Referees' Performances | 2025/26

[give it to gordon]

More evidence of Oliver’s lack of backbone. As if more was needed.

Good job it wasn't aggressive walking

 

[BlueTG]

I’ve just seen a replay of that challenge on Doku, it was a clear red. Another one missed on him.

 

[waspish]

The decision not to send Keane off was unforgiveable. He allowed them to foul Doku with impunity all night.

It’s not pep ways to moan after games but Arteta does it constantly oh and Moyse last night first thing out of his mouth mouth was bad decisions against his team! Oh look this morning it’s moyse talking about being hard done by! No one is even talking about that leg breaker on Doku! Yes we won the lot with pep not moaning but when we not on it and the team has a lot of new players speed, is when small margins come into games! We don’t do the small margins..

 

[paulchapo]

I'm just wondering if we as match going supporters who pay a lot of money for the product can mount our own action against pigmol and the premier league?

They've brushed the Henderson fiasco from last season under the carpet but i don't feel we should just let it lie. We also have had some outrageous decisions against us this season that they shouldn't be allowed to just fob off.

 

[Prater70]

We don't help ourselves though do we? Fernandes would have been around and barking at Oliver after every foul last night. Being captain gives some sort of impunity as to constantly moan about decisions.

 

[Pingu the Penguin]

Allowed them to kick us all over the park tonight without any consequences.

Would be suprised if that wasn’t Moyes’ half time team talk. After Keane stayed on the pitch he probably just said that’s the standard now in this game

 

[feedmpenzaandhewillscore]

We have been our own worst enemy at not putting teams away this season, however if the ref does his job with the blatant red last night and in the derby, not to mention the horror show the officials produced at Newcastle the out come of those games potentially changes and also the league.

 

[Sky Blue]

I seriously fear for Doku's career if this is the shit he has to put up with. Still fuming with that arrogant little fuckstick Oliver. I'm convinced he's a wrong un. Proper bent.

 

[Pingu the Penguin]

We have been our own worst enemy at not putting teams away this season, however if the ref does his job with the blatant red last night and in the derby, not to mention the horror show the officials produced at Newcastle the out come of those games potentially changes and also the league.

As with the cup final last year refs are costing us trophies. I would also love to hear Oliver’s explanation for not sending off the other CB after he told him to fuck off right to his face on live TV too

 

[trublue55]

Personally, I thought Doku dived, it was only “ a glancing blow” and he has a reputation for being on the end of “glancing blows”

 

[Stiff Little Wingers]

I'm just wondering if we as match going supporters who pay a lot of money for the product can mount our own action against pigmol and the premier league?

They've brushed the Henderson fiasco from last season under the carpet but i don't feel we should just let it lie. We also have had some outrageous decisions against us this season that they shouldn't be allowed to just fob off.

Agree and what makes it so much harder to bear is that there is no media impartiality these days so it all gets either glossed over or justified through reasoning that the greatest fiction writers would turn their noses up at

 

[paulchapo]

Agree and what makes it so much harder to bear is that there is no media impartiality these days so it all gets either glossed over or justified through reasoning that the greatest fiction writers would turn their noses up at

If the rags or Liverpool are on the end of such decisions it's discussed all week.

 

[homerdog]

Would be suprised if that wasn’t Moyes’ half time team talk.

It was, he said he told his players to get stuck in during his interview after the game.
**** of a ref let them do exactly that.

 

[skillman]

Would be suprised if that wasn’t Moyes’ half time team talk. After Keane stayed on the pitch he probably just said that’s the standard now in this game

Yep. Not only is a bad decision in isolation - it spurs sides on as they know they can get away with it.

Say Tarkowski does the same challenge in the second half…they can’t send him off as they’d be admitting fault to the Keane one.

Referees used to hide behind the game being fast and ill judgement, now they hide behind VAR and let them make the decision for them. Cowardly from Oliver and just plain shit from VAR - expect another ‘the panel ruled Keane should’ve been sent off’ statement in a few days, much like the Gabriel red.

Cunts.

 

[mattcity5]

First 10 minutes he gave us decisions, stopped play for injuries, then we dominated. Once we were dominating and the home crowd were getting restless it was as if he decided he had to "give them a chance" and let them try and kick us off the pitch. Utterly shite.

 

[paulchapo]

We have been our own worst enemy at not putting teams away this season, however if the ref does his job with the blatant red last night and in the derby, not to mention the horror show the officials produced at Newcastle the out come of those games potentially changes and also the league.

That's eight more points we could have potentially had. At the time it's shrugged off as often there's a lot more games to play but come the end of the season you realise how important and impactful they all proved to be. There was also the Semenyo hair pull which should have been a penalty and a red card too, was it the Brighton game? That's two more points if it was.

 

[Gordyola]

Also I never once saw him hurry Pickford up the amount of times they pretended to go short then went long was a joke

Only once did he tell a player to go back for a throw in, yep a City player Everton got a free kick about 10 yards outside the box it was put down about 20 yards then Pickford came along kicked the ball a few yards forward then picked the ball up and threw it a few yards more Did Olivar say anything of course not

 

[Gordyola]

Oliver and Taylor are Webb's go to boys for City games as they are not scared to carry out the agenda

Dalot assault on Docku =Yellow
Gabriel head butt on Erling = Yellow
Keene assault on Docku = Yellow

The vast majority of neutrals all think the above should have been red card offences in fact the PL Panel unanimously decided that Gabriel should have been sent off

 

[Gordyola]

Sorry can't agree, if the players can put that urgency & pass the ball that much quicker in the last 15 mins of the game they can do it from minute 1. Doesn't take a robot to pass the ball quicker instead of farting about taking 3 or 4 touches, these are elite athletes that train week in week out! It's ok to disagree, and if you think that result tonight was down to refereeing decisions & not our complacency then im afraid I'll have to disagree with you.

You disagree that
"Referees should be honest and impartial. They are not".

 

[Ban-jani]

You disagree that
"Referees should be honest and impartial. They are not".

Oliver was impartial. The problem last night was he was giving us free kicks in the first half quite rightly, because they were kicking lumps out of us. But it was happening so frequently the crowd got on his back and he bottled it, which he’s got a habit of doing.

By the end of the game he wasn’t giving the right decision and let the crowd ref the game. It’s not bias, he started well, he’s just a coward.