Dave, I am so glad you have made this point, as many have questioned why I’ve stuck with only permitting ratings from those at the game. It’s only my opinion, but the official tonight was absolutely abysmal… By far the worst performance I have seen from a referee since the feature began.
The TV showed all that. I just assumed DAVETHEVICAR was joking because we got a load of injury time that we scored 2 in.jdrobbo wrote: ↑Wed Nov 02, 2022 10:32 pmDave, I am so glad you have made this point, as many have questioned why I’ve stuck with only permitting ratings from those at the game. It’s only my opinion, but the official tonight was absolutely abysmal… By far the worst performance I have seen from a referee since the feature began.
What the TV perhaps didn’t show was…
The countless late and off the ball challenges that the referee didn’t even look at… I don’t think he was even facing play.
The two Rotherham players who went down for treatment right by the side of the pitch, received treatment and then were allowed to stay on the pitch without going off.
The Rotherham substitute who went down less than a metre from the sideline next to the Longside, but was allowed to leave the field of play by walking all the way across the pitch to the dugout.
The Rotherham player who was sent off and allowed to go back to his own team’s dugout, before the fourth official noticed, and sent him towards the changing rooms, not noticed by the referee.
He never once seemed in control
Did you forget to press the red button Dave? Were you watching a different game?
No free kick for a foul until half way through the 2nd half must be some sort of record surely!?ClaretTony wrote: ↑Wed Nov 02, 2022 11:04 pmA. 5
B. 5
C. 7
D. 3
I've had to come on to do the Rate The Ref tonight because it's a long, long time since I saw one as bad. This idiot took 67 minutes before he awarded us a free kick for a foul and by then didn't know what he was doing. By the end he'd totally lost the plot. He was awful earlier in the season v Millwall but plummeted new depths tonight with that showing. He was an absolute disgrace.
I'm not sure that's a fair stick to beat the ref with - imagine if he'd booked 6 of their players and only added on 7 minutes instead of 10 because a yellow card is worth 30 seconds, or something.what_no_pies wrote: ↑Wed Nov 02, 2022 11:48 pmOver 17 minutes of added time played and no bookings for time wasting. What a farce.
I'd rather have a ref that added time on properly than a ref who gave out bookings but didn't add the time on. I was going to give him awful ratings, particularly because of the time wasting that he seemed to be doing nothing about - until 10 minutes went on the board, which is the outside I thought could have been given by my claret and blue eyes, and I thought perhaps he is doing something about time wasting after all.what_no_pies wrote: ↑Wed Nov 02, 2022 11:48 pmOver 17 minutes of added time played and no bookings for time wasting. What a farce.
My thoughts exactly. Referees are being encouraged to make sure they add on an appropriate amount of time for time wasting. Most seem to have taken that as a licence to just allow time to be wasted then add it on rather than nip it in the bud. The way things are going some of the evening kick offs aren’t going to finish until midnight.what_no_pies wrote: ↑Wed Nov 02, 2022 11:48 pmOver 17 minutes of added time played and no bookings for time wasting. What a farce.
There will never been another game where a team has 70% of possession and doesn’t get a single free kick (despite numerous opportunities) for the first 67 minutes of a game. He seemed content to let Rotherham nudge, push and clip our players, but didn’t operate the same leniency in the reverse scenario.ClaretTony wrote: ↑Wed Nov 02, 2022 11:04 pmA. 5
B. 5
C. 7
D. 3
I've had to come on to do the Rate The Ref tonight because it's a long, long time since I saw one as bad. This idiot took 67 minutes before he awarded us a free kick for a foul and by then didn't know what he was doing. By the end he'd totally lost the plot. He was awful earlier in the season v Millwall but plummeted new depths tonight with that showing. He was an absolute disgrace.
It's not wrong, I just hope we never see the ref you've seenLuppy wrote: ↑Thu Nov 03, 2022 9:11 amSome strange decisions. Think he was trying to let the game flow by playing advantage on several occasions but then never thought to book anyone once ball was dead. The Beyer booking but then not booking Ogbene for the flailing arm which we got the free kick for was a bizarre one. Should have got the cards out for time wasting but, in fairness, added 15 minutes all told (5 & 10) for extra time which not many officials are brave enough to do.
Is it wrong to say "I've seen worse.....?"
A - 8
B - 8
C - 10
D - 6
And it's the shenanigans at Townley on a Saturday afternoon and all the other similar type venues every Saturday and Sunday that have resulted in the likes of Leigh Doughty being promoted to officiate at professional football matches in England. I know this topic has been touched on before on this board but it is a genuinely serious situation we have now with all the disgusting attitude and behaviour towards refs in these leagues.Indecisive wrote: ↑Wed Nov 02, 2022 11:14 pmA few on here seem to compliment the ref on adding 10 mins tonight. He couldn’t do anything else in the circumstances. He added time on he is obliged to add on.
What he could have done is took an ounce of control in that second half. He was genuinely shocking and had zero authority or control. It was about at the level you’d expect to see on a Saturday afternoon at Townley.