Ref Watch

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

I don’t normally get too animated on these decisions but both penalty calls last night fell way below the standards of professional refereeing. Just glad it didn’t matter in the end.

This has been the issue at City for a number of seasons now. Not only do we need to beat the team in front of us, but we also need to negate the corrupt/incompetent refereeing EVERY SINGLE GAME. This is not an issue for some teams (mainly playing in red).

 

[Mike Cledford]

CommrntTorsHe also 'ignored' a push on KDB.

Definite push to prevent Kevin getting the ball but l find it disturbing that Hinchcliffe was in immediately to say it wasn't a penalty and when the ball went down the other end he was equally quick to say a similar sort of incident was a penalty.
If there is match fixing going on what better matches to use than City who are almost used to strange decisions and we almost expect them. Add in commentators and pundits all too willing to back whacky decisions by officials and you can camouflage lots of things in a match. As we have seen in cricket all sorts of things can be better on in gambling markets. It is not necessarily the final result.
It cannot be often that a team that scores 5 and increases its lead at the top has its fans still angry about refs across 2 or 3 threads over 14 hours later.

 

[JCB001]

Then it’s just reffed as it has been for over a hundred years with two linos and a ref.

Hmm what would happen if the sides didn't agree?

No VAR wins...oh hang on

 

[JCB001]

I think my hatred of refs all stems from playing liverpool and George Courtney.

Alf Grey was the one for me

 

[bavarian blue]

Alf Grey in helping Liverpool shocker.

 

[BLUEMATT23]

We don't complain enough that's the issue.
Sunday we had that rag twat Taylor who couldn't wait to award them a spot kick and last night's farce.
We are too soft in the PR and too soft in moaning to the FA.
Fuck em all

 

[eversince 76]

I’m fed up with the refereeing standards. Best league in the world. Not so much the referees. Been going on for years. And introducing VAR hadn’t helped. It has made the game slower and less exiting.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

I just saw Chris Foy interviewed and he said he would have awarded a pen, and if not VAR should have done so. He’s been out of the game for a few years, but from what I recall he always seemed fairer than this hopeless bunch.

Fair?????

I'll just chuck one in, have a look at his performance at Norwich we won 6-1, where he gave them everything until we'd gone 3 up then reffed fairly as he'd fucked up ripping us off.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

I think my hatred of refs all stems from playing liverpool and George Courtney.

*shudders*

 

[Inter Me Nan]

Have they come out with Moss being injured for the weekend yet?