Referees/Officials 2017/18 performances

[Don Karleone]

Saw Sky were re-running the match this morning so recorded it.

Used a stop watch for the second half when there were injuries to Fuchs, Hamer, Mangala and Foden.

There were also substitutions Mahrez & Vardy 57 mins, Gray 71 mins, Walker 81 mins and Nmecha 88 mins.

I got the timing to 7 mins 39 secs so I will have to apologise to Mr. Blobby regarding his time keeping, alas I can not say the same about his eyesight.

By the way the Sky recording showed the whole game up to the end of the first period of extra time and then nothing else, very weird!!!

Not a chance we'd have got 8 minutes if we were the ones losing.

 

[Eds]

Saw Sky were re-running the match this morning so recorded it.

Used a stop watch for the second half when there were injuries to Fuchs, Hamer, Mangala and Foden.

There were also substitutions Mahrez & Vardy 57 mins, Gray 71 mins, Walker 81 mins and Nmecha 88 mins.

I got the timing to 7 mins 39 secs so I will have to apologise to Mr. Blobby regarding his time keeping, alas I can not say the same about his eyesight.

By the way the Sky recording showed the whole game up to the end of the first period of extra time and then nothing else, very weird!!!

The problem is though that the time added on rarely if ever is from as soon as a player goes down and then when play continues. I have said previously that I was expecting six minutes - eight was taking the piss.

 

[Gabriel]

Was going to start a thread on this but thought best in here. With hindsight, and tongue firmly in cheek, well, to an extent, can we consider this the most influential refereeing decision of the season?

Oliver wasn’t even refereeing on the night, though he apparently informed Madley to caution and thus send off Walker. The decision galvanised everyone that evening but, more importantly, it appeared to bring an abrupt halt to the 3-5-2 experiment that Guardiola had seemed intent on using; and in all honesty it had looked anything but satisfactory up to that point. Would Guardiola, famously stubborn,have changed otherwise? Would we have been as successful persisting with 3-5-2? Should we therefore consider Oliver in a new light? Peace and goodwill to all...

Too soon, right? Thought so.

 

[Fame Monster]

Was going to start a thread on this but thought best in here. With hindsight, and tongue firmly in cheek, well, to an extent, can we consider this the most influential refereeing decision of the season?

Oliver wasn’t even refereeing on the night, though he apparently informed Madley to caution and thus send off Walker. The decision galvanised everyone that evening but, more importantly, it appeared to bring an abrupt halt to the 3-5-2 experiment that Guardiola had seemed intent on using; and in all honesty it had looked anything but satisfactory up to that point. Would Guardiola, famously stubborn,have changed otherwise? Would we have been as successful persisting with 3-5-2? Should we therefore consider Oliver in a new light? Peace and goodwill to all...

Too soon, right? Thought so.

We played 3-5-2 in games after that. I think (but might be wrong) it was the Feyenoord game where we played a different system for the first time

 

[Newquayblue]

That's without mentioning the ridiculous free-kick he gave at the edge of our box when Mangala headed the ball.

Yep, forgot about that - we really must make some sort of complaint.

 

[Gabriel]

We played 3-5-2 in games after that. I think (but might be wrong) it was the Feyenoord game where we played a different system for the first time

That’s what I initially thought, but I checked and we rang the changes after the Everton game and stopped playing three centre backs.

 

[Newquayblue]

Agreed CB and you will find by and large the decisions that matter haven't gone our way this year such as those last night.

I have looked at Walker's booking a number of times and their is contact before he hits the floor although in the old days it wouldn't have got a mention either way.

As for their penalty again based on the past two 2 match suspensions handed out I wouldn't be looking at Gray being on the team sheet against Manure.

Again it does little to help us though both in this game and the game coming up and if anything only helps Manure.

Straight to VAR and the penalty decision would have been reversed.

I am not a fan of the two match ban for diving if no yellow is given and if one is the punishment is left at that.

I think a ban for the rest of the game even if its in the dying stages and no matter where it occurs on the pitch is fair enough.

If you are sent off for diving on 2 occasions a one match ban on top of penalising your team by being one man short is more appropriate.

In any case that's up for debate but there has to be a better way than the current system as it penalises the side it shouldn't and rewards the side that should be punished within a game.

How feasible would it be to make the offending player's team play with 10 men the next time they play that team, or 10 men from the time the simulation occurred in their next meeting? Hopefully VAR will make things a little more fair.

 

[kaz7]

still fucking annoyed today,blobby sure does have a prob with ky,we should protest him doing our games and show him why

 

[Newquayblue]

Gray gets a 2 game ban for diving city don’t benefit at all the rule is garbage.

This. And what about those who are penalised and were fouled?

 

[Blue Til Death]

Madeley should be struck off for that performance last night alone, in truth he refs that bad every game.. Useless,
Fat, rag, ****