[Albion] Kristo Tohver - Is he any good?

[Is it PotG?]

Let's hope the Estonian officials do themselves proud.

 

[BluesRockDJ]

Can't be any worse than we have week in week out !

 

[5Ways Gull]

Let's hope the Estonian officials do themselves proud.

There's just no Tallin

 

[portslade seagull]

Tallin is a lovely place, would recommend it.
As for the referee no idea

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

The referee in charge of our game against AEK tomorrow evening, from Estonia, seems to be quite card happy, doling out 54 yellows, and sent off four players in twelve top flight Estonian fixtures so far this season.

Could prove to be an interesting evening.

 

[est.83]

I am not exactly sure what this is about..

Tohver's stats in Estonian league (2023): 4,92 yellows, 0,5 reds and 0,17 pens per match (would say that the quality of league/players has more to do with the stats here).
Tohver's stats in UEFA competitions: 4.36 yellows, 0.24 reds and 0,24 pens per match.
Premier League average this season: 4,76 yellows, 0,22 reds and 0,31 pens per match.

Seems pretty comparable to me. So I wouldn't start complaining about the referee just yet.

I am sure he will be fine. Also, he is doing the segment "Video Assistant Referee" for Estonian league where he analyses and explains the situations where VAR intervened (or should have intervened) - sorry, only in Estonian:

 

[Is it PotG?]

Sa ei tea mida sa teed, Sa ei tea mida sa teed

 

[macbeth]

nope, not any good. all the officials (bar messrs. martinez munera and van boekel on the VAR) have been appalling tonight

 

[Farehamseagull]

No.

 

[Coldeanseagull]

Ref wasn't appalling, just left the bigger decisions to a telly

 

[razer]

The ref should be consigned to the Sunday League. He was utter gash.

 

[Bodian]

The ref should be consigned to the Sunday League. He was utter gash.

He only really got two decisions wrong. It's just that they were both penalties.

And to be fair - the first one did look like a dive in real time!

 

[Berty23]

There was a tackle on lamptey in the corner that was not far from being a red and he did not even give a foul!

 

[Bodian]

There was a tackle on lamptey in the corner that was not far from being a red and he did not even give a foul!

He booked De Zerbi for it though....

And to be honest - given Lamptey's poor luck with these things, I'm surprised he wasn't booked for getting fouled!

 

[timbha]

He only really got two decisions wrong. It's just that they were both penalties.

And to be fair - the first one did look like a dive in real time!

He got two “clear and obvious” decisions wrong plus many that he got away with because they are not covered by VAR, eg kicking the ball away, the launch into Lamptey, the push on Estupinan, the constant verbals from the Greek subs and coach aimed at Solly in the 2nd half (I thought subs had to warm up in the half where the linesman isn’t?).

BUT, we were our own worst enemy tonight

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Can't be any worse than we have week in week out !

LOLz

 

[HastingsSeagull]

Worst ref. since multiple old games against United? Can’t think of any worse in PL era other than against the one side.

We also deserved to loose if neither red card offence was deemed by NSC as worthy of more vitriol. AEK played a great gameplan.

 

[BN41Albion]

Can't be any worse than we have week in week out !

This aged well.

Maybe actually refereeing is incredibly hard, especially with the pressure of the crowd and all the play-acting that goes on, and actually the PL don't do too bad-a job overall

 

[Whitechapel]

Ref wasn't appalling, just left the bigger decisions to a telly

That argument falls apart when you remember he booked Pedro for the first one despite being positioned perfectly to see the incident.

He was f*cking useless.