Ref Watch City Games - 2023/24

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Got you and wouldn’t disagree with some of those. Thing is what they’ve done with them is actually reduce the chances of there being a new winners name on the trophy every six years!

Rather than new winner, perhaps 'preferred' winner?

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Rather than new winner, perhaps 'preferred' winner?

They seem to prefer us then!

 

[halfcenturyup]

It's not necessarily the direct effects of the referee/VAR official, but the second and third order effects such as influencing the decision making process of our players/manager or emboldening opposition players.

If one set of players knows full well that any hard & fair challenge is going to be punished as a foul they will think twice. Same the other way round. If an opposition team know they can go in hard with relative impunity our players might consider backing out of a tackle.

That can 100% effect the outcome of a game.

True. The classic case is applying a "higher bar" to physical contact. That can be a great benefit to a game between two evenly matched teams, but when it is applied to a match between a skillful, possession-based team and a less skilfull, physical team, it can lead to a complete loss of match control and a red card for, say, Rodri. Job done.

 

[meltonblue]

Rather than new winner, perhaps 'preferred' winner?

Either way, they’re doing a rubbish job at it! It’s not as if they’ve helped others particularly out with fixtures for example.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

What were we doing throwing chickens on the pitch? :)

Why did the fowl cross the pitch?

 

[freshie]

We brought the fowl throw on ourselves as garvidol the ins was worse than a 9 year old and I noticed he did it a couple of times in his last game

In the end the ref decided he was going to blow for the next three whatever happened

Agreed we should expect better from the refs. It’s not as if they are on a poultry salary these days

 

[Jam Tomorrow]

Agreed we should expect better from the refs. It’s not as if they are on a poultry salary these days

That was an offal decision

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

Targeting our midfield play maker by dishing out yellow cards for offences that REGULARLY go unpunished for other teams is certainly one way of doing it.

Rhodri got carded yesterday for an innocuous challenge on the half way line. Earlier in the game Jack got fouled several times in an attacking position, they looked worse than Rhodri's foul but no card was produced by the Ref. Its those sorts of inconsistencies that anoy me.

 

[BringBackSwales]

@domalino

Yes true. Sorry AHT it’s definitely Domalino Gold, u r only Silver!!

 

[BringBackSwales]

We brought the fowl throw on ourselves as garvidol the ins was worse than a 9 year old and I noticed he did it a couple of times in his last game

In the end the ref decided he was going to blow for the next three whatever happened

But not for any of the ones by Luton, most notably the right back with about 10 mins to go. Plus from the one by Bernardo just before they scored, why was that a foul throw?