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[Humour] Sian Massey
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seagulls4ever
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Er, yeah I've seen that one. That's not a thread that is specifically referencing Chris Kavanagh is it? It's about the officials in general, including Sian Massey. It was only Massey who got her own thread (with calls for her to be sacked/demoted), even though Kavanagh had a far poorer game (although difficult to compare like-for-like as they are different jobs).
Massey's one (big) error is obviously referenced, but that is a thread about the terrible refereeing of the game. Pretend otherwise, if you like
highflyer
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Errr...
The Wizard
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Can’t be bothered to read 13 pages but I’m betting someone has thrown in that this is sexism, one of my biggest gripes nowadays is that you can’t criticize people for fear that you will be labled sexist, it’s a total nonsense she should be treated in the same way as a male linesman, it’s similar to Sol Campbell at Macclesfield he’s been criticised for his management and people immediately jump to the racism allegation, 1 win in 7 games before Saturday means he should equally susceptible to being critiqued as anyone else.
All that being said, given the standard of officiating we’ve seen this season she’s not exactly an exception the general standard of refereeing and officiating this season has reached a new low both for and against us IMO, personally I’m not a massive fan of the stop start nature of VAR but I think such is the standard of officiating that it’s an absolute MUST in modern football.
All that being said, given the standard of officiating we’ve seen this season she’s not exactly an exception the general standard of refereeing and officiating this season has reached a new low both for and against us IMO, personally I’m not a massive fan of the stop start nature of VAR but I think such is the standard of officiating that it’s an absolute MUST in modern football.
seagulls4ever
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Massey's one (big) error is obviously referenced, but that is a thread about the terrible refereeing of the game. Pretend otherwise, if you like
This thread starts out by specifically referencing Massey, suggesting she should be sacked/demoted.
The other thread references the officiating in general (the clue is in the title), which includes all the officials. "Poorest officials" - see the plural. And it does not start out by specifically referencing Kavanagh. No one has started a thread calling Kavanagh a f-ing disgrace and saying he should be sacked.
This is despite Kavanagh being the poorest official yesterday. Tells you all you need to know.
Pretend otherwise, if you like
banjo
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His knee does look offside to be fair.
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This thread starts out by specifically referencing Massey, suggesting she should be sacked/demoted.
The other thread references the officiating in general (the clue is in the title), which includes all the officials. "Poorest officials" - see the plural. And it does not start out by specifically referencing Kavanagh. No one has started a thread calling Kavanagh a f-ing disgrace and saying he should be sacked.
This is despite Kavanagh being the poorest official yesterday. Tells you all you need to know.
Pretend otherwise, if you like
Whatever.
Kavanagh in my experience has been un-noteworthy when taking our matches. He was truly dreadful yesterday, and has been roundly called out as such.
SM-E in my experience has been consistently poor when officiating our games, in the last two seasons, fully justifying the thread.
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The screen grab shows that there were literally a couple of inches in it. Well done to all those who saw it as "not even close" and "obvious" you would obviously have done a far better job.
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Ninja Elephant
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From looking at the picture, I don't really understand the mistake. She's in a good position to look across the line and she must be in position to see both Romeo and Hutchinson playing Jurgen on, let alone Montoya making the run from a deeper position. If Locadia had been the man to get on the end of the original pass, I would be better able to understand the mistake but Montoya is deeper than Jurgen is.
I know you have to consider the pace of the runners as well, it all happens very quickly in real time but it's not like she's a new official who is lacking in experience or understanding of the game. She's usually pretty good in my opinion, and she does stand out more as a female official. Her mistake yesterday was a mistake, gender doesn't come into, it's just a mistake which shouldn't really have been made by someone with her knowledge and experience. You could say the same about their goalkeeper, however...
The referee was absolute garbage and performed in a very suspicious manner. I would prefer to think he's incompetent, rather than influenced by the crowd or occasion.
It would probably have been spurious nonsense, if you won't even post it. Nothing about the actual incident itself, just a golden opportunity to press your agenda. Whatever it may be,
I know you have to consider the pace of the runners as well, it all happens very quickly in real time but it's not like she's a new official who is lacking in experience or understanding of the game. She's usually pretty good in my opinion, and she does stand out more as a female official. Her mistake yesterday was a mistake, gender doesn't come into, it's just a mistake which shouldn't really have been made by someone with her knowledge and experience. You could say the same about their goalkeeper, however...
The referee was absolute garbage and performed in a very suspicious manner. I would prefer to think he's incompetent, rather than influenced by the crowd or occasion.
It would probably have been spurious nonsense, if you won't even post it. Nothing about the actual incident itself, just a golden opportunity to press your agenda. Whatever it may be,
symyjym
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This seems to be the first decision Massey has got wrong in her career but it didn't cost us in a game where we we probably deserved the bad luck. Even our main penalty take couldn't score because it was that type of day.
All it does is just reinforce the desperate need for VAR, which is probably should have happened years ago. Did we vote for or against VAR for this season?
All it does is just reinforce the desperate need for VAR, which is probably should have happened years ago. Did we vote for or against VAR for this season?
Tom Hark Preston Park
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If Sian was a he instead of a she, this thread prob wouldn't exist. A bit like the one commenting on the physical appearance of the NZ PM. Just saying, like.
That just shows why she made the decision she did.
She wasn't in line with the last defender, so basically made the call against the wrong defender
Thunder Bolt
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Massey's one (big) error is obviously referenced, but that is a thread about the terrible refereeing of the game. Pretend otherwise, if you like
Look at the title of the thread and the category.