Refs are awful on 23:56 - Dec 2 by LankHenners | He completely fcked it tonight by giving Burns a yellow for that slide where it looked like he cleanly won the ball. He didn't look like he was even going to give it until the Fleetwood player rolled around a couple more times then he changed his mind and furthermore decided it was a booking. It then seemed like he realised he might have got that wrong, so proceeded to ref the entire rest of the game with absolutely zero consistency with regards to what counted as a foul or a good tackle. Unless it was earlier and I've missed the discussion, I'm surprised more hasn't been made of Burgess being hauled to the floor from a corner in the first half - looked a stonewaller to me but he bottled making that decision. |
Yep, that mistake set the tone. You could tell even Fleetwood were surprised by it. The penalty at the end was unforgivable. Given what he'd blown up for everywhere else, to bottle it there was testament to the job he did. He's not the only one we've had do that, but the most extreme I'd say. |  |