| Ref yesterday 14:01 - Sep 21 with 7219 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
I’ve been fairly vocal about controlling what you can control and stop moaning when we lose about officials. However, I thought yesterday, he was one of the worst I’ve ever seen, giving fouls that were not free kicks which very much encouraged Cantwell to play his “style” even more.
Not sure Hirsts booking was a free kick and that’s not being a 90s kid, it was just a decent tackle wasn’t it? He gave a foul against Matisuwa looking right at it when there was basically no contact. Could not wait to flash the cards. I’m sure we got the odd one for minimal contact on Philogene as well but overall we got the worst of it. Would have to see the Pen again. Greaves was a clear red so not annoyed with that just the general way we went about the game.
I give credit for some refs at least trying to allow the game to flow even if they make some errors but this guy was an utter joke. Even though Sheffield United at home was and easy game to referee you could tell that guy had actually played professional football, he was decent. Yesterday not so much. |  |
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| Ref yesterday on 10:47 - Sep 22 with 764 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| Ref yesterday on 10:37 - Sep 22 by Radlett_blue |
Hmm...last season, Town were victim of "big club bias" so many marginal decisions went against us. However, this season there is a "small club bias" so marginal decisions are going against us?
Let's just accept that most football fans are biased and want every marginal decision to go in their team's favour. And in football, with so much down to interpretation, there are always plenty of debatable decisions. |
I don't have to accept your view, I'm quite happy to have my own thanks very much!
I see nothing wrong with a 'plucky underdog' bias that lessens the higher you get, because the very top teams are so big they become intimidating. I can see a world in which you're biased in favour of a smaller team against a wealthy team at Champ level... but then when you're reffing a high profile prem game away at Old Trafford it's a different kettle of fish. |  |
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| Ref yesterday on 11:01 - Sep 22 with 707 views | Herbivore |
| Ref yesterday on 10:33 - Sep 22 by The_Flashing_Smile |
I know what he's getting at. But I think it's different in the Prem - in those cases the refs seem intimidated by the bigger clubs. |
But last time we were in the Champ we had just come up from League 1 and we didn't get much go our way then either. We had 3 pens all season despite spending a lot of time in the opposition area, Leeds and Leicester got about 10 each. |  |
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| Ref yesterday on 13:28 - Sep 22 with 483 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| Ref yesterday on 11:01 - Sep 22 by Herbivore |
But last time we were in the Champ we had just come up from League 1 and we didn't get much go our way then either. We had 3 pens all season despite spending a lot of time in the opposition area, Leeds and Leicester got about 10 each. |
I think a lot of that can be put down to rubbish refs. | |
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| Ref yesterday on 14:09 - Sep 22 with 412 views | Herbivore |
| Ref yesterday on 13:28 - Sep 22 by The_Flashing_Smile |
I think a lot of that can be put down to rubbish refs. |
I think that's the safest conclusion. | |
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| Ref yesterday on 14:55 - Sep 22 with 344 views | rickw |
My view of the penalty was Cantwell stuck out his leg and tripped Furlong - we should have had a free kick!! |  |
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