Ref Watch

As always the opposing team think's the officiating was biased the other way which always makes me think it was unbiassed but errors were made for both.
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Even by RAWK’s demented standards, that’s some serious lunacy. What offside goal? What DeBruyne dive? I can only recall him even being fouled once, which was when Henderson clearly trod across the bridge of his foot for the free kick Mahrez then pinged just wide in the 1st half. Special
 
I thought the ref did well today no complaints from me. Rodri was a definitely a yellow, Fabinio & TAA were fouls but in my opinion not worthy of a card. He did warn them and they didn’t commit any notable fowls afterwards.
The offsides & Lino flagging is frustrating but it was the right outcome every time.
He can ref us again for me!
And taa going right through the back of Jack wasn’t a yellow? And the blatant dive by Gapko wasn’t a yellow? The various pull backs weren’t yellows? SEVEN dippers surrounding the ref trying to get Rodri sent off wasn’t a yellow? Right
 
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The ref did favour Liverpool. As it has been mentioned by BBS although Rodri was correctly yellow carded, Hooper did miss plenty of bookings for the team in red and allowed dissent from them.
 
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Even by RAWK’s demented standards, that’s some serious lunacy. What offside goal? What DeBruyne dive? I can only recall him even being fouled once, which was when Henderson clearly trod across the bridge of his foot for the free kick Mahrez then pinged just wide in the 1st half. Special

I assume he's talking about de Bruyne's goal which was fine under the laws.

Obviously de Bruyne was in an offside position when the ball went out to Mahrez, meaning he had a several yard start on the defenders for the ball back to him. Happens quite a lot, and while annoying when it's against us, it's not something the ref got wrong.
 
Even by RAWK’s demented standards, that’s some serious lunacy. What offside goal? What DeBruyne dive? I can only recall him even being fouled once, which was when Henderson clearly trod across the bridge of his foot for the free kick Mahrez then pinged just wide in the 1st half. Special
Our 1st. In the build up, the pass from De Bruyne to Mahrez. It was tight but not off. He's claiming it may have been off if they had bothered to check it.
 
I assume he's talking about de Bruyne's goal which was fine under the laws.

Obviously de Bruyne was in an offside position when the ball went out to Mahrez, meaning he had a several yard start on the defenders for the ball back to him. Happens quite a lot, and while annoying when it's against us, it's not something the ref got wrong.
One of theirs was in an offside position when the ball for their goal was played through, too.
 
Just rewatched the first half.....its unbelievable that Fabinho,Arnold and Salah all walked off the pitch without a caution.
It's quite understandable when you consider who has the whistle and the cards in their pocket. I posted on the post-match thread that it seems inconceivable that the LotG mandate a caution for a player attempting to grab hold of someone and prevent them from making forward progress whilst finding nothing wrong with a player who persistently chops an opponent down and, er. prevents them from making forward progress. The first is likely to 'annoy' the recipient, whilst the latter is more than likely to put a player out of the game or even out of the season. Hooper was the epitome of dereliction in the first half, particularly when the Dippers thought they had a foothold in the game and could 'persuade' the ref to be lenient whilst they employed the usual 'rough house'! I never fail to be totally bemused, annoyed and frustrated with the performance of a ref, and the next match just conjures up a specimen who was infinitely worse than the previous one.

One could also pose the question that if Rodri was booked for holding the Dipper why was he not sent off when he tried it again!

Inconsistence and/or incompetence when applying the LotG. Surely it couldn't be utter confusion in attempting to apply judgement, PiGMOL directives, and a safe passage for those wearing red shirts?
 
It's quite understandable when you consider who has the whistle and the cards in their pocket. I posted on the post-match thread that it seems inconceivable that the LotG mandate a caution for a player attempting to grab hold of someone and prevent them from making forward progress whilst finding nothing wrong with a player who persistently chops an opponent down and, er. prevents them from making forward progress. The first is likely to 'annoy' the recipient, whilst the latter is more than likely to put a player out of the game or even out of the season. Hooper was the epitome of dereliction in the first half, particularly when the Dippers thought they had a foothold in the game and could 'persuade' the ref to be lenient whilst they employed the usual 'rough house'! I never fail to be totally bemused, annoyed and frustrated with the performance of a ref, and the next match just conjures up a specimen who was infinitely worse than the previous one.

One could also pose the question that if Rodri was booked for holding the Dipper why was he not sent off when he tried it again!

Inconsistence and/or incompetence when applying the LotG. Surely it couldn't be utter confusion in attempting to apply judgement, PiGMOL directives, and a safe passage for those wearing red shirts?
Rodri was apparently booked not only for the holding offence but also under the 'totting up' process. Hooper made a point of demonstrating this at the time and Dermott Gallagher mentioned it on Ref Watch. I'm quite happy with players who have committed persistent fouls receiving yellow cards, however when Rodri was booked (minute 33) the foul tally according to the BBC match report was:
5' Fabinho
7' Fabinho
13' Henderson
19' Stones
23' Stones
33' Rodri - yellow card
Make of that what you will but unless Rodri was booked because of John Stones' 2 previous fouls, then he was booked for his first foul and not as a result of persistent fouls.
 
Even by RAWK’s demented standards, that’s some serious lunacy. What offside goal? What DeBruyne dive? I can only recall him even being fouled once, which was when Henderson clearly trod across the bridge of his foot for the free kick Mahrez then pinged just wide in the 1st half. Special
What game were you watching la? Dat de bruyne is a right cheatin **** and is not fit to lace Hendo's boots. All dem goals were miles offside mate. Dat rodderi could of broke Gakpo's collarbone the dirty twat. It just wasn't our day and to top it all you lot destroyed the coach and should replay the game.
 
Rodri was apparently booked not only for the holding offence but also under the 'totting up' process. Hooper made a point of demonstrating this at the time and Dermott Gallagher mentioned it on Ref Watch. I'm quite happy with players who have committed persistent fouls receiving yellow cards, however when Rodri was booked (minute 33) the foul tally according to the BBC match report was:
5' Fabinho
7' Fabinho
13' Henderson
19' Stones
23' Stones
33' Rodri - yellow card
Make of that what you will but unless Rodri was booked because of John Stones' 2 previous fouls, then he was booked for his first foul and not as a result of persistent fouls.
I think Rodri had pulled someone back earlier in the game when the ref played on, so not recorded as a foul.
 

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