Standard of Refereeing

[PaulWinch again]

I've been reading about David Coote.
Lianne Sanderson former player now pundit who is a lesbian
'David Coote opening up about his sexuality and The timing really bothers me because it has 0 to do with his actions and why he got sacked.'
I think spot on by Lianne.

This ref sites his same men sexualities impact his behaviour and drug taking.
That he reveals struggles with his sexuality led to ‘really poor choices’

Coote said he was gay in first interview since dismissal
‘I hid my emotions as a young ref and my sexuality as well
I’ve had issues around my self-esteem – and that relates to my sexuality. I’m gay and I’ve struggled with feeling proud of being ‘me’

If you're a gay man involved in football, a sport where nobody ever reveals their true self, because of the horrendous discrimination that still exists, then there will be untold pressure. How that may, or may not, affect someone is something we won't know.

Quite, so the individual questioning it is taking a strange position on this.

[ChicagoLion]

I've been reading about David Coote.
Lianne Sanderson former player now pundit who is a lesbian
'David Coote opening up about his sexuality and The timing really bothers me because it has 0 to do with his actions and why he got sacked.'
I think spot on by Lianne.

This ref sites his same men sexualities impact his behaviour and drug taking.
That he reveals struggles with his sexuality led to ‘really poor choices’

Coote said he was gay in first interview since dismissal
‘I hid my emotions as a young ref and my sexuality as well
I’ve had issues around my self-esteem – and that relates to my sexuality. I’m gay and I’ve struggled with feeling proud of being ‘me’

If you're a gay man involved in football, a sport where nobody ever reveals their true self, because of the horrendous discrimination that still exists, then there will be untold pressure. How that may, or may not, affect someone is something we won't know.

Quite, so the individual questioning it is taking a strange position on this.

Yes we don’t know if it’s true or a way of deflecting his behavior.
To be honest I don’t really care, he was a Twat of a ref and did us no favours whatsoever.

[aj2k77]

Gay or straight Coote was crap and fuck off.

[baddowvillans]

It may have been a harsh red card for Arsenal but Skelly definitely showed more intention to foul than Duran but he's just a young lad so it's ok

[lovejoy]

I'm not sure what Coote did wrong, until being overly generous to Liverpool as he knew the story was breaking.

[ChicagoLion]

I'm not sure what Coote did wrong, until being overly generous to Liverpool as he knew the story was breaking.

Brentford away.

[dcdavecollett]

Everton away, Brighton at home.

[Villa Lew]

Not sure if you're allowed to praise refs on this thread, anyway thought he was ok last night.

[Brend'Watkins]

Clement Turpin is one of the best if not thee best there is currently.

[simon ward 50]

Clement Turpin is one of the best if not thee best there is currently.

Looked to let the game flow last night I thought? Obviously knew the context of the match etc

[cdbearsfan]

I thought he was too lenient. Can't remember any particularly egregious decisions, but no persistent fouling booking was shocking.

Still, I'd definitely rather have that than the cheat we had against Juventus.

[Demitri_C]

Not sure if you're allowed to praise refs on this thread, anyway thought he was ok last night.

Was just saying that in the post match thread. I thought he was good probably one of the best we have had all season.

Let the game flow, didnt give needless yellows and i thought was just very good.

[aj2k77]

Celtic got away with breaking up play way too many times. Should have started dishing the yellows so we could break their tackles without pre historic jocks pulling us down every 30 seconds.

[lovejoy]

I'd love to see the correlation between ref scores / perceived performance and results of the team.

[Gareth]

I thought the referee last night was very good…he was giving the fouls that were fouls and whilst I would have liked to have seen a few cards for those fouls he was consistent for both sides.  Personally I thought he was easily the best we have seen this season in any competition