Referees’ Performances | 2024/2025

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Ah, but are they naturally dogshit or deliberately dogshit?

Some of them have a very subtle way of having an effect on the game, and others are just blatant. (For reference, see Riley in the infamous Rag's v Tarquin's game at the swamp)

 

[fierydan]

They don't seem to be terribly desperate to close down those avenues where officials may be able to 'manipulate' outcomes. Still waiting for them to introduce semi-automated offside, but they just keep coming up with excuses.

Coming in next fixture after the derby.
One last chance to screw us!

 

[Kippax77]

Coming in next fixture after the derby.
One last chance to screw us!

Yeah lets see which of our players will be put out of action for the next few weeks during this fixture

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Coming in next fixture after the derby.
One last chance to screw us!

That Rashford/Rat Face scenario would still have happened with SAOT as the officials are still free to interpret if a player is interfering or not.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Ah, but are they naturally dogshit or deliberately dogshit?

Both

 

[andthesunshineband]

Ah, but are they naturally dogshit or deliberately dogshit?

Shame they're not white dogshit as you don't get that much nowadays?

 

[TinFoilHat]

Dipper lover for the rags at least he'll hate both of us.

Referee: John Brooks (pictured above). Assistants: Simon Bennett, Dan Robathan. Fourth official: Tony Harrington. VAR: Paul Tierney. Assistant VAR: Tim Wood.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Dipper lover for the rags at least he'll hate both of us.

Referee: John Brooks (pictured above). Assistants: Simon Bennett, Dan Robathan. Fourth official: Tony Harrington. VAR: Paul Tierney. Assistant VAR: Tim Wood.

At least Alty hasn't got the gig...or Madley....or Attwell...or...

 

[Dereck Jeffries 3 wd]

Quite dreadfull tonight, how he dint see two players attempting to pull Savinho s shirt twice and then in the area his shorts( black for all to see) is amazing. Well it’s not he is just like most of then. C…s

 

[denTTony]

Absolute clown, blatant pull in the box missed when he was close enough, did he get anything right ?

 

[Aba452]

There were at least two penalty appeals, one each half as well as those cheeky foxes trying to help Savinho out of his shirt and shorts at the same time!

England was shocking today, the customary tactics of any of our first offences more likely to be cards than the kick the fuck out of us that the opposition employ, every time! We are also world record holders I presume in having var checks where penalties aren't given for fouls in the box, and for the speed of those decisions. Quite the levelling up......

 

[bluetonium]

Just have to laugh at the state of officiating, when the referee doesn't award anything for Savinho being pulled back first outside the area, so he carries on and has two hands pulling him back inside the area, you can literally see the shirt and shorts extending away from the body, only to blow immediately when Savinho grabs a handful of shirt back in retaliation.

Different standards, different application of the rules purely depending on the colour of the shirt, and there is demonstrably no other reason.

Didn't affect the game at all, but the referee let the game down with that particular decision. A repeated pull lasting over five seconds from two players is not enough for a penalty but a short, sharp pull back in retaliation is enough for a free kick the other way? Give over.

 

[eyalluvitt]

Just have to laugh at the state of officiating, when the referee doesn't award anything for Savinho being pulled back first outside the area, so he carries on and has two hands pulling him back inside the area, you can literally see the shirt and shorts extending away from the body, only to blow immediately when Savinho grabs a handful of shirt back in retaliation.

Different standards, different application of the rules purely depending on the colour of the shirt, and there is demonstrably no other reason.

Didn't affect the game at all, but the referee let the game down with that particular decision. A repeated pull lasting over five seconds from two players is not enough for a penalty but a short, sharp pull back in retaliation is enough for a free kick the other way? Give over.

A laughable decision

 

[eyalluvitt]

That Rashford/Rat Face scenario would still have happened with SAOT as the officials are still free to interpret if a player is interfering or not.

See Madrid v Sociedad last night, bent as

 

[City_Sean]

In a season of shit performances I thought tonight's referee was absolutely terrible. So, so bad.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

There were at least two penalty appeals, one each half as well as those cheeky foxes trying to help Savinho out of his shirt and shorts at the same time!

England was shocking today, the customary tactics of any of our first offences more likely to be cards than the kick the fuck out of us that the opposition employ, every time! We are also world record holders I presume in having var checks where penalties aren't given for fouls in the box, and for the speed of those decisions. Quite the levelling up......

It does my fucking nut in the the ratio of cards to fouls we get when the possession stats are heavily in our favour. And then when ref's drop a couple of opposition yellow cards in late on just to even up the stats.

I'm more inclined to believe it is a conscious and coordinated effort to level the field in certain games. Not so much this season, but 3 and 4 seasons ago it was fucking blatant that we had to be 20-30% better than the opposition to just negate the shitty officiating.

 

[nmc]

Darren England is a really poor ref…. Hard to fathom how he’s refereeing at this level, never seen him have a good game.

 

[stoneblue]

I felt his positioning was poor at times. It’s difficult enough against a 10 man defence but when the referee makes it 11 it gets even harder. The better referees stand and watch the play in front of them rather than being in the middle of it!

 

[TinFoilHat]

Darren Dipper England gives Everton a penalty that he should have given us on Wednesday.

Funny that...

 

[TonyColemansbagofapples]

The standard under Old Mother was appalling. Incredibly, Howard Red has managed to make things worse.