Officiating (3 Viewers)

[clint van damme]

Yeah maybe. I was just there for the first time in my life yesterday thinking, I’d rather be doing something else than watching these millionaires pretending to be injured. And I was there at the darkest days home and away. Maybe it’s that other things in my life give me more joy than football these days but I do think the timewasting and histrionics have contributed to the buzz going away for whatever reason.

If that's how you feel fair enough, but yesterday was an exception.
Derby, QPR and Oxford were all entertaining games.

 

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[Tommo1993]

If that's how you feel fair enough, but yesterday was an exception.
Derby, QPR and Oxford were all entertaining games.

Ironically I’ve got the Derby game down as our worst footballing performance of the season, obviously the Oxford second half was bad too. Despite the goals I don’t recall any decent football in general happening until about the 70 minute mark.

 

[Mcbean]

This all stops if we score the first goal - EMC gets his header in - its mandatory for us to get the first goal to avoid this sort of crap

 

[Shannerz]

'Senior Football Anchor'

Well, it's close...

 

[oakey]

I'm old school. I don't really care if they're injured. Exception is head injury or something that is so obvious that the players should stop playing and kick it out. That's on their professional integrity. They shouldn't want to see a fellow pro in genuine distress. Should be honour code amongst the players. As far as the ref is concerned he should play on for everything but clear head injury. If play IS stopped for a head injury there should be a retrospective check after the match and the player charged with misconduct if he is adjudged to be faking.

 

[wingy]

Yeah maybe. I was just there for the first time in my life yesterday thinking, I’d rather be doing something else than watching these millionaires pretending to be injured. And I was there at the darkest days home and away. Maybe it’s that other things in my life give me more joy than football these days but I do think the timewasting and histrionics have contributed to the buzz going away for whatever reason.

Were you working locally last night ?

 

[David O'Day]

If that's how you feel fair enough, but yesterday was an exception.
Derby, QPR and Oxford were all entertaining games.

We played some really good football yesterday.

 

[harvey098]

Were you working locally last night ?

Yeah I was performing at Bedworth Civic Hall, were you there?

 

[wingy]

Yeah I was performing at Bedworth Civic Hall, were you there?

No sorry.my daughter was out though,and I thought it may have been you, there a comedy night at the CBS in one of the lounges.

 

[skyblueeyesrevisited]

Bad enough how most fans don't know the rules, but a 'Senior Football Anchor' being paid thousands is inexcusable.

Rhymes with anchor

 

[clint van damme]

We played some really good football yesterday.

We did. But he was referring to the time wasting, yesterday was on a level you don't usually see, it wasn't the norm

 

[usskyblue]

We did. But he was referring to the time wasting, yesterday was on a level you don't usually see, it wasn't the norm

 

[SwanLane]

Just happened in the Burnley v Liverpool game where the physios came on after a booking and Mcallister stayed on the pitch. Like us the Burnley fans were jeering like mad.

Bloody cheek for that lot to complain about that sort of stuff. They wrote the book.

 

[Williescar]

We did. But he was referring to the time wasting, yesterday was on a level you don't usually see, it wasn't the norm

It will become the norm if the authorities don't do something about it Every player and manager will find a way to cheat.Players don't care about supporters they are only interested in their pay packets

 

[Williescar]

This might seem hyperbolic but this will be my last season after 20 years as a ST holder. (Unless we get promoted as I’m on the prem package).

If a player stops play for injury and then is able to play on immediately, he should get booked. It’s blatant time wasting and wastes so much more time than someone getting booked for taking too long over a throw etc.

A player yesterday ran across to the half way line to fall over there instead so it took longer to “hobble” off. I ended up just paying to be frustrated, could have done so much better things with that time and money. Done.

I'm feeling much the same

 

[SeshMouseSkyBlue]

I’ve never noticed it before! I thought if you had treatment you had to go off! Whether the fouling player was cautioned or not! Im
Assuming it rarely happens then, hence 95% of the city supporters losing their shit over it, myself included . Learn something new every day

 

[SwanLane]

I’ve never noticed it before! I thought if you had treatment you had to go off! Whether the fouling player was cautioned or not! Im
Assuming it rarely happens then, hence 95% of the city supporters losing their shit over it, myself included . Learn something new every day

If I’m honest, this rule change passed me by too. And I was definitely off my seat and screaming about it yesterday. But there were at least 2 other incidents where nobody had been booked and the referee showed no interest in making them get off the pitch. That’s what is making everyone question the competence of the officials and when they are so weak about it, clubs will continue taking the piss.

 

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

Just happened in the Burnley v Liverpool game where the physios came on after a booking and Mcallister stayed on the pitch. Like us the Burnley fans were jeering like mad.

Well it is hard to keep up with all the rule changes they keep making every season.

 

[Nick]

 

[Adge]

Yep-that’s a shocker! Red all day long. There is substance in the fact that he may have been too close to the incident, trust me that although that sounds silly it can give you a different perspective than if you were slightly further away.

 

[Shannerz]

That's a leg-breaker.

He's very lucky there, but not half as lucky as the bloke on the receiving end.

 

[Nick]

Even with var. At what point is it corruption?

 

[Yank]

VAR is one of the worst inventions in the history of sports I firmly believe that.

-Bogs the game down as can't even properly celebrate a goal most of the time due to may be called off
-Even with people looking at a damn replay multiple times, still get it wrong
-Don't know the numbers and not sour grapes but reality, bigger clubs still get most of the calls

Go back old school and just leave it up to those on the pitch as it always used to be.

 

[Shannerz]

That's insane.

Honestly, VAR can get in the sea. That's exactly the kind of shit decision that it's supposed to rule out.

I could just about accept the ref on the pitch thinking that's a handball with how his arm moves, but to look at it on telly and come to that conclusion, that's... unfathomable.

Football is lessened by VAR. It's a failed experiment; get rid.

 

[Sky Blue Goblin]

VAR is just adding another clown to the circus at this point.

 

[chiefdave]

any thoughts on the linesman today

 

[Paul Anthony]

Even by the shocking standards we're used to at this level, that was awful

 

[Il Pirata]

any thoughts on the linesman today

Can understand why Wednesday fans are annoyed, or at least more than they already were. Hope the fury at HT wasn't some indication that they believe they were on the cusp of turning the game around just before that 3rd goal.

 

[Nick]

any thoughts on the linesman today

That's fucking terrible.

Did he think nobody touched it?

I can't see what his thought process was to keep the flag down.

I'll take it but would be fuming if it was against us

 

[David O'Day]

Should have had a pen so swings and roundabouts

 

[chiefdave]

I can't see what his thought process was to keep the flag down.

The only thing I can think of it possibly being is that so many of them were offside he lost track of who had the last touch. Which in itself is piss poor but I can't think of any other way he's not noticed multiple players are yards offside.

 

[Shannerz]

any thoughts on the linesman today

The only possible explanation is that he thought it went straight in.

 

[Mercian In Anglia]

Two clear pens not given in last 2 games for us too, for my money.

 

[Skyblue Bangkok]

Two clear pens not given in last 2 games for us too, for my money.

Definitely the one against Millwall, today not sure.

 

[Frostie]

Don't think Wright needed to touch it, can only assume lino didn't think he did.

How we didn't get a penalty for handball is beyond me too.