[Albion] Todays Ref Kevin Friend

[Icy Gull]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/20159223

Lol interesting that the ref in that game was Friend who gave the BIG team some extra extra time whereas yesterday he decided to end the game early, taking into account the time wasting and his long long chat during extra time, because the small team were behind.

 

[DumLum]

I listened to the BBC Radio Sussex commentary whilst at the game (useful for those distant incidents when you can't really see what happened, etc) and I recall one point well into the second half when Wazza said something along the lines of "28,000 of us can't be wrong about all these poor decisions" (or words to that effect!). The fact that CH in his typically measured way mildly queried the decisions shows that they were somewhat ridiculous/biased, and that's without my blue and white tinted glasses on too.

Radio 5 said he had got everything spot on and had a dig at the Brighton fans for complaining about every decision.
Then Van Dyke handled in the box and they admitted Liverpool may have got away with one.

 

[Kevlar]

there are two options.
The refs are biased against brighton
or the the brighton fans are biased for brighton.
tricky one

 

[dazzer6666]

 

[The Birdman]

����ha ha

 

[Justice]

Everton v Bmuff last minute Everton player grabs shirt and throws Bmuff player to the ground. Not sure that’s a pen on MOTD

 

[Justice]

No game for Red Kevin this week

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

No game for Red Kevin this week

He was Blue Kevin when he reffed three of our home victories this season.

 

[Wrong-Direction]

Is he still a ****?

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[hans kraay fan club]

He was Blue Kevin when he reffed three of our home victories this season.

Sorry but that is simplistic nonsense. The fact we won those games does not in any way prove that he leant towards us in them. He was actually pretty shit in those, too.

Against United he gave them a very, very soft late penalty, and a couple of extra minutes of phantom extra time to try to snatch a late point.

Against Palace, he was terrible all round. Gave us a dubious penalty for the foul of Izquierdo, but turned down a definite penalty for the foul on Murray (which in turn led to Duffy's stupid red card). And bottled sending Zaha off when 100% should have.

Albion win = helpful ref isn't always the case.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Is he still a ****?

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Yes

 

[Titanic]

Albion win = helpful ref isn't always the case.

No, but the opposite is pretty much nailed on.

 

[Weststander]

Hopefully the Albion players use the ‘get in your opponents faces’ approach from the get-go when we play ManC and Chelsea from now on. It’s helped closed the gap when we play ManU & LFC.

Whereas we always give bloody Chelsea and ManC so much reverence and stand back.

 

[One Love]

Can't see him reffing a game this weekend.

A reflection of his performance last week?

 

[dazzer6666]

Can't see him reffing a game this weekend.

A reflection of his performance last week?

Nah, they rotate - think he was 4th official at Bournemouth v West Ham?

Also believe he's back in charge at the Amex on Saturday [emoji15][emoji15]

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[wallyback]

A colleague of mine is a part time ref, and he will be attending a talk by Kevin Friend this evening. Does anyone have any questions they would like said friend to answer?

 

[wealdgull]

A colleague of mine is a part time ref, and he will be attending a talk by Kevin Friend this evening. Does anyone have any questions they would like said friend to answer?

Does "explain yourself" count as a question?

 

[Icy Gull]

A colleague of mine is a part time ref, and he will be attending a talk by Kevin Friend this evening. Does anyone have any questions they would like said friend to answer?

Is his philosophy when he refs a top six Premier League game “If in doubt give the decision to the big team”

 

[Weststander]

Is Mike Dean a wnkr?

 

[TheJasperCo]

A colleague of mine is a part time ref, and he will be attending a talk by Kevin Friend this evening. Does anyone have any questions they would like said friend to answer?

I used to like these meetings when I was a ref. Tim Robinson was a memorable one. Howard Webb also attended an end-of-year gala way back when. You'd put questions on sticky notes at the front of the hall and at the end of the evening, the host would read them out to the guest speaker.

Here's a starter for ten: Is 20-20 vision an essential requirement or merely desirable in Premier League officials?