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Post by Somersetgas on Nov 12, 2022 19:54:01 GMT
I don’t usually complain about the referee but the officiating today was really poor. I wish there was some scrutiny of officials at the level we play and the frustrating thing is the knowledge b*****ks all is done about it. But it has to be said that we didn’t draw today because of the ref (although he did his very best through his ineptitude), the responsibility ultimately is with the players. I thought we were poor in the first half and if we want to win games more regularly we need to play well for the full 90 mins (or 109 mins in this case). Frustrating in the end but onwards and upwards. UTG! I agree we should have put the result out of contention but the referee was adamant to add time on for small indiscretions. I hate to see time wasting and whilst I wear blue tinted goggles I struggle to see how we wasted time today. Fleetwood however were terrible for it and then benefited from it come the end of the match. For some reason the slightest hint of it from us the cards came out yet for fleetwood they were able to kick the ball away freely without recourse. If the referee hadn’t let them get away for all that time wasting then they wouldn’t have put away a final goal. So whilst I appreciate the sentiment the referee and his decisions (which resulted in additional added time anyway) very much chucked the result of the game. Sick of seeing referees reward teams we come back against with added time for their own bloody time wasting. Particularly when they end up benefitting from it. Scourge of the game. What annoyed the most was he did nothing in the first half to stop their time wasting, Rooney twice kicking the ball into the Thatchers when it was out of play and not even getting a talking to. Oh and on another note, stay off the bloody pitch, idiots again entering it, when will they learn.
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Post by olskooltoteender on Nov 12, 2022 20:00:33 GMT
Fancy there could be a Red card today … That aged well . . . 😁
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Post by olskooltoteender on Nov 12, 2022 20:02:29 GMT
Inspired tactical change to go 3-4-3. Makes me wonder if our initial tactics to try and play keep ball are just to grind the opposition down and then go for it later in the game? It does seem to be the pattern somewhat, doesn’t it?
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Post by bluegas on Nov 12, 2022 20:05:19 GMT
Mr Madden reached a level of incompetence that Mr Bean can only dream of. Or is a barefaced cheat. I know which I concluded. And yes, our fault for missing two sitters.
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Post by bidefordgas on Nov 12, 2022 20:10:49 GMT
My brief views on the game. First half we were to slow moving the ball and yet again gifted the opposition a goal. Second half we had total control they could not cope with our pace and we deservedly went in front. The ref who had made some dubious decisions throughout the game then decided he wanted to make the game all about himself. Where he conjured up seven minutes extra time is a mystery but then decided he would play until they scored and we ended up over nine minutes. There are some poor refs at this level but he surely should not be refereeing at any level. What the match assessor thought of his performance will as always remain a mystery. If the assessor was happy with his performance I would suggest he should be struck off. A decent game yet again ruined by a person who should remain neutral whatever happens in a game, todays official failed to do this.
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Post by stapletongas on Nov 12, 2022 20:11:39 GMT
No point in blaming match officials and some will find anyone to blame before coming to the treacherous conclusion that we should look at ourselves first. Well today we only have ourselves to blame. Golden chances squandered, poor first half, bad late substitutions. None of that was down to a match official. We went into added time 2-1 up when the ref decided he'd award every foul in the oppositions favour then add on time to allow them to score? What you class as good late subs looking at our bench today? By definition, if it's foul, the laws of the game dictate a free kick. As for subs, how about not making them?
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Post by Topper Gas on Nov 12, 2022 20:12:02 GMT
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Post by stapletongas on Nov 12, 2022 20:13:02 GMT
No point in blaming match officials and some will find anyone to blame before coming to the treacherous conclusion that we should look at ourselves first. Well today we only have ourselves to blame. Golden chances squandered, poor first half, bad late substitutions. None of that was down to a match official. After coming from behind and going 2-1 up with ten minutes to go any manager would have switched a forward playing at wingback for a conventional fullback if they had one on the bench. Coburn pulled up holding his hamstring so assume that wasn’t one of the “bad late substitutions”? Correct in assumption
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Post by Topper Gas on Nov 12, 2022 20:16:14 GMT
We went into added time 2-1 up when the ref decided he'd award every foul in the oppositions favour then add on time to allow them to score? What you class as good late subs looking at our bench today? By definition, if it's foul, the laws of the game dictate a free kick. As for subs, how about not making them? So you think every decision the ref made today was correct? As far as the subs, do you seriously think we should be making players play 100 mins of football when we've, supposedly, decent subs on the bench? When Sinclair last play 100 mins of football?
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Post by stapletongas on Nov 12, 2022 20:17:37 GMT
Ah, you read The Sun! That brings a fair degree of clarity
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Post by Tilly's Thighs on Nov 12, 2022 20:17:49 GMT
Chucked it away too slow first half then not clinical enough, their second was offside ref was abysmal. Their 16 was so strong, but we should have finished them off, we go again UTG. Certainly looked offside to me too. The linesman on the South West line was atrocious. More interested in telling the ballboys where he thought they should be positioned than watching the game, from the first attack when Coburn had his shirt pulled so far that it nearly came over his head. Disgraceful is the only word to describe his and the refs performance overall but I’ll wait to see the highlights to decide on the offside as we may be wrong I suppose Agree, that linesman was awful - there is no way he didn't see Coburn's shirt being pulled, it was right in front of him. He'll probably get revenge for the abuse he received by reporting us for lad who threw what looked like sweets at him, towards the end. As for the referee, I reckon he travelled home on the Fleetwood coach. Disappointed not to get the three points, although good chances were missed earlier in the game, so them's the breaks.
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Post by Gaswood on Nov 12, 2022 20:23:06 GMT
Certainly looked offside to me too. The linesman on the South West line was atrocious. More interested in telling the ballboys where he thought they should be positioned than watching the game, from the first attack when Coburn had his shirt pulled so far that it nearly came over his head. Disgraceful is the only word to describe his and the refs performance overall but I’ll wait to see the highlights to decide on the offside as we may be wrong I suppose Agree, that linesman was awful - there is no way he didn't see Coburn's shirt being pulled, it was right in front of him. He'll probably get revenge for the abuse he received by reporting us for lad who threw what looked like sweets at him, towards the end. As for the referee, I reckon he travelled home on the Fleetwood coach. Disappointed not to get the three points, although good chances were missed earlier in the game, so them's the breaks. I can confirm from my viewpoint that it was 2 x Wotsits / generic Cheesey Puffs that the lad gently flicked at him 🤣
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Post by garystash on Nov 12, 2022 20:26:26 GMT
We were by far the better side, but we share the points. Ref appears to be an idiot, but it's easy to wear the blue tinted glasses. On to next week!
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Post by dudelebowski on Nov 12, 2022 20:30:59 GMT
Can’t add anything about the ref that hasn’t been said.
We were ridiculously wasteful throughout, Gibson and then Collins on a few occasions. Once again we come good in the second half so much we could’ve/should’ve won 2 football matches!
Put it right next week with a big win against Posh! Four from these two will be a very decent return.
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Post by Tilly's Thighs on Nov 12, 2022 20:31:16 GMT
Didn’t fancy the minutes silence then guys n girls? Oh the embarrassment😭😭😂😂 I think that the club need to announce that the Last Post will be followed by a minute's silence. It was nothing to do with being disrespectful, on any other occassion a minute's silence is usually clarified beforehand, otherwise, younger people expect to applaud. It wasn't as though anybody broke the silence intentionally, they thought that they were showing appreciation for the fallen - which is the whole point.
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Post by Tilly's Thighs on Nov 12, 2022 20:33:59 GMT
Agree, that linesman was awful - there is no way he didn't see Coburn's shirt being pulled, it was right in front of him. He'll probably get revenge for the abuse he received by reporting us for lad who threw what looked like sweets at him, towards the end. As for the referee, I reckon he travelled home on the Fleetwood coach. Disappointed not to get the three points, although good chances were missed earlier in the game, so them's the breaks. I can confirm from my viewpoint that it was 2 x Wotsits / generic Cheesey Puffs that the lad gently flicked at him 🤣 From the standard of his eyesight, by the time it gets in the referee's report it will be 2 snooker balls and a sharpened pound coin.
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Post by gasonthemount on Nov 12, 2022 20:42:26 GMT
Loved the second half apart from the 99th minute. Right in line with the offside, unfortunately the linesman was not up with the play. Good crowd considering the opposition.
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Post by westfield on Nov 12, 2022 20:47:11 GMT
I can confirm from my viewpoint that it was 2 x Wotsits / generic Cheesey Puffs that the lad gently flicked at him 🤣 From the standard of his eyesight, by the time it gets in the referee's report it will be 2 snooker balls and a sharpened pound coin. wouldn’t have been a pound coin, the Mem is cashless these days
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Post by mariobalotelli on Nov 12, 2022 20:59:37 GMT
Added time is always a minimum. There will be a minimum of x added minutes, not a maximum.
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Post by bluebiro on Nov 12, 2022 21:05:47 GMT
A referee who thought the black thorn end came to see him perform. Possibly the worst in many a year
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