Martin Atkinson

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Excellent Ref, the best IMO.

Let's hope 3 points are in the bag come 17:00, and he's had another excellent game.

Would be a big stride towards survival if we win on Saturday.

Long time since Fulham won at the fortress.

Spineless ref. Never has control of players. Make use of this to our advantage.

Probably the biggest homer ref in football. We're in like Flint. (And that's not Flint, Michigan.)

Urban Dictionary: In like Flint
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Used by morons who are either too stupid, young, or lazy to make themselves aware of the original meaning of the phrase "In like FLYNN."

Didn't he send Barnes off at Hull ?

He was garbage when we played Brighton the other week

Generally one of the best ref's IMO.

MACCA wrote:Excellent Ref, the best IMO.

Let's hope 3 points are in the bag come 17:00, and he's had another excellent game.

Would be a big stride towards survival if we win on Saturday.

Exactly this ^^^^^^

Fans have a massive role to play on Saturday, make it as intense as possible. Make as much noise as we can and appeal for whatever is a 50/50.

Barnes will feed off this.

ontario claret wrote:Probably the biggest homer ref in football

Let's hope he doesn't read this forum then.

Refs do not appreciate their impartiality being impugned

The best referee along with Oliver in the Premier League by a mile imo.
He was the Referee at Chelsea who got all decisions correct but somehow enabled Mourinho to go on “Goals on Sunday “ and try to convince the clown Chris Kamara that Chelsea were robbed
Top Referee and certainly not a “homer”

ontario claret wrote:Probably the biggest homer ref in football.

That's one thing he very definitely isn't - and I think he is the best ref in the league

ClaretTony wrote:That's one thing he very definitely isn't - and I think he is the best ref in the league

Agree with that. I know only seeing matches on TV doesn't always give a full picture of a ref's performance but I think Atkinson is the best and most consistent ref around at the moment. Of course he will make wrong decisions - all refs do but I think others make far more.

Hope he brings a Burnley penalty in his pocket!

Vegas Claret wrote:Didn't he send Barnes off at Hull ?

Yes, after Barnes had finally exhausted his patience.

As mentioned previously, him and Oliver are the current best 2 refs in the PL. I laughed at the homer comment when I recall Chelsea and the Matic sending off a couple of seasons back. I though Oliver had another good game last night in quite a feisty affair with Spurs and Chelsea. He let the game flow and allowed a degree of physicality, which improved it as a spectacle and also made the right decision for the penalty, with the help of VAR. Obviously had a better VAR reviewer than we did v Barnsley......

Best ref in the league for me. I think I heard he would represent the English referees at international tournaments if it wasn't for his age, hence why we didn't have a referee at the World Cup.

Bullabill wrote:Urban Dictionary: In like Flint
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Used by morons who are either too stupid, young, or lazy to make themselves aware of the original meaning of the phrase "In like FLYNN."

Are you trying to "spark" off a reaction

nil_desperandum wrote:Yes, after Barnes had finally exhausted his patience.

I’ve always had the opinion that Atkinson hates Barnes for some reason. Him and Barnes seem to have a spat with one another when he refs us.

"In Like Flint". A movie starring James Coburn that parodied those awful James Bond movies.