portlock seagull
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- Jul 28, 2003
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Thought he was good. Both our yellows justified: Murray should know better. Bong clattered through their man from behind, 100% a yellow.
Thought he was good. Both our yellows justified: Murray should know better. Bong clattered through their man from behind, 100% a yellow.
We got 3 yellow cards.
Can’t remember who got that, perhaps that was undeserved but the two I commented on weren’t undeserved.
Maybe he should have booked more Saints but got no complaints on Murray and BongDuffy.
The point is the ref was lenient to Southampton fouls, including some very cynical ones. A free kick, no talking to and no card.
Agreed, fair enoughMaybe he should have booked more Saints but got no complaints on Murray and Bong
Thought he was poor and inconsistent, should have booked Ward-Prowse for the hand ball, didn’t book Stephens despite a couple of warnings for niggling fouls. Think there was a moment where Bertrand pulled our player back and didn’t even get a talking to when it looked quite blatant and stopped a good attacking move. Thought the yellow for Murray was harsh, but haven’t seen a replay yet. Duffy I thought was for kicking the ball away. He seemed to get a couple of corners wrong, gave them one that wasn’t and should have given us one. Got in the way of us counter attacking a couple of times which was also frustrating.
He got in the way of play twice, both times looked like it could be dangerous.
Its up to players to play around the ref sure they can sometimes help by getting out of the way but its not their responibility.
I thought he was trying to be too "fair" to the away team way too much but wasnt horrendous.
Also I thought asking for a player to be booked was an offence and I saw at least 4 times Boufal mimiced a studs up challenge to the ref trying to get our player booked.
Was right in front of us
The Soton defender got the ball stuck under his legs and Murray kicked the ball and the player
Right, so it wasn't for arguing then.Murray kicked the player about a second after the whistle which prompted the push. Think the yellow was just about right.......
In real time I thought Stephen's one was a foul but after seeing replay I think he toes the ball - bloody ref in way of the other angle replay annoyingly! As for Duffys yellow, yes there's contact and it's a fouk but Gabi dives all day long. Sprung off his right leg after it had been touched. Did not think the officials were good - the Lino missing the one that had gone a yard over line in first half was a shambles!
That's what we thought from further away in the WSUTo be fair, it was no more than a yard over the line.
From where I was sat watching (ESU) the free kick that led to their goal shouldn't have been given. Poor decision there. He failed to get a hold of the game too, when Southampton found themselves 1-0 up they did what ever they could to disrupt play, waste time, fall over etc.
Linesman down this side was useless too, he didn't make a single decision, kept looking at the ref to see what he should do.
I've not watched any replays yet to see what we got away with.
Completely bought the dive for the Southampton free kick & goal. Sickening to see the 'Saints' shaking hands with each other after the free kick was awarded. Boufal = Serial diver.
Also that ball was a metre over the line, should never line again that official!
Personally thought he was generally poor. He did keep getting in the way for some reason and made some bad decisions including the free kick for their goal. Didn't agree with any of the bookings except for Bong's.
The worst Premier ref I've seen this season. Got in the way of play and let them dictate to him with time wasting and play acting. Duffy's card was never a yellow.