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3 points and no thread on ref
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TSB
Captain Hindsight
Worse than the **** against Bournemouth?
symyjym
Banned
The ref made QPR look better than they are, and they looked pretty ordinary tonight.
Fourteenth Eye
Face for Radio
In the first half we were waiting for his brown paper bag to flutter across the pitch........
Fourteenth Eye
Face for Radio
Love the fact that we celebrated the free kick at the end of the first half like a goal to the point where people came running back in from their half time beverages thinking we'd scored
Poor. Very poor.
Dreadful.
Geriatric Seagull
New member
Poor. Inconsistent in the way he lectured players after playing advantage. Another one who struggled to keep up with play and missed the central defender/opposing striker situations from clearances and goal kicks.
TSB
Captain Hindsight
I thought it was only really the fouling on Lingard that he let go too much that was a problem. Given the number of free kicks he was giving he did well to keep his cards in his pocket.
I think a lot of fans just expected him to be bad. The number of times the people around me groaned when the whistle went and were just about to start ranting at what an awful decision it was to give a free kick against us for a challenge like that, before it sunk in that it was actually a free kick for us because QPR were offside, or that it was a throw in.
Lingard aside, I thought he was average for a championship ref.
I think a lot of fans just expected him to be bad. The number of times the people around me groaned when the whistle went and were just about to start ranting at what an awful decision it was to give a free kick against us for a challenge like that, before it sunk in that it was actually a free kick for us because QPR were offside, or that it was a throw in.
Lingard aside, I thought he was average for a championship ref.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Half & half ref. It amazes me how they get assessed.
Seagulltonian
C'mon the Albion!
After his first few decisions, I thought it was going to be Saturday all over again!
But, as has been stated in this thread, we've won twice at home against 2 good teams when he's been in charge.
Did anyone else notice at the end of the game he bloody well hugged Joey Barton!
WTF was that all about??!!
But, as has been stated in this thread, we've won twice at home against 2 good teams when he's been in charge.
Did anyone else notice at the end of the game he bloody well hugged Joey Barton!
WTF was that all about??!!
father_and_son
Well-known member
He seemed ridiculously biased throughout the first half. Nothing our way until right at the end, but with every tap, nudge and funny look he gave them a free kick.
I hope that he is chastised by the FA for that shocking half.
Sat on the other hand... he was just universally incompetent! No bias - just sh*t.
I hope that he is chastised by the FA for that shocking half.
Sat on the other hand... he was just universally incompetent! No bias - just sh*t.
Phat Baz 68
Get a ****ing life mate !
- Apr 16, 2011
- 5,023
We won yes !
But not getting away from it he was a total tw*t the ref shocking, almost as bad as the idiot against Reading.
Just because you win doesn't mean the ref was great he was appalling last night.
But not getting away from it he was a total tw*t the ref shocking, almost as bad as the idiot against Reading.
Just because you win doesn't mean the ref was great he was appalling last night.
He did make a curious decision in the second half, one of our players (think it was Ince) was fouled but he played advantage which is fair enough, but then when we still had the ball in an attacking position a few seconds later he blew up for the free kick. 
MarioOrlandi
New member
- Jun 4, 2013
- 580
He did make some strange decisions and yes I wondered how much Harry had paid him. There was this distinct feeling during the first half that had a QPR player gone down in the penalty area for no apparent reason he would have awarded a penalty. That said I thought the treatment meeted out to Leo and Lingard was shocking, at one point Dunne ran straight through Lingard and the ref did nothing. Hence the ironic cheers when he finally gave us a decision towards the end of the first half. As for the Barton hug, he is probably the only ref never to book him.
That said I thought both sides played some excellent football last night, fortunately we have a great goalkeeper an they didn't
That said I thought both sides played some excellent football last night, fortunately we have a great goalkeeper an they didn't
Machiavelli
Well-known member
I thought it was a good end-to-end game. I also thought that the ref could have disrupted the game more constantly by giving us the odd free kick for example.