RATE THE REF - Graham Scott v Lincoln City (F.A Cup)

[jdrobbo]

Graham Scott (Oxfordshire ) v Lincoln City

How to Score
A. Decision Making (including use of advantage) - out of 25
B. Consistency - out of 25
C. Fitness and Positioning - of 25
D. Control and Authority - out of 25

[jdrobbo]

Bump.

[cricketfieldclarets]

Didnt think he was that bad at the time. Looking back should have managed the rhead elbow better but also could have sent joey off.

Not sure what league he usually refs at but thought he had a decent game.

[DAVETHEVICAR]

A 15
B 15
C 20
D 14

[Wilsdenclaret]

Thought he was very close to losing control for large parts of the game
15
15
22
8

[Jakubclaret]

A 18
B 16
C 14
D 24 because he didn't send anybody off which I think could have exacerbated the temperament to what was evolving to be a very gritty game. It's easy to brandish cards doesn't always improve the mood.

[MACCA]

15
20
20
15

[Ashingtonclaret46]

Didnt think he was that bad at the time. Looking back should have managed the rhead elbow better but also could have sent joey off.

Not sure what league he usually refs at but thought he had a decent game.

He is part of the Select Group 1 which means that he is a PL referee and, for the record, I thought that he was very poor.
He let too much go in the early stages of the game and did not control the game very well at all. In the first half he was very late in blowing for a foul, supposedly trying to play an advantage, when it was obvious to a blind man that no advantage would accrue. He let a number of dubious tackles go, by both sides, without awarding free kicks and his action in the second half when we had a free kick in the vicinity of the penalty area was a total joke. He placed the ball, the wall had set up about 5 yards away, however, he paced the 10 yards but did not mark the line, instead he tried to get the wall back but they only retreated about 8 yards so he drew the line there at an angle which put the nearest player about 7.5 yards away. He was not the reason that we lost, however, his contribution to the game was about on a par with the two teams -- Conference level at best, with apologies to many Conference referees

[Rileybobs]

He is part of the Select Group 1 which means that he is a PL referee and, for the record, I thought that he was very poor.
He let too much go in the early stages of the game and did not control the game very well at all. In the first half he was very late in blowing for a foul, supposedly trying to play an advantage, when it was obvious to a blind man that no advantage would accrue. He let a number of dubious tackles go, by both sides, without awarding free kicks and his action in the second half when we had a free kick in the vicinity of the penalty area was a total joke. He placed the ball, the wall had set up about 5 yards away, however, he paced the 10 yards but did not mark the line, instead he tried to get the wall back but they only retreated about 8 yards so he drew the line there at an angle which put the nearest player about 7.5 yards away. He was not the reason that we lost, however, his contribution to the game was about on a par with the two teams -- Conference level at best, with apologies to many Conference referees

The incident with the spray in front of their player's feet was a joke. Strap a pair on man.

[South West Claret.]

An awful referring performance if player safety is considered, elbow after elbow assaults let go time and time again on both sides if the truth be known.

And their "bunter" up front should have been off in my opinion.

[Rileybobs]

Oh, and I'm convinced Graham Scott is the often unappreciated pilot of Thunderbird 5, John Tracy.

[cricketfieldclarets]

Was gray clean through and fouled at one point but he played advantage then never booked him? If so ive changed my mind haha

[RocketLawnChair]

He didn't seem to get much help from either linesman all game so seemed to guess a lot unfortunately for me. He didn't have a clue what to give for the corner that led to the winning goal but the Lino did nothing to help. What surprised me there was the time he took to give it. When they aren't sure they almost always side with the team who are defending but not in this instance. But we can't blame him for anything we were woeful and got exactly what we drservrd.

A) 12.5

B) 12.5

C) 25

D) 12.5

[Ashingtonclaret46]

Was gray clean through and fouled at one point but he played advantage then never booked him? If so ive changed my mind haha

Gray was fouled on a burst forward but he managed to stay on his feet and got a shot away which was wide, however, he never even spoke to the offender. Thanks for reminding me!

[CaptJohn]

The Muppet lost control. Thuggery won. Enough said.

Can't score him as he wasn't a referee.

[Sproggy]

A. 7
B. 9
C. 20
D. 5

[Beagleheart]

A. 10
B. 12
C. 20
D. 8

[THEWELLERNUT70]

I won't give marks because I never do.

Scott is a premier league ref whom has had numerous televised games and has also reffed us on a number of occasions in the last two seasons. In all those games I have witnessed take charge of I thought his performance was extraordinary and completely out of kelter with his usual approach to reffing. In no other game (from memory )have I seen him allow one player to jump directly at an opponent when not even looking at the ball,but at the player whilst the ball is in the air and before it arrives, it's a free kick plain and simple, not yesterday though as he allowed this to go unpunished time and time again yesterday.
There was a situation yesterday where Burnley broke and had a 3 on 3 situation developing and only when Burnley had crossed the halfway line did Scott stop play for an injury to a Lincoln player,our advantage was stopped in its tracks.
Why was the goalkeeper not pulled up for persistent time wasting? Have you ever seen a keeper be allowed to walk so far out of his area to collect a ball time and time again without punishment. There was even one point where the keepers start position was behind the goal line,yet by the time he had collected the ball he was mid way between the penalty area and the halfway line.
Finally his lack of authority imo was the main contributing factor to the melees that took place in the 2nd half as players knew they would go unchecked and unpunished by an unusually weak ref

[ALP]

14
20
17
15

[Woodleyclaret]

An awful performance with the big donkey upfront commuting a range of bookable offences that went unpunished.Before his issues with Joey we had a series of shirt pulls on Andre Gray,Climbing all over Sam again ignored.
A very poor attempt to manage the game.A bit like our players!

[ClaretTony]

A. 6
B. 5
C. 18
D. 6

Dreadful performance

[andyh]

A. 3
B. 3
C. 20
D. 1

He totally lost control.

[bob-the-scutter]

I wouldn`t even give him numbers. He was atrocious, I see better on the park on a Sunday.

[tybfc]

6
5
15
5

[uwe]

Didn't lose control, he never had it.

My anger with him is not retrospective in the light of the result - I honestly didn't think we were going to lose, and only thought the draw was likely by about 75 mins - but it is a long time since I've used so much bad language at a ref, and I started early!

The premeditated attempted decapitation of Joey should've been a straight red, no messing. That isn't 'the romance of the cup', it isn't even football. It is why red cards exist, to attempt to eradicate that violence. In a parks match, all hell could've broken loose. And in a schools match, the big lumberers have another example to copy.

The scything - and possibly season-ending - foul on JBG was encouraged by the 'cloggers-get-away-with-it' atmosphere Scott engendered.

The all-in wrestling at our corners was comical - particularly the headlock on MK which resulted in the ball hitting his hand - for which he was penalised.

Yep, we were crap. Andre and Scottie couldn't hit the proverbial band door, and oh how we missed Ward. The goal was shocking, even if there was blocking off to allow the reverse header (was Flanagan on the line to actually do something other than get in Tom's way? And why did no-one challenge the goal-scorer). But that's another subject.

The ref was a disgrace.