Replying To ExiledInWex:  "I was in Kilkenny today with work and they do not want a replay. Hardly a mention of the scoreboard, all talking about the poor play, missed chances, poor performances, and so forth.
But sooner or later, the GAA needs to wake up and start helping our officials out.
The day of a referee bringing 4 of his pals as umpires is over. Umpires need coaching as to their positioning relative to the ball, and relative to the post, so they can make the best decision. Posts need to be higher in some grounds to help the umpire out. I would say no umpire should be doing umpire at an inter-county match unless he has been tested and his ability verified by hawk-eye. If he's not getting most of the decisions right, he's not up to it. Pay him for his day out, he deserves more than a dinner for doing umpire on All-Ireland final day. They should be paid for every inter county match they do umpire for.
The game is simply too fast for 1 referee now, he can't make an accurate decision from 70 yards away. He needs help. The linesmen need to be able to make calls when they see it better than the referee.
I think we need to bring a TMO official in to it where a referee thinks or is advised that he needs to send somebody off. Like, we can all argue the decisions and based on replays decide but the one man with a yellow and red card in his hand has to decide based on heresay of the linesman, umpires, or what he saw live. I'm not saying stop the game for 5 minutes to slow down a TMO to the nth degree but at least let the referee run to the sideline and have a quick look and decide then. He can spend minutes talking to these lads and by the time is finished everybody watching has seen it. Why not show him?
Also, for "last play" calls (e.g. Limerick 65 in 2019, Clare v Waterford in Cusack Park last year) let the referee have a look at these themselves.
I'm not calling for every decision to be reviewed, but we're now 27 years on from Jimmy Cooney in 1998 or 37 from John Denton in 1988 and not a thing has changed regarding how we support our officials despite monumental improvements in technology and its literally right beside them to help them.
Its time to grow up and start helping the man out. We'll never get better referees until we do."

Replying To ExiledInWex:  "I was in Kilkenny today with work and they do not want a replay. Hardly a mention of the scoreboard, all talking about the poor play, missed chances, poor performances, and so forth.
But sooner or later, the GAA needs to wake up and start helping our officials out.
The day of a referee bringing 4 of his pals as umpires is over. Umpires need coaching as to their positioning relative to the ball, and relative to the post, so they can make the best decision. Posts need to be higher in some grounds to help the umpire out. I would say no umpire should be doing umpire at an inter-county match unless he has been tested and his ability verified by hawk-eye. If he's not getting most of the decisions right, he's not up to it. Pay him for his day out, he deserves more than a dinner for doing umpire on All-Ireland final day. They should be paid for every inter county match they do umpire for.
The game is simply too fast for 1 referee now, he can't make an accurate decision from 70 yards away. He needs help. The linesmen need to be able to make calls when they see it better than the referee.
I think we need to bring a TMO official in to it where a referee thinks or is advised that he needs to send somebody off. Like, we can all argue the decisions and based on replays decide but the one man with a yellow and red card in his hand has to decide based on heresay of the linesman, umpires, or what he saw live. I'm not saying stop the game for 5 minutes to slow down a TMO to the nth degree but at least let the referee run to the sideline and have a quick look and decide then. He can spend minutes talking to these lads and by the time is finished everybody watching has seen it. Why not show him?
Also, for "last play" calls (e.g. Limerick 65 in 2019, Clare v Waterford in Cusack Park last year) let the referee have a look at these themselves.
I'm not calling for every decision to be reviewed, but we're now 27 years on from Jimmy Cooney in 1998 or 37 from John Denton in 1988 and not a thing has changed regarding how we support our officials despite monumental improvements in technology and its literally right beside them to help them.
Its time to grow up and start helping the man out. We'll never get better referees until we do."