has there been a more OBVIOUS miss by an official in a final/s

[z547043]

It might not have been a final, but Jim Joyce's infamous safe call on what would have been the 27th and final out, cost Armando Galarraga what should have been only the 21st perfect game in Major League Baseball history. Given that there is some 162 games played by each team in a season and 2,430 in total (that's just the regular season too), the rarity of a perfect game is huge, so it was a pretty significant stuff-up. Even more so, when replays clearly show the runner was out on 1st by a good stride.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armando_Galarraga's_near-perfect_game

 

[Cousin of Daicos]

Hawkins goal last year is the freshest one.

But the 02 Grand Final had a slew of terrible decisions that cost a team a flag.

- Rocca's Goal paid a point. Was RIGHT BEHIND that kick, had the perfect view and it was in by half a foot.

- Tarrant not paid a holding and/or high free kick in the last quarter. White was holding Tarrant for the whole MCG to see in an open 50, and the ump let it go.

- Lynch gets a puzzling free kick that nobody would have even seen amongst a pack of 5 or 6 players only minutes after Tarrants incident.

Those 3 terrible decisions cost us a flag.

 

[Barkly St End]

The one that gets me in soccer is the suspensions for multipl yellow cards (let alone the soft send offs and penalties).

Some refs hand them out like lollies yet players automatically miss games because of it.

I don't get it.

You're not alone.

The educated people of Canada, the US and Australia, by and large, don't get it.

It's becaues we share this core belief that effort and skill produces its own reward.

Soccer does not share that core belief. It is as much about cunning as anything else, what the Italians would call being furbo, which helps explain why Latins excel at the game, and why the English continue to struggle despite their huge pay packets.

The corollary to this is that those who love the game have this shared understanding that the big decisions in games follow no set rhyme or reason, that it's a bit of a lottery, or even worse, that the refs will play their favourites, and it's simply a case of c'est la vie.

And in much of the world, that's precisely what life is like. You get by on the basis of patronage.

Once again, concepts that the good educated, democratic and egalitarian folk of Canada, the US and Australia struggle with.

 

[longsuffreosupp]

Should be able to refer to video referee for anything in doubt.

 

[JeffDunne]

You're not alone.

The educated people of Canada, the US and Australia, by and large, don't get it.

It's becaues we share this core belief that effort and skill produces its own reward.

Soccer does not share that core belief. It is as much about cunning as anything else, what the Italians would call being furbo, which helps explain why Latins excel at the game, and why the English continue to struggle despite their huge pay packets.

The corollary to this is that those who love the game have this shared understanding that the big decisions in games follow no set rhyme or reason, that it's a bit of a lottery, or even worse, that the refs will play their favourites, and it's simply a case of c'est la vie.

And in much of the world, that's precisely what life is like. You get by on the basis of patronage.

Once again, concepts that the good educated, democratic and egalitarian folk of Canada, the US and Australia struggle with.

Good post. Hadn't really thought about in those terms before.

Through business I've learnt many other cultures are far more pragmatic than your average Westerner on many fronts.

 

[Joelong]

You're not alone.

The educated people of Canada, the US and Australia, by and large, don't get it.

It's becaues we share this core belief that effort and skill produces its own reward.

Soccer does not share that core belief. It is as much about cunning as anything else, what the Italians would call being furbo, which helps explain why Latins excel at the game, and why the English continue to struggle despite their huge pay packets.

The corollary to this is that those who love the game have this shared understanding that the big decisions in games follow no set rhyme or reason, that it's a bit of a lottery, or even worse, that the refs will play their favourites, and it's simply a case of c'est la vie.

And in much of the world, that's precisely what life is like. You get by on the basis of patronage.

Once again, concepts that the good educated, democratic and egalitarian folk of Canada, the US and Australia struggle with.

Recent research has shown that empirical evidence for globalisation of corporate innovation is very limited and as a corollary the market for technologies is shrinking. As a world leader, it's important for America to provide systematic research grants for our scientists. I believe strongly there will always be a need for us to have a well articulated innovation policy with emphasis on human resource development. Thank you.

 

[W.C. Fry]

Obvious holding the man on Sampi. Cost us the flag. Sampi never recovered and cost him his career. Terrible call.

 

[TimmehJC"]

Recent research has shown that empirical evidence for globalisation of corporate innovation is very limited and as a corollary the market for technologies is shrinking. As a world leader, it's important for America to provide systematic research grants for our scientists. I believe strongly there will always be a need for us to have a well articulated innovation policy with emphasis on human resource development. Thank you.

Oh... It... We... have no response. That was perfect.

 

[St 07]

Recent research has shown that empirical evidence for globalisation of corporate innovation is very limited and as a corollary the market for technologies is shrinking. As a world leader, it's important for America to provide systematic research grants for our scientists. I believe strongly there will always be a need for us to have a well articulated innovation policy with emphasis on human resource development. Thank you.

I disagree.





*runs away*

 

[VegasVal]

Originally Posted by Barkly St End
You're not alone.

The educated people of Canada, the US and Australia, by and large, don't get it.

It's becaues we share this core belief that effort and skill produces its own reward.

Soccer does not share that core belief. It is as much about cunning as anything else, what the Italians would call being furbo, which helps explain why Latins excel at the game, and why the English continue to struggle despite their huge pay packets.

The corollary to this is that those who love the game have this shared understanding that the big decisions in games follow no set rhyme or reason, that it's a bit of a lottery, or even worse, that the refs will play their favourites, and it's simply a case of c'est la vie.

And in much of the world, that's precisely what life is like. You get by on the basis of patronage.

Once again, concepts that the good educated, democratic and egalitarian folk of Canada, the US and Australia struggle with.


Beautifully Put Barkly! . I wish the US, UK and Australian coalition of the willing had invaded FIFA as well, to teach them some of these egalitarian values!

 

[AG]

Wwf?

 

[Furn]

If the goal was give England win its as simple as that.

 

[Scroater]

Wwf?

Shocked it took 36 posts to get to this.

Legs on bottom ropes.
Knuckle Dusters in pants.
Outside interference.

WTF are those officials doing while all this is going on?

 

[Tarkyn_24]

The Rocca call in the 2002 Grand Final stands out as the biggest shocker.

Considering the end result was 9 points, with the Lins scoring the LAST goal of the game, it was a costly umpiring bluncder. The game would've completely changed had the right decision been made.

 

[TimmehJC"]

The Rocca call in the 2002 Grand Final stands out as the biggest shocker.

Considering the end result was 9 points, with the Lins scoring the LAST goal of the game, it was a costly umpiring bluncder. The game would've completely changed had the right decision been made.

Never been conclusivly shown to be a mistake.
Inconclusive video and a very experienced umpire in the best position.

 

[WCE_phil]

Obvious holding the man on Sampi. Cost us the flag. Sampi never recovered and cost him his career. Terrible call.

Not only cost sampi his career and our club the flag but cost me a vacuum cleaner, a tv and a window

 

[Pessimistic]

Aside from that atrocious call, the reffing in that game was the best that I've seen so far in the Cup. Thank god Germany absolutely serviced them, they deserved the big win.

A german got a yellow for a similar tackle to Cahills Red

 

[Pessimistic]

Hawkins admitted it recently, saying he 'celebrated' to get the goal even though he knew it posted

 

[Valli]

Um defs lots of nasty umpiring decisions in the 07 granny..................................................................................................................................................................................................lol

 

[W.C. Fry]

Not only cost sampi his career and our club the flag but cost me a vacuum cleaner, a tv and a window

Cost me and my mates more. We decided the next day to get over it and go out and enjoy ourselves seeing we were in Melbourne. Turned into a bender and we missed our flight back to Perth. Every flight back home was booked out for a week afterwards - we eventually found seats on some cancelled bookings... but man did the airlines make us pay through the nose. We all laugh about it now... but back then, 2 days after losing the GF... FUUUUU

 

[Herne Hill Hammer]

The Geelong Official driving the bus that forgot to stop and pick up Gary Sidebottom at Lara before the Preliminary Final that Geelong was to eventually lose to Collingwood by only 5 points.

 

[absfab]

Any disruption to the game (if that's the excuse) is a minimal compared to the impact of getting it wrong. Besides, if technology is used properly there shouldn't be a need to disrupt the game.

And yet American Football has massively wound back it's use of the replay because - too much disruption to the game. And that's a game which is stop-start in it's very nature.

Can't see the stoppage for replays in footy being anythin but a negative to the game as a whole.

I think cricket - even though they were slow to embrace the idea - is the sport best suited to the replay. With the leisurely pace of the game the replay decision actually adds a sense of drama, rather than being a disruption to the action.

 

[Barkly St End]

Good post. Hadn't really thought about in those terms before.

Through business I've learnt many other cultures are far more pragmatic than your average Westerner on many fronts.

thanks!

 

[soho]

riewoldt/lake-gate

clearly cost the dogs the game

 

[Books]

In cricket, West Indies 1991. Dean Jones was bowled by a no-ball. He had not heard the call of no-ball so he started to walk off. Then the Windies ran him out.
The umpire, in a stunning display of ignorance of the rules, gave him out - run out.
Not as bad as the Lampard goal but still a shocking decision by a paid official.