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Something needs to be done about Referees in this League
- Thread starter dingodan
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Withdean Wanderer
Banned
It's the manager who's bottling it.
1 penalty taker in 3 seasons, not good enough.
1 penalty taker in 3 seasons, not good enough.
Seagull1989
Well-known member
- Oct 31, 2011
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Haven't we got Craig Pawson as ref for the palace game. Dreading it!
pork pie
New member
It seems to me that if you stuck 4 fans from the crowd out there as Officials, they would do a better job.
Too many mistakes, too much bottling it.
It's not on IMO.
Here we go again! Let's all blame the ref! Exactly how many pens did he give each team? Did he miss ours, or the Argie?
HawkTheSeagull
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It was partly the refs fault as Delap should have been off and the penalty was debatable - that's all though.
The rest is because we made 4 cock-ups - Buckleys miss, El-Abd conceding a "penalty" and his mistake leading to their 1st and Ulloa's penalty miss.
The rest is because we made 4 cock-ups - Buckleys miss, El-Abd conceding a "penalty" and his mistake leading to their 1st and Ulloa's penalty miss.
Seagulltonian
C'mon the Albion!
The standard of refs seems to have dropped in all leagues!
Some of the decisions are completely shit, giving the free-kick to the wrong team, throw-in, booking the wrong player, etc., etc.
No consistency at all!
One thing that really f**ks me off, is the ref will often move the ball back at a free-kick, but loads of players are able to steal 10 to 15 yards at throw-ins, and nothing is done about it!
And, how-many times have you seen the assistant referee look at the ref. to make the decision for them!!
And it appears, the Amex seems to affect the ref in a weird way, giving a lot of the decisions to the away team!
And, breathe!
Some of the decisions are completely shit, giving the free-kick to the wrong team, throw-in, booking the wrong player, etc., etc.
No consistency at all!
One thing that really f**ks me off, is the ref will often move the ball back at a free-kick, but loads of players are able to steal 10 to 15 yards at throw-ins, and nothing is done about it!
And, how-many times have you seen the assistant referee look at the ref. to make the decision for them!!
And it appears, the Amex seems to affect the ref in a weird way, giving a lot of the decisions to the away team!
And, breathe!
clippedgull
Hotdogs, extra onions
Blaming referees is just covering over the cracks of our poor performances.
rdigs24
Southampton seagull
I think you'll find that if you went on any clubs fans forum after they've lost. There will be a thread slating the referee.I doubt the Albion are the worst.
I'm not just talking about this forum when we've lost. I'm talking about when we've drawn, when we've won, while the game is still being played. I've sat at the amex and been astonished at the vitriol of the fans for not giving us a free kick when buckley has needlessly thrown himself to the ground, and the anger when Hammond then barges someone off the ball and a free kick is given. I was sat there shaking my head when, I think it was, Bridcutt had to wait for a break in play before being allowed back on the field because he had to get his shirt changed, when a foul has received a yellow it deserved rather than the red the fans want - and not in a "be good if..." way, but in a "how can that ot be red? does this ref know the rules?!"
dingodan
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- Feb 16, 2011
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I agree, people will complain about ref's when decisions don't go their way.
But they will also complain about ref's when they make unbelievably bad decisions, clear mistakes, which cost teams games, and if consistently making mistakes, can cost a side a season.
This, is that.
Just seen the goals on Sky. Their penalty was a shocker......
Yes, and when that happens it's fair. But it hasn't actually happened that often this season. We've had a lot of decent referees, at least at home, who have been unfairly slaughtered when the haven't made bad decision, or at least none that cost us the game.
We are Gus isn't.