The referee and his assistants!

[R. Slicker]

How many of those decisions WERE actually offside? The bald official in the 1st half looked terrible to me. Mostly flagging whenever Birmingham defenders shouted at him.

 

[Ernest]

He was flagging for everything, was certainly being played by the Brummie defenders

 

[El Turi]

I did worry when I saw the referee was from the West Midlands. Complete stich up by the football league again.

 

[HawkTheSeagull]

Thought the one on the West Stand side was alright, the East side Lino and the Referee were awful.

TEN offsides were given against us - id say about 4 werent myself.

 

[SIMMO SAYS]

We were shit---dont blame the officials------get over it and tonk the tracktor boys!

 

[studio150]

Most of them seemed to be right. Have more if an issue with the ref and not clamping down on time wasting which started in 48th minute with keeper taking ages on free kick.

 

[briref]

I believe every time the flag went up our attackers were in an offside position when the ball was played.
Though...
The flag should not off been raised on several occassions as it is not an offence to be in an offside position and the offence occurs when the attacker touches the ball.
As we saw tonight both assistants could not wait to get their ************* flag up, for no reason.
When the lino spoted a genuine infringment (moving ball) on our defensive free kick, the ref waved play on.
This and a few blatent shoves in the back not given, it was a very poor night for the officials.

 

[El Turi]

One annoying thing was that the linesmen didn't seem to know the rules. They were flagging for offside when our offside players weren't even going for the ball.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

How was that handball at the North end not a penalty and how was it not a free kick when Buckley went down in the second half?

 

[Taybha]

Dont get me started about those bunch of inept fucktards ! i have never witnessed a complete cockfestery of absolute tosswank by 3 officials in my life ! seriously wtf were they on ! the divvy frogchoppa in the 2nd half even flagged for offside twice after a shot with no other player touching or running through for a pass !! and to top it off he then flagged for offside after their player nodded it back toward the goal line , those fuckers should donate their matchday fee to the west midlands thundertwat society for the totally useless .

Brum scored a blinding goal and soaked up loads of pressure and i cant begrudge them the win , but fuxake these 3 stooges just ruined the game for me.



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[Hyperion]

The Lino in 2nd half on East side DEF got 3 wrong and was f***ing useless. Could not wait to put his pissy little flag up. Shocking officials this evening. That said, so were we at set pieces all night

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

One annoying thing was that the linesmen didn't seem to know the rules. They were flagging for offside when our offside players weren't even going for the ball.

Yep! Should have let play continue.

 

[El Turi]

How was that handball at the North end not a penalty and how was it not a free kick when Buckley went down in the second half?

That handball was a blatant penalty. The ball travelled 30 yards so the defender can't claim it was ball to hand. There's no doubt that the referee had a soft spot for his local team.

 

[Albumen]

One annoying thing was that the linesmen didn't seem to know the rules. They were flagging for offside when our offside players weren't even going for the ball.

Yep, no idea why they did that.

 

[LamieRobertson]

they were useless.. fact (the officials)

 

[R. Slicker]

We were shit---dont blame the officials------get over it and tonk the tracktor boys!

I didn't think we were that bad. I do think Buckley should have had a couple of one on ones if not for the inept baldy.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

That handball was a blatant penalty. The ball travelled 30 yards so the defender can't claim it was ball to hand. There's no doubt that the referee had a soft spot for his local team.

I commented to Bobkin Jr that he almost bounced it like a basketball. Another handball appeal could have been given too.

Some of those flagged looked onside - ironically, when there was a clear offside in the 2nd half, it went unpunished.

Don't agree we were "shit", just think we lacked a cutting edge and a bit of luck.

Onwards and upwards on Tuesday...

 

[Gullzone]

He was flagging for everything, was certainly being played by the Brummie defenders

Yeah - it was that obvious it was embarrassing

 

[R. Slicker]

Dont get me started about those bunch of inept fucktards ! i have never witnessed a complete cockfestery of absolute tosswank by 3 officials in my life ! seriously wtf were they on ! the divvy frogchoppa in the 2nd half even flagged for offside twice after a shot with no other player touching or running through for a pass !! and to top it off he then flagged for offside after their player nodded it back toward the goal line , those fuckers should donate their matchday fee to the west midlands thundertwat society for the totally useless .

Brum scored a blinding goal and soaked up loads of pressure and i cant begrudge them the win , but fuxake these 3 stooges just ruined the game for me.



This rant was sent via my locked shed .

Deep breath Tay. Lady L was incandescent with rage.

 

[Steve.S]

I didn't think we were that bad. I do think Buckley should have had a couple of one on ones if not for the inept baldy.

I agree I thought the build up was good, it was the fact nobody was on the end of some good crosses. Its easy to blame the officials, however we defo did enough for at least a draw. At the end of the day we do play good football and the test will now be how we bounce back from this