR spoke about the decisions, could almost do away with the commentators. To begin with VAR decisions should be available to hear post-match, like we've seen the Dutch FA have done, as the referees/VARs would basically run the audience through the decision better than the commentators. They could make the ref mic available for the broadcasters to show at HT/FT, because no doubt there will be concerns about lots of swearies. Then make it available live, especially once players know it's being broadcast live (maybe a red button option first). Don't really see any downsides to ref mic? Much as I long for no commentators you'd still need them for 90 minutes of 'Apologies to anyone offended by the language' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 If they do it for games with the extra officials behind the goals some pundits might finally notice that they do help the ref make decisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 The boy saying "You're one of the best" was very cringeworthy. I cant see a downside to the referees having it apart from for the referees themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 I read Graham Polls book and he mentioned that the earpiece and mic set they have the referees mic is open so everything is heard. What I don’t understand is why the assistants aren’t deafened by the whistle. Anyway, I think it would be interesting to hear what’s said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Tobias! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsforlife Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 I like it.As an aside is there any other notable circumstances of refs effectively getting a promotion by movin FA's? I've been expecting international 'transfers' of refs for a while now, but not aware of anything before this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 I like it.As an aside is there any other notable circumstances of refs effectively getting a promotion by movin FA's? I've been expecting international 'transfers' of refs for a while now, but not aware of anything before this.He's moving for work, not for refereeing reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzza81 Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 This would be excellent and definitely enhance the game but our tinpot country wouldn’t cope. Quite sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Ferguson's Hat Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 We can take England's old microphones in a few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Rubin Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Works well in Rugby, so yeah why not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsforlife Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 He's moving for work, not for refereeing reasons. Ah ok. Take it EFL championship must be a mixture of part-time and full time refs then? Also in answer to my own question mark clattenburg would count. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginaro Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 3 hours ago, ajwffc said: If they do it for games with the extra officials behind the goals some pundits might finally notice that they do help the ref make decisions. They are only used for big games without VAR now so they'll be gone soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 5 hours ago, 7-2 said: Much as I long for no commentators you'd still need them for 90 minutes of 'Apologies to anyone offended by the language' That or get your money into rapid-reaction bleep machine manufacturer shares... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyAnchor Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 If I don't know Masonic terms can i still follow along? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 5 hours ago, parsforlife said: Ah ok. Take it EFL championship must be a mixture of part-time and full time refs then? Also in answer to my own question mark clattenburg would count. Not quite, he moved to Saudi into a head-of-referee job, and didn't officiate there. Having quit that he then moved to referee in China. So there wasn't an actual straight-swap to referee in another country. Sorry to be pedantic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arbroathlegend36-0 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 2 hours ago, Christophe said: Not quite, he moved to Saudi into a head-of-referee job, and didn't officiate there. Having quit that he then moved to referee in China. So there wasn't an actual straight-swap to referee in another country. Sorry to be pedantic! Mark offiated a cup game last year as i seem to remember he stopped the match so the players could pray or something like that as the match went into extra time and he got praise world wide for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 There must be some way of doing this already because there's been one clip this year from England where the referee's audio was played on Match of the Day or something and a penalty was awarded. There was a fast break, and the referee played an advantage then had to let it up the park to give a penalty after someone slid in near the corner of the box near the goal-line. I'm sure it involved Man Utd as the ref (might have been Mike Dean?) spoke to Ashley Young and Phil Jones during the bit that was shown? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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