[Albion] abominable refereeing

[Rookie]

Perhaps not quite abominable today but...

What's happened to the rule about subs leaving the pitch at the nearest touchline?
Why do no refs in existence seem willing to punish time wasting at the first instance?

Am I being a miser on what should be a celebratory evening having bested a bunch of time wasting amateurs?

Answers on a postcard

He was bad, not quite as bad as last week, but still bad. So weak

 

[Milano]

He was bad, not quite as bad as last week, but still bad. So weak

I thought he was worse. He bought every one of their tricks.

 

[Weststander]

I thought he was worse. He bought every one of their tricks.

This.

He handed them a stop start game, Billings & mates spent the game throwing themselves to floor, fake head injuries, wasting time.

 

[Mackenzie]

Weak naive referee, surprised to see Coote getting a PL game this week as well.

 

[NorthstandRacoon]

Pawson is a ****. Fed up of having such a poor standard of referring in the best league in the world!

 

[WhingForPresident]

Dogshit officiating today, as usual.

I'd like to think they only added 4 mins to punish Bournemouth for their incessant, unpunished time-wasting and gamesmanship throughout, but it was obviously going to be 4 regardless of the scoreline.

 

[warmleyseagull]

Kept raising his watch and tapping it to show he was adding time then added only 5 minutes.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Kept raising his watch and tapping it to show he was adding time then added only 5 minutes.

4 minutes. @e77 ran a stopwatch from 90 mins and he played 3 mins 55 seconds extra.

 

[Icy Gull]

A shit “look at me“ ref who misses far more than he spots

 

[warmleyseagull]

4 minutes. @e77 ran a stopwatch from 90 mins and he played 3 mins 55 seconds extra.

I thought it was 4 but BBC Sport goes for 5.

 

[WhingForPresident]

Also, wtf was that drinks break/time out midway through the first half all about? So blatant, any half decent ref would have cottoned on to what they were doing.

Actually, not even a half-decent ref, just a person with an IQ of greater than 30.

 

[fruitnveg]

Honestly think Pawson is one of the few more even handed and competent refs in the league. He didn't have a great game today but he could have done far worse.

 

[Invicta]

I thought it was 4 but BBC Sport goes for 5.

Held up 4 on the board in the ground

 

[Mental Lental]

Honestly think Pawson is one of the few more even handed and competent refs in the league. He didn't have a great game today but he could have done far worse.

What are you smoking? Can I have some?

 

[Brighton Lines]

Kept raising his watch and tapping it to show he was adding time then added only 5 minutes.

It's not the ref who decides stopeage time is it ?

 

[Goldstone1976]

It's not the ref who decides stopeage time is it ?

Yep, it is the ref.

Law 7.3 says inter alia “…The fourth official indicates the minimum additional time decided by the referee at the end of the final minute of each half…”

Law 7 - The Duration of the Match

IFAB Laws of the Game

www.thefa.com

 

[Nobby]

Honestly think Pawson is one of the few more even handed and competent refs in the league. He didn't have a great game today but he could have done far worse.

Blimey - how absolute dig ship the rest of them must be!!
He’s always been utterly useless

 

[Jim in the West]

4 minutes. @e77 ran a stopwatch from 90 mins and he played 3 mins 55 seconds extra.

Interesting! Especially as a Bmuff player was down with cramp for at least 30 seconds. I think the ref definitely thought it was pay-back time for all Bmuff’s time-wasting. And he basically gave up when the East Stand were mucking around by keeping the ball!

 

[Bold Seagull]

Honestly think Pawson is one of the few more even handed and competent refs in the league. He didn't have a great game today but he could have done far worse.

He’s consistently frustrated though. Take the push on Veltman second half in front of the dugouts that they nearly score from, and yet he’d given a whole host of fouls for far less contact. Same with one on Welbeck near the corner flag first half.

It’s bizarre because it’s not like he’s missed them, it’s how he judges them, slightest touch one minute is a foul, an all out assault next minute isn’t.

I noted the players were a lot more frustrated with the ref this week than last too because of that lack of consistency.

 

[hampshirebrightonboy]

Pawson is a ****. Fed up of having such a poor standard of referring in the best league in the world!

Agreed we have the best players and managers from around the world but have Conference standard refs.
Also agree Pawson is a ****.