Sunday, November 23, 2003

The Premiership

Why don't football programmes (Sky as well as ITV) employ an ex-referee to explain decisions? I know in football the referee is generally considered sub-hooligan, but it would be better than people like Ron Atkinson giving you their view of offside (I'm thinking of the disallowed Blackburn goal, but such disputes happen every match). I mean, ok, it's sometimes subjective, but 'I'll tell you what clive, to me it's not offside' wears thin after while.