Never even heard of that rule, just let players stand offside, then run back & tackle you? In hindsight I should’ve cleared it, 100%, but didn’t even know that was the case. Nonsense
Deano and the rest of the club would be better getting an ex referee on the payroll simply to educate us rightly or wrongly on rule changes and their effect. Sorry but we fucked up last night - Okay the rule is a farce agreed but we should have been fully aware. And before anyone starts I am in agreement that the linesman in normal times would have had his flag up.
Quote from: wittonwarrior on January 21, 2021, 09:41:06 PMDeano and the rest of the club would be better getting an ex referee on the payroll simply to educate us rightly or wrongly on rule changes and their effect. Sorry but we fucked up last night - Okay the rule is a farce agreed but we should have been fully aware. And before anyone starts I am in agreement that the linesman in normal times would have had his flag up.Peter Walton hadn't got a clue when it happened.It was obvious that they were scrambling around trying to find some way of justifying the goal and came up with this pathetic "receiving" thing.We were royally f****d last night with that decision.
“What I said for the red card doesn’t need to be censored, it wasn’t swearing. He came over and said ‘I’m interpreting the laws of the game’, and I said ‘you should’ve done that earlier in the game’.Thats quality from Smith and also shiws how thin skinned Moss is.
Maps of our average positions against City this week and last season. It appears the players are more disciplined and sticking well to tactics. Smith has us well organised now.
Quote from: LukeJames on January 21, 2021, 06:26:31 PM“What I said for the red card doesn’t need to be censored, it wasn’t swearing. He came over and said ‘I’m interpreting the laws of the game’, and I said ‘you should’ve done that earlier in the game’.Thats quality from Smith and also shiws how thin skinned Moss is. Why does a Premier League referee have to interpret the laws. Shouldn't he know them.
Quote from: maidstonevillain on January 21, 2021, 10:23:21 PMQuote from: LukeJames on January 21, 2021, 06:26:31 PM“What I said for the red card doesn’t need to be censored, it wasn’t swearing. He came over and said ‘I’m interpreting the laws of the game’, and I said ‘you should’ve done that earlier in the game’.Thats quality from Smith and also shiws how thin skinned Moss is. Why does a Premier League referee have to interpret the laws. Shouldn't he know them.I would almost gamble everything I own on all referee's not knowing the laws of the game one hundred percent. Some of the laws of the game are ambiguous and therefore open to interpretation.I am a qualified referee instructor and also former quiz captain of Birmingham Referee's Association where a team of referee's would enter into competition against other Referee's Associations and neither I, my team members or members of other teams ever scored full marks on the laws of the game. You'd think we could and should but I never saw it.When contentious issues of this nature happen I'm always reminded of the time a Sunderland player, Bent? had a shot against Liverpool which hit a beach ball rolling across the pitch and was diverted into the net. The ref on the day allowed the goal to stand when it should have been disallowed and the game re-started with a dropped ball. That was a mistake of epic proportions because outside interference on the field of play is basic and elementary but the referee that day either didn't know or, which I believe to be the case forgot.I am in no way defending Moss or his cohort's for the interpretation of the ambiguity of that offside call but what really annoyed me was that all of them didn't do what all referee's when first attending coaching courses are instructed to do and that is to apply the unwritten eighteenth law...common sense. They all had plenty of time, the referee, the linesman, fourth official and the prick in the shed at Stockley Park.Finally, no matter about referee's knowing the laws of the game, my experience tells me, players are even less informed so from a personal point of view I attach no blame whatsoever to Tyrone Mings on this.Sorry for wittering on.