well done brb - you've qualified to be a football referee. I cannot believe that they don't see incidents- but that they choose not to award the correct decision ---- I think it's called cheating !
I would have thought the ref and linesman were in a position to see flaying arms unless they are more blind than me, and that takes some doing!
brb ( I'm not actually being intentionally unkind ) - but I think Mourinho's got a word to describe you - it's 'naive.' but -- I know you're not really gullible. As we know when / if a referee occasionally comments on their decisions, they will defend those decisions by ; (a) suggesting that it was the correct decision. (b) they didn't see the 'incident' and could not make a decision accordingly - ............... As James May would say ' Cock' I cannot believe that the referee and their assistants cannot see some incidents -and it always seems to be the sort of incidents that can be game changers. I don't purport to possess x-ray vision, but if I can see an incident from 50, 60, 70 yards away, how is it that the officials cannot - from their 'hands on' position ? And if the crowd - to a man - shout "handball" - why can't the referee realise it ? I cannot accept that the officials are so collectively incompetent. The only other answer is that they are 'cheating' by not making an honest decision.
Might not be wise...id probably be a referee version of an Eric Cantona when someone suggests i dont know what im doing lol
It's not looking good ! We are blessed with the talents of Keith Stroud for our game tomorrow. The man with the whistle would make an excellent steward ! I really can't remember the last time when he didn't ruin a good game of football ( and I've seen him on the television ruining other matches ). He'll probably do his usual- fairly unnoticed for the first 10-15 minutes - then wham, or rather - 'whistle' - and of course, he'll be not be giving The Gills anything.
And add 'Stupid' to the list Having a drink in the ground before yesterday's match, in the 2nd half of the Bristol City v Hull game,, at a late stage - when the home team were still 1-0 up. The ball goes off - for what appeared to be a corner to Hull. The linesman who was right on the spot, clearly signals a corner. One of their players attempts to take the kick - but is stopped because the referee (some distance away from the action ), overrules the linesman and awards a goal kick. At this point, Ayling ( Bristol ) - who is close to the corner flag decides to be an idiot. He starts to dribble the ball 'up field', instead of giving it to his keeper for the goal kick. The Hull player, as he retreats, is obviously incensed at this time wasting exercise and 'tackles' Ayling. The pair of them exchange a few words, but nothing serious. The referee could have 'ignored' it and added on the wasted time .- but - NO - he just had to be stupid! Instead the referee elected to blow his whistle and demand that the Hull player go crawling to him for a lecture. The referee made no such demand on Ayling. The Hull player tried to point out the bleeding obvious to the referee - that Ayling was time wasting, and, really should have a yellow card for being so blatant - but of course the man with the whistle was demonstrating that he could speak out of his bottom, and therefore didn't really need to have a whistle.
Can anyone explain to me..... How the idiot with the whistle thought that the strangulation and pull down on Samuel was not worthy of a yellow card ? It is exactly this type of non action that leads to frustration of fans - who then see another referee brandish a million cards for 'nothing' - and then the officials demand respect. The lack of action in the above incident beggars belief. Is there no training of these officials..............and it wasn't the only incident that evoked much emotion from the fans. Respect has to be earned - not demanded ! - start earning it ! - be consistent - and I don't mean consistently bad.
Incompetent, Inconsistent.Ignoramus, Imbecile, Intellectually Inept. Incomprehensible except to another Idiot.
gioblues I don't force people to read my posts - but lately there has been little action in this forum - I'd be a little surprised if any of the few posts are unread ! I did mention Loft in unfavourable terms - and although I didn't elaborate on post No.30 in this thread - I am pleased that you understood that I wasn't referring entirely to the ref.
The referee at The Den nearly got it right ! Samuel's card for 'simulation' was harsh - due to the two challenges he was under in the build up to his 'fall.' The goalkeeper was correctly given a red card 2 Millwall players escaped without ANY card when guilty of violent conduct - ( under modern interpretation ) - when they barged two of our players to the ground in the nonsense just before half time. In the second half a Millwall player gets a red card - because the referee thought he had already been booked ! Although this decision was reversed after consulting the linesman, the referee didn't cover himself in glory. Just before Samuel got our 3rd goal - the substitute Millwall keeper committed an awful foul on Jackson. This was a red card offence. It was obvious that the intent was to stop our player - and the challenge could have caused major injury. It's irrelevant that the incident occurred near the side of the pitch - the rules about the 'intent' are not affected by position on the pitch. Whilst the referee got most of the minor decisions correct -in the above (5) major events, his success rate was only 20% (although grumpygit might say it was 40 % - after the referee reversed the red card for the Millwall player).
