The worst decision ever taken by a ref at Withdean.

[dougdeep]

If that is the future of football then we might as well stop going.

 

[Frutos]

I'd say Mr. Tosser's overall effort against Sheff Utd a few years back (first game under Coppell, if I remember right) was worse than the prat today, but it's close.

 

[Buzzer]

I think I nearly got ejected from the family stand if it's the incident you mean where we were on the edge of the area in a goalscoring opportunity and the ref pulled back play for an injured Albion player. Disgraceful decision. I was apoplectic (good word, eh?) with rage.

 

[dougdeep]

I think I nearly got ejected from the family stand if it's the incident you mean where we were on the edge of the area in a goalscoring opportunity and the ref pulled back play for an injured Albion player. Disgraceful decision. I was apoplectic (good word, eh?) with rage.

That's the one, I couldn't believe it.

 

[Wilko]

Amazing decision - we are on the attack, our own player is injured - but not really a head injury, Whing was just squating down. a SHOCKER of a decision.

 

[cjd]

After that decision, I got the feeling that even if we did score, the ref would have found some reason to disallow it. He seemed scared of that little shit Denis Wise.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

We were about two seconds away from a shot on goal. And the whistle's gone and it's pulled back into the Albion's half. Ridiculous. The club should register a complaint against the referee.

 

[Trigger]

What goes around comes around, one day we'll get one of those and can't see people moaning then...

 

[BensGrandad]

As my brother said to me he hates the little shit Wise but he is good for the team because the refs are shit scared to give a decision against him and he keeps them under constant pressure.

 

[SNOOBS]

He seemed scared of that little shit Denis Wise.

Dennis Wise perfectly summed up, couldn't be put better

 

[Caveman]

I think I nearly got ejected from the family stand if it's the incident you mean where we were on the edge of the area in a goalscoring opportunity and the ref pulled back play for an injured Albion player. Disgraceful decision. I was apoplectic (good word, eh?) with rage.

Agreed, shocking decision.

 

[Basil Fawlty]

I was absolutely fuming with that disgraceful discision, but I don't think that decision beats Mr Tosser against Sheffield United.

 

[Gwylan]

I think some people need to remove their blue and white spectacles: I thought the ref today was excellent. Kept the game moving, wasn't conned by some blatant Leeds diving and stopped it getting out of hand when tempers flared.

As for the Whing incident, referees are obliged to stop the game if a player has a head injury: he had absolutely no choice about it. It's pretty futile to say that it wasn't serious - the referee's not to know that. And as for the Albion being on the attack, he was probably thinking that I can let them finish the attack but they'll only prat around with the ball for a few minutes so I'd better blow now.

I didn't even think about as an incident until I saw this thread. I met up with a mate after the game and we talked through the game discussing the incidents (as you do) and neither of us saw fit to mention it, that's how trivial we both saw it.

If you want to look for the reasons why we lost, I'd say look at the forwards who wouldn't have scored if they played until midnight and a centre-back who can't stop making simple errors. Every time the Albion lose, there's a thread on NSC saying how poor the referee was - it's getting really, really tedious.

 

[dougdeep]

I think some people need to remove their blue and white spectacles: I thought the ref today was excellent. Kept the game moving, wasn't conned by some blatant Leeds diving and stopped it getting out of hand when tempers flared.

As for the Whing incident, referees are obliged to stop the game if a player has a head injury: he had absolutely no choice about it. It's pretty futile to say that it wasn't serious - the referee's not to know that. And as for the Albion being on the attack, he was probably thinking that I can let them finish the attack but they'll only prat around with the ball for a few minutes so I'd better blow now.

I didn't even think about as an incident until I saw this thread. I met up with a mate after the game and we talked through the game discussing the incidents (as you do) and neither of us saw fit to mention it, that's how trivial we both saw it.

If you want to look for the reasons why we lost, I'd say look at the forwards who wouldn't have scored if they played until midnight and a centre-back who can't stop making simple errors. Every time the Albion lose, there's a thread on NSC saying how poor the referee was - it's getting really, really tedious.

Calm down, I didn't blame the ref for the defeat. I just said that if that sort of behaviour became commonplace it would ruin the game.

 

[Yorkie]

What goes around comes around, one day we'll get one of those and can't see people moaning then...

Just be sure to let us know when......

 

[the wanderbus]

I think some people need to remove their blue and white spectacles: I thought the ref today was excellent. Kept the game moving, wasn't conned by some blatant Leeds diving and stopped it getting out of hand when tempers flared.

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You ARE having a laugh?
The ref was conned time & again by cynical gamesmanship.Have you forgotten about the incident when no9 stayed down after a challenge? Leeds pratted about with the ball for a bit -weren't getting anywhere- kicked it out & then ran 20 - 30 yards to harangue the ref.AND THEN WE GAVE THE BALL BACK TO THEM!!!! Every time he missed a strike at goal(NO9) he stayed down ,got up limping then was off like a bullet from a gun as soon as the ball came towards him.
Anyway I heard the bloke behind me swear at him, which Ive never heard before, THAT is proof enough for me!

 

[DJ Leon]

I think some people need to remove their blue and white spectacles: I thought the ref today was excellent. Kept the game moving, wasn't conned by some blatant Leeds diving and stopped it getting out of hand when tempers flared.

As for the Whing incident, referees are obliged to stop the game if a player has a head injury: he had absolutely no choice about it. It's pretty futile to say that it wasn't serious - the referee's not to know that. And as for the Albion being on the attack, he was probably thinking that I can let them finish the attack but they'll only prat around with the ball for a few minutes so I'd better blow now.

I didn't even think about as an incident until I saw this thread. I met up with a mate after the game and we talked through the game discussing the incidents (as you do) and neither of us saw fit to mention it, that's how trivial we both saw it.

If you want to look for the reasons why we lost, I'd say look at the forwards who wouldn't have scored if they played until midnight and a centre-back who can't stop making simple errors. Every time the Albion lose, there's a thread on NSC saying how poor the referee was - it's getting really, really tedious.

I agree. It's funny that people are indignant about him stopping the game when we're on the attack for an injury to OUR player. If it had been Leeds attacking I presume everyone would have been screaming blue murder for the game to be stopped. How's that a consistent way to officiate a match?

 

[The Oldman]

I didn't even think about as an incident until I saw this thread. I met up with a mate after the game and we talked through the game discussing the incidents (as you do) and neither of us saw fit to mention it, that's how trivial we both saw it.

If you want to look for the reasons why we lost, I'd say look at the forwards who wouldn't have scored if they played until midnight and a centre-back who can't stop making simple errors. Every time the Albion lose, there's a thread on NSC saying how poor the referee was - it's getting really, really tedious.

You may have thought it trivial but I can assure you that in G Block that decision was greeted with howls of anger and was talked about afterwards. Having said that I agree with you that the ref did not cost us the game. I gave up counting after we had 7 clear scoring chances but could not put the ball in the net. We have to do something about our inability to convert scoring chances into goals.

I also think our Manager got the subsitutions wrong. After El Ab had made two awful backpasses and was looking tired Butters should have been brought on in the second half. Especially as Wikins had warned that Leeds would come on strong in the last 20 minutes. Also Jake had run his legs off after an hour he should have been subbed then and Elder brought on.

 

[Frutos]

I agree. It's funny that people are indignant about him stopping the game when we're on the attack for an injury to OUR player. If it had been Leeds attacking I presume everyone would have been screaming blue murder for the game to be stopped. How's that a consistent way to officiate a match?

The difference being that if Leeds were attacking, a stoppage would have been justified because the area of the pitch in which Whing was crouching would have been right in the path of their attack.

In the case of what happened, Whing was not seriously injured, and was right at the other end of the pitch from the passage of play (therefore could not have been said to be causing an obstruction of interference from that point of view).

I can see no reason why the pasage of play could not have been allowed to reach it's natural conclusion (whatever that might have been) before Whing was attended to. If he'd been unconscious and flat on his back, then fair enough, but he wasn't and so the stoppage at that point was ridiculous.

If the referee were THAT concerned for Whing's immediate health, then he had opportunity enough to stop the game before we'd built an attack to that degree, but he didn't.

 

[Yorkie]

The difference being that if Leeds were attacking, a stoppage would have been justified because the area of the pitch in which Whing was crouching would have been right in the path of their attack.

In the case of what happened, Whing was not seriously injured, and was right at the other end of the pitch from the passage of play (therefore could not have been said to be causing an obstruction of interference from that point of view).

I can see no reason why the pasage of play could not have been allowed to reach it's natural conclusion (whatever that might have been) before Whing was attended to. If he'd been unconscious and flat on his back, then fair enough, but he wasn't and so the stoppage at that point was ridiculous.

If the referee were THAT concerned for Whing's immediate health, then he had opportunity enough to stop the game before we'd built an attack to that degree, but he didn't.

Absolutely.