Ipswich: 24% possession, 15 fouls, 3 yellowsAnd couldn't wait to get the cards out for us in each of the very few times he had a chance.
Just shows how refs officiate us. Last week Ipswich picked up 3 cards in 4 fouls by the 25th minute v Dippers, today they were allowed to get away with fouls, holding and then thuggery in the 2nd half
To avoid being called a “conspiracy nutter”, I will just say that, for me, the referee was generally very lenient on Ipswich, especially in the second half and particularly with Delap.
He only wanted to make the easy decisions Var had to tell him about our penalty when he had a great view of it! That yellow for Grealish was an after thought!
See my other post, as I want to think this and a massive overcorrection toward the “home team effect on officiating” from an inexperienced and unready referee were the main drivers of such a poor performance.Thing is - this can be true without the need for any kind of conspiracy to explain it. I think a lot of the time the simplest explanation is that referees just pity our opposition. If you have no horse in the race it's quite a human trait to show mercy to the team that is getting absolutely battered. But better referees should be able to rise above that instinct to maintain objectivity - unfortunately, we don't have better referees in this league, we have total dross.
That booking for Jack in the last few minutes was absurd. The lad's boot came off, that should be enough to tell you there was at least some contact and therefore it can't have been a dive. For me, it's every bit as much a penalty as the Ipswich shout at the other end.
You say he was OK and then list examples of why he wasn't.I thought he was OK. The yellow card for Grealish was harsh but he clearly thought he dived. He was wrong. It happens. You can't really complain about not getting a penalty when he didn't give them what looked a clear penalty too. I will be generous and say he applied a consistently high bar for penalties and yellow cards. Good to see a new face, tbh.
On replays he was fouled why didn’t VAR tell him like the one on Savio ..He only wanted to make the easy decisions Var had to tell him about our penalty when he had a great view of it! That yellow for Grealish was an after thought!
Because I think officials are not above showing mercy; in this case, for both Ipswich and the referee (for making such a bad decision, in a long line of ones), even though they shouldn’t be doing that at this level.On replays he was fouled why didn’t VAR tell him like the one on Savio ..
3 fouls in 2 mins for Delap. No booking. Ridiculous that.An absolute shocking ref. Should never ref a PL game again until he has excelled for at least two seasons lower down. How did he miss the penalty on Haaland in the first minute and then the actual one was beyond me. And how did Delap not get booked. Utter shambles of a performance
You say he was OK and then list examples of why he wasn't.
* 5 seconds3 fouls in 2 mins for Delap. No booking. Ridiculous that.
I think the most generous interpretation of his performance is that he did lose control of the match pretty early on, hence the ignored penalty on Haaland, the initially ignored penalty on Savinhi, the Kova injury, and our “just avoid getting injured and don’t concede” mentality for much of the second half.There will always be examples of things that aren't agreed with, by both sides. I didn't say he is was great. I said he was OK.
It wasn't a difficult game to referee, but I have seen referees lose control of easier games than that. Forest last year for example.
Seems to be the rules versus us, although he did book one of their subs for his third bookable offense in 2 minutes3 fouls in 2 mins for Delap. No booking. Ridiculous that.
I think the most generous interpretation of his performance is that he did lose control of the match pretty early on, hence the ignored penalty on Haaland, the initially ignored penalty on Savinhi, the Kova injury, and our “just avoid getting injured and don’t concede” mentality for much of the second half.