charlie wrote:Got to start somewhere though. Young refs always seem to give away loads of pens, i think it's a way of trying to stamp their authority with the bigger boys.
Might be a bit too soon for him to ref a SL match though, but then again theres not enough refs to go around. Wouldn't be surprised if we see a couple of Aussie refs come over in the future.
It's the players not the ref that give the penalties away, but I agree that they've got to start somewhere, just that the somewhere is not SL, they should have shown a fair degree of competence in lower divisions before being let loose on the top league, apparently he hasn't.