Obviously didn't please the upper north youth but he let the the game flow, disregarded the pansies that let themselves get fairly barged off the ball and judged the 50/50 tackles for what they are, part of the game
Are you having a laugh?!?!??!? The guy was a joke today.
Weird Ref display. Up until the last 15-20 minutes he had a great game, one of the best Refs I can remember seeing for a long time. Let things go on both sides and contributed to a decent old fashioned game of football. But then he just lost it letting too much go, especially against us and didn't seem to know that outfield players aren't allowed to use their hands.
I think he was awful - Brighton play a continental style in that they look for the foot and go down - a decent ref would have sussed on to that quite early but they conned him every time. Christmas came early for them getting him yesterday!
Speaking as a retired ref, he was not particularly good. He seemed to bottle anything controversial, from either side.
To pick up on a couple of incidents raised. He was right to allow play to go on with the Haynes foul, but so wrong not to pull their player up afterwards to book him. Far too lightweight IMHO.
Although the one decision he did get right was the free kick that lead to the goal. Again, IMHO, Lawrie took one for the team there, he was given a hospital pass which lead to their attack, and he only had one option left to prevent a goal, foul the player. Unfortunately they got lucky with the deflection from the free kick.
Like some have said, he was lucky there wasn't any animosity in this game or he would have lost control.
He twice spoke to El-Abd before set pieces about shirt pulling and indicating he would ne watching him. Then on both occasions he wrestled Morro to the ground and he bottled the decision.
It was the ref from a couple of seasons back who blew up after he imagined his lino flagged for offside, then tried to give the goal to Colchester, before being told he couldn't do that by his forth official and having to disallow the goal for a second time...
Nothing quite as ridiculous this time, but I was still pretty baffled by a lot of his decisions, especially in the second half.
Thought that Brighton's players went down far too easily. Not the ref's fault of course but he got conned too easily in my opinion. Also never a free kick for their second goal, Morrison won the ball from what I could see.
He twice spoke to El-Abd before set pieces about shirt pulling and indicating he would ne watching him. Then on both occasions he wrestled Morro to the ground and he bottled the decision.
He spotted everything today, well apart from several handballs, El Abd pulling Hulse and Morro all over the gaff, CMS backing in illegally on pretty much every attack. Apart from that - excellent!
Weird Ref display. Up until the last 15-20 minutes he had a great game, one of the best Refs I can remember seeing for a long time. Let things go on both sides and contributed to a decent old fashioned game of football. But then he just lost it letting too much go, especially against us and didn't seem to know that outfield players aren't allowed to use their hands.
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To pick up on a couple of incidents raised. He was right to allow play to go on with the Haynes foul, but so wrong not to pull their player up afterwards to book him. Far too lightweight IMHO.
Although the one decision he did get right was the free kick that lead to the goal. Again, IMHO, Lawrie took one for the team there, he was given a hospital pass which lead to their attack, and he only had one option left to prevent a goal, foul the player. Unfortunately they got lucky with the deflection from the free kick.
Like some have said, he was lucky there wasn't any animosity in this game or he would have lost control.
Nothing quite as ridiculous this time, but I was still pretty baffled by a lot of his decisions, especially in the second half.