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Sean Cleere should not have being the ref for the Tipp v Wexford game yesterday. The reasoning being Kk were in the other semi-final. Referees should be neutral ie. Reffs should only be appointed when their own county isn't involved in the other semi-final. Coopers_Helmet (Tipperary) - Posts: 154 - 29/07/2019 15:57:31 2218275 Link 0 |
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How many more threads are needed about this exact same topic? StoreysTash (Wexford) - Posts: 1732 - 29/07/2019 16:00:33 2218278 Link 1 |
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GAA needs top referees like Barry Kelly and James McGrath. Concerned_Supp (Westmeath) - Posts: 71 - 29/07/2019 16:03:00 2218282 Link 0 |
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Sean Cleere was appointed BEFORE Kilkenny had qualified for the final but whoever makes these appointments should have allowed for the possibility that KK would beat Limerick. I believe the last time a referee took charge of a semi-final when his own county was already in the final was 1976, so that would suggest that the GAA have some sort of policy on this issue. Why then did they deviate from the norm on this occasion? A referee for an All-Ireland semi-final is under enough pressure in normal circumstances and, while not making excuses for some of Sean Cleere's decisions yesterday, he did look nervous and under severe pressure from the outset. Whoever appointed him did him no favours.
midlands (Westmeath) - Posts: 541 - 29/07/2019 16:14:39 2218294 Link 1 |
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Don't know anything about other threads. It's still a valid point.
Coopers_Helmet (Tipperary) - Posts: 154 - 29/07/2019 17:25:10 2218353 Link 1 |
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The thread "Referee for Wexford v Tipperary" covers this entirely. StoreysTash (Wexford) - Posts: 1732 - 30/07/2019 09:47:44 2218601 Link 1 |
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Totally agree! and as the commentators said on the day, its less about potential bias and more about the perception of bias. i.e. if the referee is never in that situation then none of his calls (whether malicious or not) can be scrutinized therefore preventing conflicted referees from officiating games protects the both the referee and the fairness of the game!
faithful4ever (Offaly) - Posts: 209 - 30/07/2019 10:07:09 2218608 Link 0 |
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Shhh Dublin have to win 10 All Ireland football titles in a row before the neutral ref issue is brought in riverboys (Mayo) - Posts: 1389 - 30/07/2019 11:01:45 2218649 Link 0 |
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If you are referring to refs living in Dublin refereeing big Dublin games you have a very good point. This is outrageous and should not happen. I do not know why counties like Kerry and Dublin have not protested about this, or maybe they have to no avail. Can you just imagine the outrage if a Galway referee living in Castlebar was appointed to referee an AIF between Dublin and Mayo!! Aibrean (Kerry) - Posts: 263 - 30/07/2019 11:25:20 2218668 Link 1 |