Ref Watch

blue whippet said:
Ref today stopped play two or three times when the Newcastle player went down for some leg injury or other. He let everyone play on when there was a head injury.
He blew his whistle telling Ederson to get a move on when we were two up yet didn't bother when they took about 20 secs with each goal kick.
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Goalkicks - I checked a few from the start (I know, I know.. I'm a sad git..!).. of those I checked, the quickest play restarted from the moment the ball went out was 29 seconds.

Head Injury Stoppages - we were all gobsmacked when the Newcastle lad collided with Ake and the idiot refereeing today allowed play to carry on for some time while the player was left in a heap on the floor, looking genuinely and seriously hurt. In contrast, the first half stoppage for the other Newcastle lad was immediate and for a leg injury (or was it a repair to his pedicure? he was soon gambolling around like a fawn after 'treatment'.. job done, City's breakaway attack halted!)

I can't recall seeing this season a refereeing performance I'd rate as adequate, either home or away. The standard overall is poor and getting poorer. It's hard enough to overcome the opposition as it is but with refereeing performances like this one today we really are going to be up against it trying to retain the title during the run-in..
 
The inconsistency with the referees is really hindering the sport. I understand that there will always be a subjective element to decision making, but it seems every week we are watching different referees judging identical situations differently.

I watched a match last week when the ref blew the half time whistle as a side had just won a corner. The attacking side felt aggrieved but technically the time was up. Then you look at the Arsenal game today which was totally different.

There was a foul on KDB today when he was wiped out after crossing the ball. The ref simply told him to get up. Yet, when we played Arsenal they got a penalty for a similar incident.

I watched Dias get booked and a Wolves player get sent off for apparently being the third man around a ref, yet it happened multiple times in multiple games since with no punishments.

I watched Eddie get booked for time wasting in the first half against Arsenal but never seen an opposition keeper at the Etihad face the same punishment.

They’ve also managed to implement VAR in the most useless manner possible that you have to question whether it is simply incompetence or something more sinister.
 
johnevans said:
Goalkicks - I checked a few from the start (I know, I know.. I'm a sad git..!).. of those I checked, the quickest play restarted from the moment the ball went out was 29 seconds.

Head Injury Stoppages - we were all gobsmacked when the Newcastle lad collided with Ake and the idiot refereeing today allowed play to carry on for some time while the player was left in a heap on the floor, looking genuinely and seriously hurt. In contrast, the first half stoppage for the other Newcastle lad was immediate and for a leg injury (or was it a repair to his pedicure? he was soon gambolling around like a fawn after 'treatment'.. job done, City's breakaway attack halted!)

I can't recall seeing this season a refereeing performance I'd rate as adequate, either home or away. The standard overall is poor and getting poorer. It's hard enough to overcome the opposition as it is but with refereeing performances like this one today we really are going to be up against it trying to retain the title during the run-in..
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There's nothing sad about that. Facts win arguements, the more we have the better it is. All around me were all stunned too about playing on after the head injury too.
 
Not a very good refereeing display was it? I think the very first Newcastle late challenge was high, I think on Grealish's knee.

Both guimares and Joe Linton escaped possible bookings three times before the card came out. The first half performance from the officials was particularly bad, but the head injury non stoppage was just baffling.

The Newcastle player went down holding his head, but then shifted to his knee. The referee has a duty to stop the game regardless as it looked like a head clash and one player, deceptively or not, went down holding his head. To then book Ake for an accidental clash of heads was just idiocy. He was hugely contributory in the mass melee that we'll now no doubt be fined for, as he was letting too much go for them and injury was on the cards.

Very hard to not believe there is something more sinister going on. Whilst the standard is poor and the fact is every set of fans will bemoan something, the way timewasting I'd dealt with shows a very inconsistent and worrying picture.
 
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HorlocksWalk said:
I did not really see and they did not look at it, but if looked like Burn left is foot in after he had floored Jack, which was why it all kicked off. They would still be analysing it if it had been the other way round.
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Burn tripped grealish, tactical foul and borderline yellow, he then stamped on him straightforward yellow, then fell on him accidently on purpose borderline yellow. The handbags with Erling. Ref was shite stopped game for non serious Newcastle injuries and played on for poss head injury
 
daztrueblue91 said:
The inconsistency with the referees is really hindering the sport. I understand that there will always be a subjective element to decision making, but it seems every week we are watching different referees judging identical situations differently.

I watched a match last week when the ref blew the half time whistle as a side had just won a corner. The attacking side felt aggrieved but technically the time was up. Then you look at the Arsenal game today which was totally different.

There was a foul on KDB today when he was wiped out after crossing the ball. The ref simply told him to get up. Yet, when we played Arsenal they got a penalty for a similar incident.

I watched Dias get booked and a Wolves player get sent off for apparently being the third man around a ref, yet it happened multiple times in multiple games since with no punishments.

I watched Eddie get booked for time wasting in the first half against Arsenal but never seen an opposition keeper at the Etihad face the same punishment.

They’ve also managed to implement VAR in the most useless manner possible that you have to question whether it is simply incompetence or something more sinister.
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It’s simply biased. No other conclusion. Or bent
 
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