Ref Watch

Chris in London said:
Yeah, Vardy should have gone in the book for that

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Vardy should have been sent off as per the LOTG, for "using offensive, insulting or abusive language and/or action(s)".

It's this weakness, exacerbated by the FA with their failure to significantly punish the likes of Klopp, that contributes to the referee crisis currently being experienced in grass-roots football.
 
I can forgive and forget a lot of the poor decisions in the heat of the moment by referees, as they’re just human error most of the time.

Two things that are deep rooted that are constantly called incorrectly by the officials though, are:

1. Playing ‘advantage’ when the ball has gone backwards. There’s no advantage if you aren’t in a better position to score than if you were given the free kick… so give the free kick if it’s near the box. Letting the game flow and having them passing it back on the half way line isn’t better than giving a team an opportunity to score.

2. Aggressive swearing at the officials (often by the same players week-in-week-out: Rooney over the years, Vardy, Robertson…), sometimes with hand gestures to go with it. Send them off!
 
I don't often come in here to moan but I really thought he was so poor today.
 
Psychedelic Casual said:
I can forgive and forget a lot of the poor decisions in the heat of the moment by referees, as they’re just human error most of the time.

Two things that are deep rooted that are constantly called incorrectly by the officials though, are:

1. Playing ‘advantage’ when the ball has gone backwards. There’s no advantage if you aren’t in a better position to score than if you were given the free kick… so give the free kick if it’s near the box. Letting the game flow and having them passing it back on the half way line isn’t better than giving a team an opportunity to score.

2. Aggressive swearing at the officials (often by the same players week-in-week-out: Rooney over the years, Vardy, Robertson…), sometimes with hand gestures to go with it. Send them off!
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The swearing thing really needs clamping down on. Not only would he be sent off in rugby but he’d get a 2 or 3 week ban as well. A 2 week ban for Vardy sees him not playing again until Boxing Day, which might have made him think twice next time.
 
The Light Was Yellow Sir said:
The swearing thing really needs clamping down on. Not only would he be sent off in rugby but he’d get a 2 or 3 week ban as well. A 2 week ban for Vardy sees him not playing again until Boxing Day, which might have made him think twice next time.
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Was at a non-league game last night and one of the players was sin-binned for repeatedly swearing at the referee. Didn't realise that was a thing.

Sin Bins

Temporary dismissals also known as ‘sin bins’ have been implemented across all levels of grassroots football to improve levels of respect and fair play
www.englandfootball.com www.englandfootball.com

Should it be something brought into the professional game?
 
Lardy_Blue said:
Was at a non-league game last night and one of the players was sin-binned for repeatedly swearing at the referee. Didn't realise that was a thing.

Sin Bins

Temporary dismissals also known as ‘sin bins’ have been implemented across all levels of grassroots football to improve levels of respect and fair play
www.englandfootball.com www.englandfootball.com

Should it be something brought into the professional game?
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Absolutely it should be.
 
Thought Jones was pretty shite overall, not to bad in the first half apart from the corner decision, but second half he really turned into a homer, they were kicking lumps out of our players yet they got the free kicks! Hope he improves but today he was a git
 
Yeah he was bad today gave us nothing how did a foul on dias turn into there free kick aswell at half time 2 of are players when to have a word grealish and cancelo I think the ref just said shut up and go away to them arrogant twat
 
It was poor that he missed the corner, but when all said and done, he simply didn't see the ball hit the defender. It happens. Oliver didn't see Ederson's touch the other week, and we almost had a goal from the incorrect goal kick.

Dias was penalised for a high boot, which was near the guy's head, so that's a fair decision also - dangerous play.

I thought the foul by Gundo was harsh, but every team gets those now and again. Thankfully, we defended well and got the win we deserved.

My main concern is that referees do not punish dissent and foul and abusive rants, as they are required to by the LOTG. But this guy isn't alone in that, and it's not really up to him to set the tone for this sort of thing.

There's definitely room for improvement, but for a referee new to the PL, I thought he was OK.
 
Paladin said:
It was poor that he missed the corner, but when all said and done, he simply didn't see the ball hit the defender. It happens. Oliver didn't see Ederson's touch the other week, and we almost had a goal from the incorrect goal kick.

Dias was penalised for a high boot, which was near the guy's head, so that's a fair decision also - dangerous play.

I thought the foul by Gundo was harsh, but every team gets those now and again. Thankfully, we defended well and got the win we deserved.

My main concern is that referees do not punish dissent and foul and abusive rants, as they are required to by the LOTG. But this guy isn't alone in that, and it's not really up to him to set the tone for this sort of thing.

There's definitely room for improvement, but for a referee new to the PL, I thought he was OK.
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Dias got to the ball first was in full control the Leicester player jumped into Ruben should have been a foul for City
 
Just back from the match and thought we controlled the match from start to finish without making many clear cut chances. Not sure how it sounded on the tv but I thought the support was brilliant (apart from the flag thief vermin) and I thought the home support was pathetic, worse even than Southampton home support. I also thought the ref was wank, seemed to give them everything. The stats for our % possession v % free kicks is ludicrous and has been for years. Good 3 points
 
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