[Albion] Penalty?

Commander said:

Sorry, your boss publicly shames you when you do something wrong? Really?

The FA coming out and publicly criticising referees is a ridiculous idea, all it would do is put more pressure on them, meaning they'd just make more mistakes. And what does what they earn have to do with anything? Do you think Mason was deliberately putting in a poor performance last night? Or that he just had a bad day at the office, like we all do?

If the FA think he's done a bad job then they should deal with him privately, not burn him at the stake to satisfy some people moaning on the internet.

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rippleman said:

Are you related to BG? I think we should be told!

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rippleman said:

What we really need to get the game back on an even keel is for those cowardly blazers at the FA to come out and publicly criticise and punish referees who do not apply the laws of the game, are unfit, or are totally incompetent. I think Mason was all three of those yesterday.

Even Dermot Gallagher, who agreed it was a clear penalty, refused to criticise Mason; indeed he was making excuses for him and the assistant.

Referees are fulltime professionals now and have been for quite a while. They are extremely well remunerated. There are no excuses for Mason's display last night. He failed to do the job that he is well paid to do so why shouldn't he be censored and punished like the rest of us?!

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Albion my Albion said:

I feel Murray specializes in drawing fouls and when in the box he always goes down. This makes it difficult for referees to know if Murray is truly brought down or is going overboard to draw the penalty. We would have over criticized this referee if he had given Stoke a penalty if their striker had gone down mysteriously in front of Dunk instead of scoring his goal. We can't have it both ways. Murray needs to stay on his feet when possible and referees will be less likely to let a possible penalty be excused.

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biddles911 said:

Agree with this. Mason had a crap game but I don’t entirely think he was at fault for not giving the penalty as Shawcross was pretty much blocking his view though the linesman should have seen it anyway.

Think Murray is a great goal poacher but he does commit a lot of fouls (most in Championship last season?) and I suspect refs don’t give him the benefit of the doubt because of his reputation.

Given that he should have got a red card afterwards don’t think he can complain too much.....


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darkwolf666 said:

Two things strike me about your post. Firstly a decent impartial ref should go into every game with an open unblinkered view of all players, and not judging on reputations.

Secondly, if Mason had done his job properly Murray would not have been put in the position to make such a rash challenge!

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BensGrandad said:

It was interesting to note that the big screen showed neither that incident nor their first goal as at the time both were controversial. The goalscorer proved to be on side so no problem.

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biddles911 said:

Agree with your first point but I wasn’t suggesting that it affected Mason’s decision re the penalty. Don’t think he got a clear enough view of it.

Don’t agree with your second point. Are you really suggesting that Murray was entitled to make a potentially leg breaking challenge just because he didn’t get a penalty!?


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Shropshire Seagull said:

I've watched this again and again several times now and even in super slo-mo and not once did the officials give a penalty - so the answer has to be No !

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Easy 10 said:

The big screens NEVER shows penalty decisions because of the potential controversy.

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