Ref Watch 2016/17

[badgerbee]

.............the centre back nudging Hogan over right in front of the lino and nothing given ............

.....and the Wolves player on his knees with the ball between his legs.....clear obstruction!!! How the **** was Hogan meant to get it???!!! Result: Free kick Wolves!!! ******!!!

 

[IDontBeeLieveIt]

I think he was pretty decent overall. However he booked (Nico I think it was) for literally nothing. What probably should have been a foul TO Nico. Which the stadium made huge noise about when he gave it the other way and then he seemed to take that reaction as an indication that he should be booked rather than realising the crowd were jeering him for the stupid decision and promptly then booked him when he looked like he was just going to give a free kick. Total numpty for that but otherwise pretty decent imo.

 

[wanderer paul]

A little eager to book players too early.

Not sure HD deserved an early yellow for that tackle on Swift. Macca did no more than McShane did all game but got booked for backchat. Nico got booked for what exactly?

Not a great ref but we won, who cares?!

 

[North London Bee]

Pedantic idiot of a referee. Why were Macca and Nico booked? At least he did not book Colin for conceding a penalty.

 

[sonofabee]

I think he was pretty decent overall. However he booked (Nico I think it was) for literally nothing. What probably should have been a foul TO Nico. Which the stadium made huge noise about when he gave it the other way and then he seemed to take that reaction as an indication that he should be booked rather than realising the crowd were jeering him for the stupid decision and promptly then booked him when he looked like he was just going to give a free kick. Total numpty for that but otherwise pretty decent imo.

Nico said something to the ref and shrugged his shoulders and I think that is why he was booked.
The ridiculous thing is that McShane was at him the whole game and was allowed to continue without punishment and yet Macca who I've no doubt gave him grief got booked for his first offence.

 

[North London Bee]

Nico said something to the ref and shrugged his shoulders and I think that is why he was booked.
The ridiculous thing is that McShane was at him the whole game and was allowed to continue without punishment and yet Macca who I've no doubt gave him grief got booked for his first offence.

Didn't Nico stuff the ball under his jersey too? maybe it was for that?

 

[wanderer paul]

Pedantic idiot of a referee. Why were Macca and Nico booked? At least he did not book Colin for conceding a penalty.

Nico gave away the penalty.

 

[North London Bee]

Nico gave away the penalty.

Those damn variofocals

 

[The Pipe]

Not impressed, seemed to guess ( often wrongly) whether it was corners or goal kicks and how McShane didn't get a card will forever remain a mystery. ( unless of course we read about the reasons in the Telegraph!!!!!!!)

 

[Banana]

Ref had a good game tonight. Don't let the myopics (I really do wonder about the ability of some on here to see things as if it wasn't their daughter being raped) tell you otherwise

 

[wanderer paul]

Ref had a good game tonight. Don't let the myopics (I really do wonder about the ability of some on here to see things as if it wasn't their daughter being raped) tell you otherwise

The ref today.

Although, another ref may have sent Macca off without thinking first....:shrug:

 

[BeeJames]

Ref today was utterly atrocious. Strutting little pedant got literally 90℅ of all decision wrong. Killed what, after 20 minutes, looked like it might be a decent game.

 

[A Real Mysteron]

Not helped by the linesman on the new road side who barely managed to give a throw on.

 

[IDontBeeLieveIt]

Ref today was utterly atrocious. Strutting little pedant got literally 90℅ of all decision wrong. Killed what, after 20 minutes, looked like it might be a decent game.

Don't think you can blame the ref for the match. We looked like we'd been on the piss last night!
(he was a plonker though)

 

[mhead bee]

Ref today was utterly atrocious. Strutting little pedant got literally 90℅ of all decision wrong. Killed what, after 20 minutes, looked like it might be a decent game.

Have to agree, Wigan were spoilers who came for a point and the ref was happy to oblige. 4 mins injury time and we played 30 seconds of it and the rest was spent lecturing Wigan players as the clock ticket away into oblivion.

 

[North London Bee]

he is always fussy with lots of finger waving but he has given us a few soft pens in his time but nothing really today

 

[TW3Bee]

Not helped by the linesman on the new road side who barely managed to give a throw on.

The one on the Braemar side wasn't much better.

There was one moment in the second half when he was about to give us a throw in, when the ref gave it the other way, so the lino then flagged that way.

 

[Les Beeavinu]

Really sh*t.

 

[scaramanga]

Ref today was utterly atrocious. Strutting little pedant got literally 90℅ of all decision wrong. Killed what, after 20 minutes, looked like it might be a decent game.

A referee has to make a decision in his mind roughly every 10 seconds. That is 560 decisions every game on average. I wasn't there today but if the referee made 504 poor decisions he must have been bad.

 

[sonofabee]

Ref had a good game tonight. Don't let the myopics (I really do wonder about the ability of some on here to see things as if it wasn't their daughter being raped) tell you otherwise

What a strange analogy and for me he was over fussy and another who wanted to be the star and brandish the cards far too quickly.

 

[BeeJames]

Banana posted that on 28th, so different game.

 

[sonofabee]

What a strange analogy and for me he was over fussy and another who wanted to be the star and brandish the cards far too quickly.

My mistake I should have checked the date, sorry Nana.

 

[North London Bee]

Did anyone else worry that he'd send Macca off for diving just before halftime, cos I did

 

[shaun]

Grade A drongo. Bet he has never played a game of football in his life.

 

[super J]

Wonder if we'll be contacting the FA regarding the double wall free kick thing today? Ref seemed to suggest that if the players didn't move they would be booked or worse a free kick given against us? Nothing in the rules about where players can stand, wonder if word has got round amongst the referees about us doing it and they have got us on unsporting conduct?

 

[Lionel Bart-At]

My mistake I should have checked the date, sorry Nana.

Still an alarming analogy though.

 

[Lionel Bart-At]

Wonder if we'll be contacting the FA regarding the double wall free kick thing today? Ref seemed to suggest that if the players didn't move they would be booked or worse a free kick given against us? Nothing in the rules about where players can stand, wonder if word has got round amongst the referees about us doing it and they have got us on unsporting conduct?

Yes, I was wondering if he might have been following the 'ungentlemanly' tack. If he did, I kind of agree. I wish we wouldn't do it. And anyway, I still cannot understand why they wouldn't be offside.

 

[sonofabee]

Still an alarming analogy though.

Very strange

 

[GP200]

..............small man syndrome...........how long did it take to book McCormack?????.......... Milked it to the extreme..............

 

[Lionel Bart-At]

..............small man syndrome...........how long did it take to book McCormack?????.......... Milked it to the extreme..............

He did a lot of that, didn't he? Quick word and a yellow... I think most players get the message from that.

 

[scaramanga]

A referee has to make a decision in his mind roughly every 10 seconds. That is 560 decisions every game on average. I wasn't there today but if the referee made 504 poor decisions he must have been bad.

I could use the excuse of injury time but actually the truth was my maths was incredibly stupid. Hopefully my point made sense though.

 

[dermotjordan]

the immediate booking for dissents.a joke. It's late & I'm too tired to go into specifics but we have another rule not applied in the PL.

 

[whyteleafebee76]

I hate these refs who sprint 30 yards to the scene of a foul like they are attending to a major incident. It over dramatises a small incident and if the ref was closer to play he wouldn't need to sprint like that. The ref yesterday did that alot, one of those refs who wanted to be centre of attention.

 

[Castleview]

Not helped by the linesman on the new road side who barely managed to give a throw on.

He did but only after checking the refs decision first.

 

[lowercase_h]

Yes, I was wondering if he might have been following the 'ungentlemanly' tack. If he did, I kind of agree. I wish we wouldn't do it. And anyway, I still cannot understand why they wouldn't be offside.

The ball's not in play, so cannot be offside; nor can a free kick be awarded and I doubt a player can be booked.

 

[Lionel Bart-At]

The ball's not in play, so cannot be offside; nor can a free kick be awarded and I doubt a player can be booked.

It's in play as soon as it's kicked, and if they're still in front of the keeper they are interfering with play by obscuring his vision.

 

[whyteleafebee76]

It's in play as soon as it's kicked, and if they're still in front of the keeper they are interfering with play by obscuring his vision.

They always move closet to the opposition well prior to the kick being taken so offside isn't the issue, it must be the ungentlemanly element of it.

 

[JANORAK]

A referee has to make a decision in his mind roughly every 10 seconds.

Ok, but what's his brain doing for the other 9 seconds before making the wrong decision?

 

[pompeybee]

They always move closet to the opposition well prior to the kick being taken so offside isn't the issue, it must be the ungentlemanly element of it.

Ungentlemanly conduct - or unsporting behaviour as it is now called, given that women also play football - isn't in itself an offence punishable by a free kick. If it leads to a caution, play can be restarted with an indirect free kick, but that wouldn't apply if play was already due to restart with a free kick to the other side.

 

[mhead bee]

if the ref was closer to play he wouldn't need to sprint like that. .

Not very easy to be close to the play all the time if a team are hitting long balls.

 

[Isleworth_Bee]

Ref was terrible on Saturday. Slowed the game down and his talking to captains and minutes to get the game moving was bizarre.

 

[sonofabee]

Ref was terrible on Saturday. Slowed the game down and his talking to captains and minutes to get the game moving was bizarre.

Don't understand why he called Harlee over and spoke to him at length but after that still booked Macca, show off syndrome again I assume? I haven't seen the incident again but it looked in the split second I saw from pretty close that Macca went hurtling towards the player and I awaited a lunge but at the last minute he pulled out and the player clouted him on the back of the head. I would like to see again but reckon the ref decided it was for looking scary rather than a nasty challenge.

Unlike some who thought he was good I though he was another just like Stroud and the other little man on Tuesday vs Reading who seem to want star billing and to be talked about rather than the players. Far too theatrical, little legs sprinting furiously towards an incident like he'd spotted his kids locked in a house on fire and then like a panto dame hamming up the production of a card from his pocket and holding up like a priest offering a chalice to a greater power.

 

[Isleworth_Bee]

Don't understand why he called Harlee over and spoke to him at length but after that still booked Macca, show off syndrome again I assume? I haven't seen the incident again but it looked in the split second I saw from pretty close that Macca went hurtling towards the player and I awaited a lunge but at the last minute he pulled out and the player clouted him on the back of the head. I would like to see again but reckon the ref decided it was for looking scary rather than a nasty challenge.

Unlike some who thought he was good I though he was another just like Stroud and the other little man on Tuesday vs Reading who seem to want star billing and to be talked about rather than the players. Far too theatrical, little legs sprinting furiously towards an incident like he'd spotted his kids locked in a house on fire and then like a panto dame hamming up the production of a card from his pocket and holding up like a priest offering a chalice to a greater power.

Agree..................... He was awful. Completed with the over the top blowing on his whistle when running towards an incident.

 

[whyteleafebee76]

It looked like Macca called Harlee over not the ref.

 

[hatfieldbee]

James Linington for Saturday v Barnsley. However, more notable, our friend Keith Stroud is 4th Official.

 

[BURFORD BEE]

James Linington for Saturday v Barnsley. However, more notable, our friend Keith Stroud is 4th Official.

Should add to the afternoon banter behind the dugouts ?

 

[GP200]

...............the sloth of a keeper took the royal rise out of today's inept referee.............

 

[whyteleafebee76]

Ref annoyed me today, seemed to guess quite a lot when giving throw ins and seemed to always give them to Brum. Allowed the Brum keeper to dawdle over several kicks and then gave Bentley the hurry up when he took the time over one kick when we were one down (so why would he be wasting time!). Not sure about the Donaldson pen, looked like the sort that refs find easy to give regardless of how much contact there was and where Donaldson was heading,

 

[busheybee]

He couldn't wait to give the penalty today. Then gave their keeper that final 'referee's flourish' of the arms to indicate last warning. Said keeper ignores him and takes the pixx , ref then decides to look away every time there is a goal kick or the keeper has the ball so he can avoid acknowledging the time wasting. When Dean mentions the tactics, the ref points to Bentley as if to say 'so was your keeper'. Why would a keeper losing try to waste time. Complete twxt. Then, four minutes extra time. Presumably three for the subs and one for their long celebration and all the keepers time wasting. What is it with Donaldson that he can't stand up when another player comes near him.

 

[Les Beeavinu]

Got a fair bit of his guesswork wrong today.