Another example of a weak ref being dictated to by the sly opposition tactics of complaining about every decision and throwing themselves on the floor whenever a red shirt was nearby. We should be getting used to it by now.
I agree that its a difficult job and i get that mistakes are made. where i get annoyed is when the ref pretends to acknowledge time wasting and then adds none on. Worse still inconsistency in his game isnt a mistake, it's a choice. He corrected our throw in position at least 3 times late in the game, yet did nothing when they did the same throughout. Finally missing things is understandable but seeing things that didn't happen is worse. Every flop to the floor got a foul and in one instance he wasn't even looking at the incident.
After 2 or 3 by Bidwell, I started to make note of where the ball went out using the hoardings as a marker. Though there was slight creepage, the blatant 10-15 yard gains were much reduced. I then made a note of when we had a throw. There wasn't much difference at all to be quite honest.
I agree with you , they were time wasting from the off , taking throws from the wrong positions deliberately so they would have to take it again & the goalkeeper got away with murder , it only needed a booking early in the match & it would have stopped it
Collins has time wasted before, yes. But he gets bloody penalised for it too. And he certainly doesn't do it for that amount of match!
How woodman didn't get booked when he stood arguing with the ref then right in front of his face punched the ball into the stand I'll never know. All that did was send a message that the ref wasn't in charge of the game
I just can’t agree it was well officiated.Wouldn’t deny that there were decisions the other way that were wrong - however they weren’t quite as game-affecting. The ball touched his hand. It was obvious. By the current laws, that is a penalty. Agree Collins is a huge culprit for timewasting - but that’s Collins, not the whole team, for 45 minutes +. Also, I expect Collins to get spoken to, booked so he stops - this has happened several times this season. We started timing free kicks and the time it took to release the ball by the keeper. Each time, a minute to two and a half minutes wasted - yet only three minutes added. As a rule of thumb, 30 seconds for each substitution = 2 mins. So one whole minute given for all that timewasting and any other ball-out-of -play moments. The Assistant ref on the West Stand side was hopeless. I haven’t seen the Ayew goal back, but we said as soon as he got the ball that he’d come from offside position. Others who watched it back confirm this - again, game-changing decision. He bottled that many decisions that were under his nose, choosing instead to wait for the ref to decide. He even missed a cleared ball that curled two yards over the touchline and back in again. Right in front of him. I’m all for being generous in spirit, and I’m not one to habitually slate referees, but to say it was well-officiated is stretching it a bit in my opinion.
Football fans are partisan, prejudiced and biased. In a football stadium, particularly in the absence of away fans, those prejudices are fuelled by everyone else in attendance vocalising, at every opportunity and at maximum volume, the same prejudices you hold. It's the perfect feedback loop. How can all these people be wrong? It's clearly that man in the black uniform that's wrong. He's the one that's biased. It's a fantastic social experiment.
Ok let’s put the partisan bit to one side. Is it ok that a friend who supports Coventry, one who supports Doncaster Rovers, one who supports Blackburn, and two who support Sheffield Wednesday (and can’t stand Barnsley) have all said that the officiating wasn’t great? “Their goal was offside” . “Barnsley should have had a pen.” Also difference between being biased and inept.
And check out how many likes my post further up has gotten from Barnsley fans. I assume the people you refer to are your friends who will have some sympathy with you? Did they mention that Mads took out Routledge in the box?
Two were Wednesday fans /acquaintances laughing at our predicament, so hardly what you’d call sympathetic. Haven’t seen the Mads incident since, but it was right in front of us. Looked like he got the ball. But obviously I’m totally biased and my opinion can’t be relied upon, nor that of my friends who had the benefit if replays. Just those who liked your post.
Mads didn't touch the ball, but it definitely wasn't a penalty. Routledge pushed the ball past him then kind of spun round Mads, who'd pulled out of any challenge.