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Anyone else been pleasantly surprised by the quality of refereeing so far in the PL?
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studio150
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The big difference to me so far has been the small number of bookings per game. Whether this is an indication of card happy refs in the Championship or more sensible refs in the PL, or better players who know better when to tackle and when not to I'm not sure. It is however refreshing.
Razzoo
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I agree. They have been largely decent. Of course we'll have a terrible one before too long. Is **** still doing the rounds?
Our turn to have a shocker, or to have Bobby Madley? FWIW I reckon he's up there with Michael Oliver as one of the best refs in the country.
Machiavelli
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If you're referring to the high foot challenge on Knockaert, most pundits thought the ref got that one right. There was a hand ball shout in that game too IIRC, which was a much better claim for a penalty, similarly with Morgan using his arm to ward off Murphy's shot (yes, a shot from Murphy). So, we could have had two penalties, but this doesn't constitute a moan, merely the fine margins that games hang on: refs only see these once, in real time, and their vision is often obscured.
But I'm very much in agreement with the thrust of the thread, the standard of refereeing has been excellent in our games.
The ref thought there was no contact, he was mistaken (as were the pundits). We should definitely have had a penalty against Leicester for hand ball (which was clearly a deliberate arm to ball movement).
Yeah I wondered why that was as well. Is it due to the lino's do you think? Maybe the PL ones are better and the refs are more prepared to rely on them as opposed to trying to control the game on their own.
BBassic
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That's as good a guess as any! I hadn't considered the linos.
I guess if we reversed the, admittedly brief research, I did then it stands to reason that if we got some Premier League refs we also probably saw some of the more "elite" league 1 referees taking Championship games. That might go some way to explaining it.
tigertim68
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Yep all the refs so far have been really good , very impressed
Buzzer
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It was from Hughton's comments after the match where he said that the referee had told Hughton that he was unsure if contact had been made when their defender went in high on Knockaert so gave an indirect free-kick instead of a penalty. I thought it should have been a penalty and disagree with the ref but I can see why he made the call.
DavePage
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