| The referee for Sunday 10:10 - Oct 3 with 1195 views | IP1Blue |
Why have the EFL put Thomas Kirk on for this game. It’s only his 16th championship game with all the others mainly being in league one or two (71 games).
Just think a bit of common sense would of been in place here and they would have put a experienced referee on for this game.
https://www.efl.com/news/2025/october/02/referee-appointments--/ |  | | |  |
| The referee for Sunday on 10:12 - Oct 3 with 1167 views | _clive_baker_ |
To be fair I've never really noticed any correlation between experience and ability to referee a game at EFL level. |  | | |
| The referee for Sunday on 10:13 - Oct 3 with 1152 views | PhilTWTD |
| The referee for Sunday on 10:12 - Oct 3 by _clive_baker_ |
To be fair I've never really noticed any correlation between experience and ability to referee a game at EFL level. |
And Thomas Kirk awarded us two penalties the only time he previously refereed us! Think he's one being fast-tracked towards the Premier League. |  | | |
| The referee for Sunday on 10:14 - Oct 3 with 1127 views | tonybied |
To be fair, they all have to start somewhere. Might be the FA trying him out to see how he handles a big occasion. It's not exactly like people wouldn't have moaned if we ended up with an experienced ref either, as that doesn't make them a good ref by default. |  | | |
| The referee for Sunday on 10:15 - Oct 3 with 1113 views | Dubtractor |
| The referee for Sunday on 10:12 - Oct 3 by _clive_baker_ |
To be fair I've never really noticed any correlation between experience and ability to referee a game at EFL level. |
Exactly. That preening dickhead that reffed that Blackburn game has loads of experience. |  |
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| The referee for Sunday on 10:19 - Oct 3 with 1062 views | IP1Blue |
| The referee for Sunday on 10:14 - Oct 3 by tonybied |
To be fair, they all have to start somewhere. Might be the FA trying him out to see how he handles a big occasion. It's not exactly like people wouldn't have moaned if we ended up with an experienced ref either, as that doesn't make them a good ref by default. |
Yeah I get that point. If anything when I think about it more, if we can really get a good atmosphere going and react to every decision, we are the more likely to benefit than they are if he cracks under the pressure even a little bit.
We will see though. | | | |
| The referee for Sunday on 10:33 - Oct 3 with 992 views | Radlett_blue |
If we don't win, it will almost certainly be the referee's fault. |  |
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| The referee for Sunday on 11:03 - Oct 3 with 873 views | Bluemike31 |
| The referee for Sunday on 10:33 - Oct 3 by Radlett_blue |
If we don't win, it will almost certainly be the referee's fault. |
It usually is in many peoples Eyes. | | | |
| The referee for Sunday on 11:45 - Oct 3 with 798 views | Paul |
I'm more surprised that he is refereeing Swansea v Leicester tomorrow and then us on Sunday - referees don't normally do two matches in a weekend do they? |  | | |
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| The referee for Sunday on 12:40 - Oct 3 with 572 views | PhilTWTD |
| The referee for Sunday on 10:33 - Oct 3 by Radlett_blue |
If we don't win, it will almost certainly be the referee's fault. |
It was the linesmen's last time we played them at Portman Road! | | | |
| The referee for Sunday on 13:25 - Oct 3 with 477 views | stonojnr |
The problem is how does Kirk gain experience of games like this if he never is allowed to ref them first ?
Everybody has to start somewhere in life, and ive no doubt we'd be blessed with the usual standard of EFL refereeing whoever they pick | | | |
| The referee for Sunday on 13:32 - Oct 3 with 443 views | ElderGrizzly |
To be honest, it’s better than their usual trick of sending us a PL ref who now can’t ref without VAR. |  | | |
| The referee for Sunday on 13:50 - Oct 3 with 377 views | Radlett_blue |
| The referee for Sunday on 13:32 - Oct 3 by ElderGrizzly |
To be honest, it’s better than their usual trick of sending us a PL ref who now can’t ref without VAR. |
And PL referees are often card-happy when they drop down to the Championship as they struggle with the slightly less skilled players & challenges. | |
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