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Post by Jester on Apr 30, 2015 19:20:01 GMT
I watched the match again last night when I got home on BT and the ref was pretty well positioned to see the Clough kick at Puddy. As an ex-referee, who has refereed at just below the Conference Premier, that was a disgraceful decision! I said it at the time and seeing it later, confirmed it! Those sort of decisions make me sad to call myself a referee! The assistant could not have seen what happened as there were far too many players in the way. He consulted him, just to make it seem like the assistant had said that he had seen something else, so he didn't have to give the red card. How do I know this? Because I used to do exactly the same thing! However, I never ducked out of giving a red card if I saw something as blatant as that! By the way, I would probably have also given Ellis his first yellow, to try and calm him down after that fracas with Bennett, but that obviously didn't work and Darrell should have taken him off before he got his second yellow, which he did deserve!  The ref had his back to Ellis for the first yellow and didn't see what happened. The bloke shoved him and told him to feck off and Ellis got booked. The second was a bit daft however. I'll check that later (Watching Eastleigh-Grimsby now), but the assistant could have told the ref if he saw it and he should have if he did! However, it doesn't alter the fact that Ellis 'lost it' and would have got another yellow before the second, if he hadn't for that incident with Bennett.! |
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Post by Jester on Apr 30, 2015 20:07:23 GMT
The ref had his back to Ellis for the first yellow and didn't see what happened. The bloke shoved him and told him to feck off and Ellis got booked. The second was a bit daft however. I'll check that later (Watching Eastleigh-Grimsby now), but the assistant could have told the ref if he saw it and he should have if he did! However, it doesn't alter the fact that Ellis 'lost it' and would have got another yellow before the second, if he hadn't for that incident with Bennett.! Just had a look at my recording, BBRFC, and you were right, he was discussing the merits of a foul he had given against Monkhouse, when it should have been given to him, when he turned round and saw Ellis and Bennett 'giving it handbags' and, as I said before, decided to give him (and Bennett) a yellow (which he can do for 'handbags'), to try and get him/Bennett to calm down, which it unfortunately failed to do for Ellis! |
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Post by Severncider on Dec 26, 2015 23:19:22 GMT
He's coming back for next Saturday's game, home to Luton.
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Post by Topper Gas on Dec 27, 2015 9:50:37 GMT
Merry Christmas to you as well!!  |
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