Updated after Cambridge at home. A pattern I've noticed is that the refereeing performance seems to be more about the opposition rather than the official. Simon Mather for example has refereed us 3 times with varying scores, whereas the refs we had vs Derby, Bolton, Orient, Lincoln, Cheltenham and Shrewsbury, all scored very similar in both games.
Crikey, Don't remember the Port Vale ref being that bad. Thought he was fairly anonymous, which is a good sign for a referee
It has to be the Gary Willard Trophy for the worst. For the best, maybe the Comparatively Competent Cup.
Wouldn't it be better to keep the games separate? A sh1t3 ref who gets us again has chance for redemption and the wiping clean of a sh1tty slate. Tis your game though.
I do. He was absolutely awful, but is forgotten due to the brilliant result. More cards than Clinton’s, including several bookings for time wasting when not one player was trying to waste time - including Callum Styles for retreating away from a free kick (but presumably not quick enough)… If the so called ‘new interpretation’ of the rules, including the bookings and ridiculous amounts of stoppage time had continued, we’d have still been there tonight now (after 1am), and we’d have three players suspended every game. Over-zealous doesn’t cover it. He is still the worst I’ve seen live this season. He was very, very far from being anonymous.
Usually it would be the Willard Trophy for the winner without any question, but I've heard that sadly he's extremely unwell with leukemia right now so I thought maybe we should go easy on him. Having said that, the goings on on an irreverent Barnsley internet forum is probably quite far from the family's priority list at the moment. Absolutely love the Comparatively Competent cup!
