Ficina wrote:Since when did the referee score goals?

That's funny! In many other contests the winner is decided by the number of points awarded the contestant by the jugde or referee. In a lawsuit, justice does not always win through, but the team that succeeds in winning the favour of the judge. The referee's judgement is vital in many goal-giving situations. Sometimes the ball doesn't even cross the line, yet the referee decides it was a goal. At least I didn't ask a stupid question. It would would appear that we are judging all these footballmatches without giving the referee as much as a thought.

At least I didn't ask a stupid question. It would would appear that we are judging all these footballmatches without giving the referee as much as a thought.

I didn't think it was a stupid question, I was just being funny (as you pointed out) Of course the ref's decisions are important and I did make a couple of suggestions for allocating him some kind of significator. The point still remains though that it's the players who have to put the ball across the line (or not, as the case may be!) and it's the goals actually being scored that produce the final result. Even when the ref awards a penalty (sometimes incorrectly), someone still has to stick the ball in the back of the net. Think how many times there are missed penalties.

However, if you think that pinpointing the ref and his decisions will be helpful in establishing if and when goals are scored, then by all means give it a go. We need all the help we can get here for sorting out these goals. It ain't easy!

Penalties are are taken very close up and offer like an 80/20% chance of scoring. The are taken from the spot with no other players but the goal-keeper in the way of scoring. When the foul (infortune) is committed and penalty awarded (fortune/compensation), it offers a luminary-like opportunity of putting the ball in the net and scoring.

Maybe the Lord of the Day is the referee? I still have to figure out whether this planet plays an active part besides 'holding things into place'.