Match Day Thread Blackburn Rovers FC v Sunderland AFC – Tuesday 18th October 2022 - KO 20:00

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Prehab26 said:
I mean we have 2 players above six foot in the starting line up. It's to be expected. It's also why we are so so vulnerable at the back when receiving set plays. We decided with the technical model, which I am not against, however a couple more physical lads would have been a benefit.
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I guess a team with Ballard, Stewart and Simms fits that requirement - we have just been incredibly unlucky with injuries this season
 
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SAFCDRUM said:
****e ref aside, I'm getting pissed off with Clarke and Roberts dribbling across the length of the box without even trying a shot. Just shoot man. Besides that they are having a good season.
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i am all for lads 'trying something different' as it keeps defenders guessing but too many times they lose control or leave the ball behind, maybe hold onto the ball for too long when there is a pass on, i hope they don't change too much but learn when to take the shot and when to lay it off.
 
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Prehab26 said:
I think so. One of those where you launch the bottom of someone else boot. Done it myself. Fractured metatarsal. Hoping it's not that bad but wouldn't be surprised if it was. Was full force by both players.
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Our luck with injuries this season is rotten
 
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With yet another season totally ruined by injuries and bad refereeing I cant help but think it's not meant to be for us this year, and the final table will tell a different story to how the season could and would have gone.
Wheres Ballard, why has it took so long for him to come back from a straight forward foot fracture in August?..... Despite a clear scan, why has Simms been out action with a toe injury of all things so long a week after losing arguably our best player in Stewart, to a muscle tear he done 5 minutes from kickoff taking a practice shot, when Simms is the only natural replacement we had.

We've been totally cursed unfortunately, and dont even get me started on the officials.
 
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Our referee from last night.........

Referee Craig Pawson who was in charge of the MUFC vs Newcastle game on Sunday has been demoted to the EFL Championship where he took charge of his first game today since May 2021. Expect him to have limited games in the Premier League from now on.
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This is part of the problem. If a referee is shyte, why should teams in the Championship be left to put up with them, when theres so much at stake in this league. Promotion gives teams millions of pounds and world wide exposure, and relegation does the complete opposite and puts teams in the wilderness like we know only too well.

It just completely disregards the league and teams like us who have to put up with officiating like we have so far this season.
 
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Teessidemackem said:
Our referee from last night.........

Referee Craig Pawson who was in charge of the MUFC vs Newcastle game on Sunday has been demoted to the EFL Championship where he took charge of his first game today since May 2021. Expect him to have limited games in the Premier League from now on.
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This is part of the problem. If a referee is shyte, why should teams in the Championship be left to put up with them, when theres so much at stake in this league. Promotion gives teams millions of pounds and world wide exposure, and relegation does the complete opposite and puts teams in the wilderness like we know only too well.

It just completely disregards the league and teams like us who have to put up with officiating like we have so far this season.
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Refereeing with VAR and refereeing without it must be totally different animals. Expecting a ref to jump from one to another potentially opens up a catalogue of errors.
 
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Bend Sinister said:
Refereeing with VAR and refereeing without it must be totally different animals. Expecting a ref to jump from one to another potentially opens up a catalogue of errors.
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was thinking the same thing myself, premier refs now have VAR to fall back on so should they 'make a mistake' then they can either be corrected or pulled out of the crap, we know both incidents would have been looked at with VAR in place and been correctly awarded...that ref probably forgot he alone had to make the calls.
 
Teessidemackem said:
With yet another season totally ruined by injuries and bad refereeing I cant help but think it's not meant to be for us this year, and the final table will tell a different story to how the season could and would have gone.
Wheres Ballard, why has it took so long for him to come back from a straight forward foot fracture in August?..... Despite a clear scan, why has Simms been out action with a toe injury of all things so long a week after losing arguably our best player in Stewart, to a muscle tear he done 5 minutes from kickoff taking a practice shot, when Simms is the only natural replacement we had.

We've been totally cursed unfortunately, and dont even get me started on the officials.
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It's only October mate, plenty of time yet.

It's such a mad division no one is looking like a run away team
 
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Teessidemackem said:
Our referee from last night.........

Referee Craig Pawson who was in charge of the MUFC vs Newcastle game on Sunday has been demoted to the EFL Championship where he took charge of his first game today since May 2021. Expect him to have limited games in the Premier League from now on.
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This is part of the problem. If a referee is shyte, why should teams in the Championship be left to put up with them, when theres so much at stake in this league. Promotion gives teams millions of pounds and world wide exposure, and relegation does the complete opposite and puts teams in the wilderness like we know only too well.

It just completely disregards the league and teams like us who have to put up with officiating like we have so far this season.
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Spot on tees. Utterly ridiculous and exactly what I was thinking. We’re relegating a referee beat still paying him. How is that a punishment? Don’t pay him and don’t let him work. That’s a punishment. The only people actually getting punished are the teams he is referee. Or, in yesterdays case, one of the teams he was refereeing
 
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samwise_new said:
was thinking the same thing myself, premier refs now have VAR to fall back on so should they 'make a mistake' then they can either be corrected or pulled out of the crap, we know both incidents would have been looked at with VAR in place and been correctly awarded...that ref probably forgot he alone had to make the calls.
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Lazy refereeing
 
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SAFCDRUM said:
****e ref aside, I'm getting pissed off with Clarke and Roberts dribbling across the length of the box without even trying a shot. Just shoot man. Besides that they are having a good season.
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or pass the ball to somebody in a better position. Thought Clark tried to beat his man too often
 
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