Ref Watch

[SK14BLUE]

Yep, if that wasn’t a dangerous challenge which was meant to inflict serious harm on an opponent I really don’t know what is

Straight red all day

 

[Jesus H Gabz]

In which case why was he not booked ?

Exactly what I said at the time, it was that dramatic it could only be a pen or a card, there was also no announcement that anything went to VAR on the big screens, which was totally different to the disallowed Mahrez goal, which was clearly offside, and was clearly displayed

 

[berryblue]

RU is just posh blokes having a fight, shit to watch

I often wondered why they actually need a ball in RU.?

 

[JRockBlues]

Gundog was lucky not to have a fractured cheekbone or broken jaw after that assault today. To be fair to the defender I don't think he meant to do him quite like that but there was certainly intent to clatter into him. The directive for this season has been to allow a certain amount of contact but something like this incident is the direct result of that. It's going to end with someone seriously hurt and then we'll have the screaming for protection of the players again. We were winning 1-0 at half-time & I was still spitting feathers because of the officiating again. Only football can do this.

The first foul on Lewis by Nunez was worthy of a yellow but ref just gave him a talking to. He then allowed Grealish to again be kicked to kingdom come before finally getting out a card. Wolves fans derided him so much he gave one to Rodri for the merest shirt tug just to appease them. An absolute scandal that the penalty at the end of the first half wasn't given and was even thinking the one that we did get might've been ignored too. It was that blatant though I don't think he had much choice. Thankfully we went on for a comfortable win and pretty much made Coote irrelevant for the rest of the 2nd half.

 

[Bentheblue]

I’ve always thought that the Prem league should have refs and VAR officials from Europe and ours should go over there.

Some of the World Cup refs were excellent, far better bent unfit prem refs who don’t know offside rules.

 

[Chris in London]

It’s about time the richest league in the world started hiring the best refs in the world.

the ones we have are, in the main, shit.

unless of course there is more to it than that

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

I don’t mean why it wasn’t looked at, I meant why didn’t David Coonte give a red in the first place

Probably under instruction to keep the game 'competitive'. Had roles been reversed I think he'd have sent Gundo off.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Probably under instruction to keep the game 'competitive'. Had roles been reversed I think he'd have sent Gundo off.

Almost certainly. It’s clear that the PL would prefer an easy arsenal title win rather than a competitive title race with us in it, which is weird

 

[Gray]

I’ve always thought that the Prem league should have refs and VAR officials from Europe and ours should go over there.

Bloody hell we already have Ukraine & Russia at war, you don’t want other countries starting one do you?

 

[Ajm1985]

Worst decision of the weekend was at Klanfield. Within the first 3 or 4 minutes Robertson wiped out a Chelsea player in the first 3 or 4 minutes with an ill timed challenge that appeared to be premeditated. However, the referee seemed to give him leeway as it was so early in the game. Fast forward a few hours and Palace defender Guehi committed a similar tackle albeit not as nasty and was given a yellow card after 3 minutes.
The inconsistency of how different teams are referred stinks.

That Robertson one was rough, he just booted the Chelsea player. No reason why he didn't get a card and would have made him wind it in