Referee yesterday

Don't think there's any argument about the sendings off, mate. Think the argument is that every time a Wednesday player fell over and lost the ball they got a free kick, whereas their centre back was virtually committing grievous bodily harm on Proschwitz every time we played the ball in to him and I think we got one free kick from the same situation all game.

Wish Premier League refs didn't think that 25,000 people have actually gone to watch them rather than the game.

 

Sorry if there sendings off then football is a soft game these days.

No contact from Frimpong for first yellow, 2nd yellow he got ball with minimal contact with defender.

Now can see why Mellis was sent off but a straight red? It's a Derby and all Derby's have about 10 tackles like that. Mellis knew he was brought down, why go down as it's a goal otherwise.

 

It is a soft game unfortunately.

I'm 50/50 on the Penalty to be fair. It probably was, but would have been disappointed if it was given against us. Which it probably would have been at the other end with that ******* disgrace of a ref yesterday.

 

My own take on the ref is that he got the Major decisions right. No way was the Mellis incident a penalty. He went down far too easily and would have benefited by trying to stay on his feet.
After Johnson was sent off we needed to retain possession and take the wind out of Wednesday's sails instead of more indiscipline and sloppy play.

 

I don't think Frimpong deserved the first yellow, not looking at that particular foul in isolation. Maybe the ref gave him it for an accumulation of offences. If we're getting into the mindset that every foul deserves a yellow card, then we're going to have 7 v 7 every week.

 

It was for accumulation, he'd been warned literally seconds earlier when he had deliberately stuck his leg out and tried to stop a freekick from being taken (and could have been booked then)