[Albion] Nottingham Forest vs Brighton & Hove Albion *** Official Match Thread ***

[maltaseagull]

How did he balls it up ? It's for the players to keep their cool. A ref is not a nanny. Taylor is zero tolerant. Dunk let himself, and the team, down there.

Rugby refs control the game by telling the players not to push it and are respected for that.
Football refs are not earning respect and so do not get any.

 

[MTSeagulls]

There comes a stage where the customary hand shakes with these shower of shite refs need to stop.

 

[Jeremiah]

Cannot DeZerbi send out one of his assistants to give a media comment about the referee , VAR and other things going on - an avoid censor ?

 

[deslynhamsmoustache1]

f*** me Birtles is an absolute “know it all” dinosaur. Completely ruined that great game with his awful co-commentary.

Totally. Should be nowhere near a mic. Complete tosser.

 

[MTSeagulls]

He wasn’t even that biased to be honest. Just f***ing useless, talking nonsense for most of it. He’s done it very recently in another game of ours too. May have even been Sheff Utd.

Birtles is not only biased but in most games I have heard him he is anti Southern teams so also a professional northerner twat.

 

[Slum_Wolf]

Not meaning to be rude, because I understand people are at the game and won’t have seen, but the cameras clearly caught Dunk initially putting his hands on the ref and shouting about the penalty decision. (Yellow card). As he’s running away he shouts “cheating c**t* and gets a straight red.

A straight red for dissent is a two game ban plus fine for bringing the game into disrepute, unless it’s a second offence when the FA could increase it via panel.

This ban applies only to English competitive domestic fixtures, so does not apply to Athens on Thursday.

Can't we appeal, surely stating fact is acceptable?

 

[birthofanorange]

Dunk was a fool. The lino (especially the end) was standing like a shop dummy, watching ongoing fouls, and AT is a twat...but we knew that, anyway.
We are going to struggle even more, now.
Still, never a dull moment, eh?
UTA

 

[Captain Fun Boy]

Moder did well in that insane maelstrom, great to see him
back

 

[Eeyore]

Rugby refs control the game by telling the players not to push it and are respected for that.
Football refs are not earning respect and so do not get any.

If you try refereeing a high level match for 90 minutes with the majority of decisions being in a grey area you would realise how difficult it is to be spot on. But a ref will never be spot on because everyone, well most, see it through a prism.

And then you get comments like #770 @Seagull58 who thinks that someone who didn't referee to their team's benefit is 'an utter ****. Just a disgusting waste of oxygen'. If it causes that much of a reaction I would suggest reading a good book on a Saturday afternoon instead.

 

[dazzer6666]

Rugby refs control the game by telling the players not to push it and are respected for that.
Football refs are not earning respect and so do not get any.

On the other side of that, call a ref a 'cheating c***' in a rugby match and you'll be banned for months.

 

[Jeremiah]

On the other side of that, call a ref a 'cheating c***' in a rugby match and you'll be banned for months.

But what if he is ?

 

[MTSeagulls]

If you try refereeing a high level match for 90 minutes with the majority of decisions being in a grey area you would realise how difficult it is to be spot on. But a ref will never be spot on because everyone, well most, see it through a prism.

And then you get comments like #770 @Seagull58 who thinks that someone who didn't referee to their team's benefit is 'an utter ****. Just a disgusting waste of oxygen'. If it causes that much of a reaction I would suggest reading a good book on a Saturday afternoon instead.

How about just being better at their job? Even Fifa hardly award English referees tournament places any more because they are so poor.
PGMOL is a shambles from top to bottom and the richest league in the world deserves better.

 

[Eeyore]

On the other side of that, call a ref a 'cheating c***' in a rugby match and you'll be banned for months.

Football should introduce the rugby rule. Only a captain can talk to the referee.

Although that wouldn't have helped today....

 

[giveusfalmerplease]

seeing how long they took to award the penalty, we came close to scoring down the other end. Wonder what would happen if, ref allowing play to continue, results in team scoring and THEN they review the previous incident and decide its a penalty? Surely they couldnt cancel out the goal, because play was allowed to continue.

 

[Eeyore]

How about just being better at their job? Even Fifa hardly award English referees tournament places any more because they are so poor.
PGMOL is a shambles from top to bottom and the richest league in the world deserves better.

No-one has actually pinpointed what Taylor did wrong.

 

[origigull]

I thought Dunk's first yellow was for hands on the ref rather than dissent - I'm sure we'll find out.

This is what it seemed to me. The Ref turned away from Dunk and then Dunk tried to pull him back and that's when the Ref got the yellow card out. I think the VAR picture was very blurry on the TV and I couldn't tell if Hinshelwood pulled their guy back or not. Maybe VAR was guessing again.

 

[Invicta]

Great result, hanging on like that. Needed it.

 

[Eeyore]

seeing how long they took to award the penalty, we came close to scoring down the other end. Wonder what would happen if, ref allowing play to continue, results in team scoring and THEN they review the previous incident and decide its a penalty? Surely they couldnt cancel out the goal, because play was allowed to continue.

I think they can. I'm sure I saw it a few seasons back.

 

[hart's shirt]

Brighton striker Evan Ferguson speaking to BBC Match of the Day:

"It was a mad old game! It was worth it for the three points."

"We've dropped points in those moments [after Lewis Dunk's red card] and today we came together as a team to push over the line."

"Every game there's an opportunity to impress and that is what I hope to do when I come in. The manager is very invested, really emotional and he can't help himself. He wouldn't just walk over to the fans and celebrate!"

 

[tedebear]

If you try refereeing a high level match for 90 minutes with the majority of decisions being in a grey area you would realise how difficult it is to be spot on. But a ref will never be spot on because everyone, well most, see it through a prism.

And then you get comments like #770 @Seagull58 who thinks that someone who didn't referee to their team's benefit is 'an utter ****. Just a disgusting waste of oxygen'. If it causes that much of a reaction I would suggest reading a good book on a Saturday afternoon instead.

The rugby comparison is fair. Rugby ref's have respect for their consistency and their decision making which is heard by all of us, dissent is pretty much absent. In answer to your previous question, Taylor is poor, and I cannot for the life of me see how you think that was level headed given he was part of the reason it all kicked off. He has always been inconsistent, and has turned the tide of many a game as he did today. What Dunk did was wrong, but I would like to see on a replay what got Dunk so riled up, and I'd suggest it will be something Taylor completely missed (again). I'll eat my hat if it isn't.