Skaville
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I feel sorry for Locadia. What a hero he could have been
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[Humour] Sian Massey
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Deary me
BensGrandad
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What was the point as he had blown and they had to defend possibly Millwalls last attack, so very professional of them.
luppers
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I agree with you,dont think she did much wrong in the game unlike the other two clowns.
Silverhatch
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It's what VAR is for; rectifying split second clearly wrong decisions. Don't mind her. There are a lot worse linos out there.
What’s the pun?
wolfie
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To be fair, whenever I've seen her in the past, she has seemed highly competent, despite the gender bias that I'm sure she probably experiences. Last couple of games though, she has seemed very quick to raise the flag before thinking.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
What was the name of the other linesman?
All officials make mistakes, and Massey has officiated at lots of our games in the past, getting the majority of decisions right.
All officials make mistakes, and Massey has officiated at lots of our games in the past, getting the majority of decisions right.
2 Millwall players that she couldn’t see from her position, mind.
banjo
GOSBTS
4) it could of.
Tom Bombadil
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Anyone that thinks that was an easy decision is deluded. if you see it again he's only marginally onside at the point the ball is played and moving fairly quickly. The player passing the ball forward is far enough away at enough of an angle that she cant see both players at the same time. Picking those out is no simple skill and the very best are going to call plenty of that sort of decision wrong
hart's shirt
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All 3 main officials in the team were abject today.
Sian Massey-Ellis was part of this, so she deserves an amount of criticism that's in proportion to her errors. No more, no less.
Non-given penalties, Murray taken out before their 1st, a clear handball in the build-up to their 2nd, inconsistency with fouls and bookings.
And all that was before Locadia's winner was incorrectly ruled out.
These are currently the 4 top-ranked comments from the BBC's match summary.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/47512116/comments?sortBy=HighestRating&sortOrder=Descending&filter=none#comments
"Another unbelievably poor game from the officials, which luckily this time didn't cost a team a place at Wembley like Swansea."
"Millwall did okay but, the officials were a disgrace."
"Brighton had to win that game 3 times due to some abysmal refereeing."
"Justice done after some shockingly biased refereeing from Chris Kavanaugh."
It's clear from the above that VAR has to come in asap.
Sian Massey-Ellis was part of this, so she deserves an amount of criticism that's in proportion to her errors. No more, no less.
Non-given penalties, Murray taken out before their 1st, a clear handball in the build-up to their 2nd, inconsistency with fouls and bookings.
And all that was before Locadia's winner was incorrectly ruled out.
These are currently the 4 top-ranked comments from the BBC's match summary.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/47512116/comments?sortBy=HighestRating&sortOrder=Descending&filter=none#comments
"Another unbelievably poor game from the officials, which luckily this time didn't cost a team a place at Wembley like Swansea."
"Millwall did okay but, the officials were a disgrace."
"Brighton had to win that game 3 times due to some abysmal refereeing."
"Justice done after some shockingly biased refereeing from Chris Kavanaugh."
It's clear from the above that VAR has to come in asap.
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But, you notice that she couldn't see the Millwall players from her position, given two Brighton players are in line in front of them. From her viewpoint I think most would've given offside there.
Why is it unfair ? You are in a pub drinking beer and watching on a tv screen other aspects of the game.
The lino was less than 10 feet away and her job is to watch this sort of thing very closely. It isn't unfair in the slightest. It's happened now move on.
