Standard of Refereeing

[Holte132]

Carragher claiming the players are not making easy for Peter Bankes.
I'd argue that Bankes lacking authority and letting fouls like the blatant one on Tielemans by Kudus in midfield led to immense frustration as well as confusion of how physical can get!

Sorry, what?? The players are supposed to make things easy for the ref??? Which planet does Carragher live on ?

[Abbeyfealeavfc]

I watch a lot of sports. Football haa by far the worst officiating of any of them. To-days performance by the ref and his linos was inept throughout. The incompetent officiating, (which is a given for every game) is an embarrassment and ruining the  game for players and fans.
To-days stooge was totally clueless! Something needs to be done to address it and quickly.

[Somniloquism]

Which planet does Carragher live on ?

Only saw the quote, but he appeared to mention before the match that the reason Ollie isn't on the same form as last season is because he has Duran on the bench. Not sure what to make of that comment, especially as the reason Ollie was so good last season was..... we had Duran on the bench.

[Villatillidie25]

Soucek should have been off today as well. Two handed push off the ball on Cash before a free kick that the referee saw. It was as blatant a yellow as you’ll see so either he doesn’t take Kamara out later and we get a good break or he gets his second yellow. As for Alvarez, how that wasn’t a second yellow…
He was just incompetent from start to finish to be honest and it felt like we got the worse end of it although I’m sure we got one or two our way, just not the bigger calls.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

I have no idea which rules Peter fuckn Banks was choosing to use and which to ignore during that match. He obviously wasn't sure either. Shocking

Like most refs seem to do these days, he just makes his own up. They're a feckin' embarrassment to the sport!

[Toronto Villa]

Alvarez staying on a yellow and not seeing a second one then red for this was an horrendous decision.

https://x.com/RedCardGiven/status/1883582510187327907

[Des Little]

The ref at Arsenal was bad enough, this bell end wasn’t far short of it either. Absolutely bloody clueless.

[cdbearsfan]

Three times this year the referee has been the only person in the ground, including the opposition, who didn't think that a player should receive a second yellow card. Gutless bottling cowards.

[Paul.S]

Carragher claiming the players are not making easy for Peter Bankes.
I'd argue that Bankes lacking authority and letting fouls like the blatant one on Tielemans by Kudus in midfield led to immense frustration as well as confusion of how physical can get!

Sorry, what?? The players are supposed to make things easy for the ref??? Which planet does Carragher live on ?

I can only think of crowding the ref, which is what they did when Tielemans got booked and not falling over saying you’ve been elbowed when you haven’t which is what they did as well. If the referee punishes that he gets control of the game but he didn’t. He lost control because of his own inactions and nothing else.

[ChicagoLion]

Another absolute shocker.
A total joke of a ref, no idea how idiots like Banks actually get paid to ref.

[garyellis]

Another absolute shocker.
A total joke of a ref, no idea how idiots like Banks actually get paid to ref.

On the way to the match my son was reminding me how poor his record was. At leat he was true to form.

[tomd2103]

Worst ref I've seen at Villa Park since that joker in tje Conference League semi-final.  He was embarrassingly bad today though and lost control over certain periods of the game.  Awful performance.

[Somniloquism]

Alvarez staying on a yellow and not seeing a second one then red for this was an horrendous decision.

https://x.com/RedCardGiven/status/1883582510187327907

Even worse as MOTD pointed out that he could have been yellowed for kicking the ball away in the first half.

[dcdavecollett]

A truly shocking performance. Only one thing is clear - absolutely nothing will be done about it.

[edgysatsuma89]

Not usually one to go at the ref but he made that into a niggly game.

Same here, Paul. I hate doing it, people will often bollock a ref for 2 mistakes and forget the 15 correct calls but this ref was absolutely terrible. He completely lost control of the game.