Best Referee in A-League

[john_kowolski]

After the extremly poor performance of Breeze last week, I can only wonder who might be refereeing the finals. The thought of Breeze refereeing a Sydney v Mariners Prelim. Final does not sit well with me

Mark Shield already has the final and for me that is fine. I think he is the best referee in the country and he was recently proven to be the best in Asia. When I look at the appointments for the the refs of the SMH website, I can walk into the stadium with confidence when Shield is refereeing us, becuase the game will be fair, and the players won't be dudded. He doesn't want to draw attention to himself and that's great

Lucky for us on NYE, we have Shield.

The worst bloke in the league by far is that Kiwi, O'Leary who sent of Porter in  the QLD game. I have never seen such a poor decision in my life.

What are your thoughts on best/worst and on the finals

 

[kevrenor]

It's a bit like having to pick a Nobel prize with only the Squadrunts to chose from, but here goes:

1.  Peter Green
2.  Mark Shield
3.  Srebre Delovski
4.  Simon Przydacz - putting on tin hat
5.  Peter O'Leary - except that one mad game this season

Last - Ben Williams

Mark Hester (NZ) - one good game is too early to call

 

[adz]

I think you might mean "least incompetent" rather than "best"?

 

[Andy]

Peter Green and Mark Shield are easily the best IMO.

 

[FFC Mariner]

Doesnt matter how good (or poor) a ref you have if the AR's are the usual HAL standard.

 

[Jeff (LouMacari)]

It's a bit like having to pick a Nobel prize with only the Squadrunts to chose from, but here goes:

absolute classic statement.....LOL

 

[Jimmy]

Peter Greeen IMO

 

[BrisRecky]

yeh I'm with KevR...peter greens the goods

 

[jaypee]

Have we had Peter Green this year at home?

I love it how Breeze is doing so many SFC games......

 

[mariners4ever]

IMO if we have a major semi or a preliminary final against sydney with breeze as ref we can say goodbye to winning those games

 

[kevrenor]

Have we had Peter Green this year at home?

Round 2 vs the Nix

http://spirit.webcity.com.au/AFN/2007-2008/R2/R2-CCvsWP.htm

 

[marinermick]

mark shield hands down

matthew breeze has fgone so downhill this season

 

[Wombat]

I think Shield is hugely overated. I think he is a poor ref but he does let the game flow better than some of the other muppets.
Some of his decisions, or lack of, in the game against Melbourne, were stunningly poor.
Breeze and that Kiwi clown are the worst.
Our Ref's would have to be among the most incompetant anywhere in the world and the FFA need to do something about it as the standard of play and players has improved markedly but the reffing has continued to be dire at best.

 

[gull]

Our Ref's would have to be among the most incompetent anywhere in the world and the FFA need to do something about it as the standard of play and players has improved markedly but the reffing has continued to be dire at best.
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Totally agree. Very poor standard. Breeze had a shocker again tonight in the Qld V Mel game.

What about Zetta? Lets the game flow really well and is consistent (good or bad) to both teams.

 

[Statue]

I think sheilds is the best ref in the league and probs always will be while he is still around.

On form i would rate peter green as the best ref at the moment, he has a very good presance as a ref, can keep the game under controal, allows play to flow while still making the decisions that needs to be made, and most of them are generally right. There was on game in Melbourne (i think it was against adelaide) was easily the best perfomance i had seen by a referee in the a-league, every decision was spot on

 

[marinersman]

As Grennpole said, the problem for me is the linesman (I refuse the call them Assistant Referees, because they're not).

The amount of bad calls going the wrong way for corners/goal kicks and throw ins is appalling. Not to mention off sides. I thought the benefit of the doubt is meant to go to the attacking team.

Sure our refs make some bad calls, it happens everywhere in the world. It's a tough gig. My beef is with the linesman. They make bad obvious bad calls time and time again.

 

[FFC Mariner]

On ability alone, the young female linesperson is without doubt the worst official I have seen at this level.

 

[Bear]

Breeze made a huge f**k up tonight. I think it was Ognenovski? crossed a ball into the area, got hacked at the same time, and Breeze blew the free kick and gave a yellow to the Melbourne scum. Meanwhile, the ball that Ognenovski crossed fell to the feet of a QLD player on the penalty spot. PLAY ADVANTAGE, THEN CARD, YOU FARKING MUPPET. Seriously, how hard is it?

 

[FFC Mariner]

A Qld win would have made it harder for his beloved Sydney I suspect

 

[~Floss~]

Breeze made a huge f**k up tonight. I think it was Ognenovski? crossed a ball into the area, got hacked at the same time, and Breeze blew the free kick and gave a yellow to the Melbourne scum. Meanwhile, the ball that Ognenovski crossed fell to the feet of a QLD player on the penalty spot. PLAY ADVANTAGE, THEN CARD, YOU FARKING MUPPET. Seriously, how hard is it?

He got one right after that though (perhaps he was "made aware of his mistake"), because Qld's goal eventually came from an advantage.