am i hallucinating? i see these threads week in, week out, regardless of whether we lost or not and regardless of whether the ref was biased towards us or against usThat's an improvement for these threads.
There was nothing there today that made me feel he was bad. I don't go looking for it. Tight calls are exactly that. Subjective for fans.
Very much this. Thankfully didn't make a game changing decision but awfully inconsistent.Dreadful for both teams in fairness.
Love him but that's one aspect of his game he needs to get rid of. Will get a reputation, be targeted and might get some red cards.All referees buy shithousing. Enciso was not innocent in that department.
Yes, perhaps. All that said....my point was that Villa probably had more to complain about today than ourselvesLove him but that's one aspect of his game he needs to get rid of. Will get a reputation, be targeted and might get some red cards.
Sure - but he was consistently bad for both sides. Atwell's performance was the most corrupt, Big 6/Home fans biased refereeing display, I have ever seen. Coote's display doesn't come close.Probably not, although could argue he should have sent off Polish curtains for a clear second yellow and we may not have lost…
I was swearing at him all game, but when he dished out a yellow, for Enciso, basically doing his rolling around on the floor in agony thing, I was a little embarrassedHe was appalling. Inconsistent, he looked terrified when players challenged him. I watched on TV with a bar full of neutrals and no-one had any idea what he was doing, his decisions lacked any logic or evidence, it was like he was just rolling a dice in the second half. Truly incompetent showing. I don’t know what elite level refs have to do to be chucked on the scrap heap.
He's gone down easily a few times unfortunately. The trouble is the refs actually study this stuff. All part of being professional they say, knowing exactly what to look out for from each player.I am getting a little f***ed off with the PGMOL collective decision that Mitoma is never fouled.
There does seem to have been a memo gone out over the past couple of months.
When you see the number of free kicks dished out for attackers being tackled near the box, it does beggar belief, that Mitoma never wins a freekick/penalty.
Maybe but so did Zaha and Grealish, never stopped refs continually giving freekicksHe's gone down easily a few times unfortunately. The trouble is the refs actually study this stuff. All part of being professional they say, knowing exactly what to look out for from each player.
Seems totally wrong to me. I can see how it helps them do their job but think they should try to go into every match with no preconceptions about anyone.
Yep, it took 40 years for me to doubt a ref's impartiality but I may never get over Atwell and Salisbury's disgraceful performances. I note Atwell didn't appear at any more of our games this season. He deserves absolute pelters when he eventually reappears in front of us. Very lucky that that travesty didn't cost us a European spot.Sure - but he was consistently bad for both sides. Atwell's performance was the most corrupt, Big 6/Home fans biased refereeing display, I have ever seen. Coote's display doesn't come close.
Atwell did get one of the most important matches of the entire season though. Everton's game at Goodison today. Astonishing really.Yep, it took 40 years for me to doubt a ref's impartiality but I may never get over Atwell and Salisbury's disgraceful performances. I note Atwell didn't appear at any more of our games this season. He deserves absolute pelters when he eventually reappears in front of us. Very lucky that that travesty didn't cost us a European spot.
Today's ref was hopeless but hopeless for both teams. By the end he had given up any pretence of being in control of the game.
Japanese fans these days are saying like "Mitoma should learn how to go down correctly from Mac Allister or Enciso!"He's gone down easily a few times unfortunately. The trouble is the refs actually study this stuff. All part of being professional they say, knowing exactly what to look out for from each player.
Seems totally wrong to me. I can see how it helps them do their job but think they should try to go into every match with no preconceptions about anyone.
On the radio they said Everton had three good shouts for penalties but that he was "determined not to give Everton a penalty unless it was beyond any question at all". On the one hand I guess that's good, on the other hand it sounds like commentators tactfully saying he's getting it wrong. Again.Atwell did get one of the most important matches of the entire season though. Everton's game at Goodison today. Astonishing really.