Ref Watch

[Looby blue]

Everytime there's a thread bemoaning the ref for an upcoming Derby we usually end up winning it.

 

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No worries.

 

[Gingers Dad]

Was hoping for Alty believe it or not.

Same I think he does ok in the Derby. Probably aware of the suspicion that he might not be an Alty fan

 

[Deleted member 77198]

He was ref at the infamous 2019 Anfield game which led to Pep confronting him at ft. He also denied us a stonewall pen for a foul on Aguero in the 2016 league cup final as well (also against Liverpool).

That doesn’t mean he’s not a good ref. All refs make mistakes, even good refs have terrible games, just like the best players do.

 

[JRockBlues]

Just gonna leave this here:

Grey's Law: "Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice."

 

[The Future’s Blue!]

It’s only a red if the player makes no attempt whatsoever to play the ball, so for example pulling the player back by his shirt. If you make a ‘genuine’ attempt then it’s a yellow which was the case for the Foden penalty. No idea why Havertz wasn’t yellow carded though, maybe in all the VAR nonsense the ref forgot.

Oh, I get that, mate, and I’d argue that he didn’t make a genuine attempt to get the ball as he actually punched it away, just as if he’d saved it on the line, denying a goal scoring opportunity.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Havertz deliberate handball, Koulibaly push in the back and trip.

Not a yellow card given to either of them, where is the consistency?

I'll give you a clue... There isn't any consistency. The disparity of the referee's decision making between us and Chelsea was shocking.

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

I thought it was a red for denying a goal scoring opportunity, but what do I know.

No that's only if your name's Laporte and it's on the halfway line ;-)

 

[cheekybids]

Rodder's was getting kicked all over the place, from the moment he got deliberately stamped on to the moment he got subbed off. The ref gave nothing, but the moment he took matters into his own hands and gave it back the ref couldn't wait to get his card out.

Cancelo was just a late challenge. Nothing malicious or dangerous, just late. Same with Bernie; in the context of the game it was bullshit. What Gallagher EVENTUALLY got carded for was way worse, but if we're saying that Bernardo's challenge was worthy of a card Gallagher should have had at least three, and two or three other players should have been booked for them also.

I was just trawling through the fa cup results & saw the following stats that startled me.

For once the team with the least possession (33%) had committed the most fouls(15). Clearly not a City game.

However, what shocked me having seen those stats, they still only had 1 booking which makes me think they’ll only book the player if there is space to run into rather than consistently fouling.

But 1 booking after committing 15 fouls is a pisstake.

 

[old blue]

Can anybody explain to me why Dendonker got a red card?

No..but he will never get dropped.