[Albion] So todays Ref Chris Kavanagh

[LamieRobertson]

How did you feel he managed the game and his assistant on the east side ...i've included them as the chap next to me referred to her as a 'cow' as one decision went against the home team.

I did think the sending off was a tad harsh.....but perhaps worth it just to see the player go apopletic and it seemed injure himself in the process





I won't add what this fan said to me at half time about what he would like to do re the assistant

 

[bhawoddy]

Thought he'd swallowed his whistle

 

[A1X]

"Oh, Riyad Marhez is on the floor...I must award a free kick."

 

[Acker79]

I think they got most decisions right. I know there were a few throws/offside the fans disagreed with, but I thought they got them right (with a possible exception of those two thow-ins in quick succession early in the first half, one each way).

 

[hans kraay fan club]

On the whole he had a good game. The big call though - was Maguire’s foul for the penalty not worthy of a (second) yellow?

The female assistant was embarrassing. Unbelievably poor. She just guessed, constantly.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

I think they got most decisions right. I know there were a few throws/offside the fans disagreed with, but I thought they got them right (with a possible exception of those two thow-ins in quick succession early in the first half, one each way).

I agree. The official on the East side had a stinker in the first half, but one of the decisions she was heckled about in the second, I thought she got right.


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[Weststander]

On the whole he had a good game. The big call though - was Maguire’s foul for the penalty not worthy of a (second) yellow?

The female assistant was embarrassing. Unbelievably poor. She just guessed, constantly.

Agree about the ref. Dished out yellows like confetti but each was justfied, mainly to LCFC, typically for halting counter attacks. Some crap refs turn a blind eye to those, letting the culprit achieve his aim without punishment.

There are some awful refs at the moment in the top 2 divisions and he was better than that.

 

[LamieRobertson]

"Oh, Riyad Marhez is on the floor...I must award a free kick."

Oh gawd yes...what an arse that player was

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Agree about the ref. Dished out yellows like confetti but each was justfied, mainly to LCFC, typically for halting counter attacks. Some crap refs turn a blind eye to those, letting the culprit achieve his aim without punishment.

There are some awful refs at the moment in the top 2 divisions and he was better than that.

The other annoying one he missed, was not booking Schmeichel when he picked the ball up and hoofed it into the WSL when the penalty was given. Had he had that yellow at that stage, it would have saved us all the time wasting later.

 

[Weststander]

Oh gawd yes...what an arse that player was

Thought by LCFC to be as good as Coutinho and Hazard. We've now seen the lot, and he's a couple of levels below that in quality of play, but he's superior at gamesmanship.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Thought by LCFC to be as good as Coutinho and Hazard. We've now seen the lot, and he's a couple of levels below that in quality of play, but he's superior at gamesmanship.

 

[crookie]

On the whole he had a good game. The big call though - was Maguire’s foul for the penalty not worthy of a (second) yellow?

The female assistant was embarrassing. Unbelievably poor. She just guessed, constantly.

Nailed it. She got 4 decisions in quick succession totally wrong. 1 in our favour, 3 against. That said, some of the sexist slagging off of her was embarrassing. We have had her before and she's been ok. Bad day today but the abuse was OTT imo

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[studio150]

I did think in the first half, when the assistant got the thrown in decisions wrong that she was the love child of Mike Dean.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Nailed it. She got 4 decisions in quick succession totally wrong. 1 in our favour, 3 against. That said, some of the sexist slagging off of her was embarrassing. We have had her before and she's been ok. Bad day today but the abuse was OTT imo

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Totally agree

 

[kevo]

Thought the ref was excellent. Leicester fans moaning about the number of bookings, but they all looked yellow cards to me - as did our two. Only thing I wasn't sure about was the penalty - tbh didn't look like one, but would need to see it again. Sian Massey made some bizarre decisios, but disappointed to hear fans saying she must be crap because she's a woman. We've had plenty of crap male linos too!

 

[Questions]

I thought the ref was poor in certain areas. He warned Leicester 5 or 6 times when they tried to take free kicks further forward than they should and then turned his back and they nicked another 4 or 5 metres each time. It was mainly Marhez btw when he wasn’t rolling around on the floor. Why he didn’t clean Smeichels (sp) boots for him prior to every goal kick also amazed me. There were times today when I wondered why I watch football, what with all their play acting, time wasting and the like. I know all teams try it on but maybe I just wasn’t in the mood today.

 

[trueblue]

I thought he was a weak ref generally. I can accept officials make mistakes (and he made some that favoured us too), but the one thing that really irks me is when a team is allowed to waste time right from the off.

Schmeichel’s goal-kicks were a joke. Once any keeper’s slowed the game down a couple of times, warn him. The next time, book him. Sort it out in the first 20 minutes so we can watch the game we’ve paid to see. If he persists, send him off. Simple as that.

Leicester also seemed to take an unusual amount of their free-kicks from the wrong place. Perhaps he let those go as he knew pulling play back would just waste even more time. But if that’s the case, you just allow the offending team to run the game.

If any of that is impossible in practice, then add the bloody time on properly. Let’s see 10 minutes of stoppage time. That’ll prevent it.

 

[WATFORD zero]

Sian Massey (thanks to the poster above) we have had a few times and she's always been good.

Today, though, I thought her and the ref were dreadful on a lot of decisions that were obviously wrong. However none of them mattered (throw ins and one goal kick?) and on the important decisions got them right.

So does that mean they were excellent or crap - I'm confused

Thought more added on time after the time-wasting, subs and sending off

 

[Nixonator]

Didn't seem to care where (Leicester's) free kicks were taken from. Place it where yer like, Mahrez and Schmeichel obliged.

 

[dazzer6666]

Thought the ref was excellent. Leicester fans moaning about the number of bookings, but they all looked yellow cards to me - as did our two. Only thing I wasn't sure about was the penalty - tbh didn't look like one, but would need to see it again. Sian Massey made some bizarre decisios, but disappointed to hear fans saying she must be crap because she's a woman. We've had plenty of crap male linos too!

Bloke on the West was a bit crap as well wasn’t he ? People down that end seemed to think he got a few offsides wrong.

Ref wasn’t the reason we lost.