Standard of Refereeing

[usav]

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

Agreed.  I’ve been critical of other referees in this thread, so only fair to recognise a good one when we see one.

[Somniloquism]

Arsenal have been charged over surrounding the ref on Saturday.

[WassallVillain]

Arsenal have been charged over surrounding the ref on Saturday.

They’ll appeal and receive a full apology for the ref standing in their way as they tried to line up and defend the free kick

[avfcdale]

Andy madley for the Wolves game

[thick_mike]

Andy madley for the Wolves game

Truly?

[Exeter 77]

Andy madley for the Wolves game

Truly?

Deeply

[garyellis]

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

Agreed.  I’ve been critical of other referees in this thread, so only fair to recognise a good one when we see one.

Overall he had a good game. Agree about the number of fouls Celtic committed and got away with.

[Hookeysmith]

I must say that i hardly noticed who the ref was - that is always a sign of a great performance as he let the game flow.

Better than the attention seeking knobheads we have in the prem

[AV82EC]

I think the only frustration with him was the rotational and persistent fouling particularly the guy man marking Ramsey. Other than that he was very very good. I listened to the The Villa Podcast earlier with the two Irish lads and they reckon he’s been the best ref in Europe for the past few seasons and has been unlucky to not get some of the biggest games/finals.

[taylorsworkrate]

Arsenal have been charged over surrounding the ref on Saturday.

Correctly so. Doesn't matter if you perceive a decision to be incorrect, its no excuse.

[Somniloquism]

I agree, just some posters were adamant they weren't even getting charged for it. Although the ref should have shown them cards on the day.

[Rory]

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.

Other than including the word 'German' in front of '******', I can't say I'm really bothered about anything Coote has said or done.

He may have been a shit ref, god knows, I don't know one from the other.

But personally I'm not too fussed about whether he does coke or gets drunk and calls a certified ****** a ******.

[ChicagoLion]

They are ruining the game,another absolute shit show of individual errors and a bent VAR intervention.
No one knows what the laws are anymore or more accurately when and how the laws will be applied.
It can not just be incompetence, it must be deliberate either to sensetialise the game or for more sinister reasons,

[Exeter 77]

Back to my perennial rant about how PGMOL needs to be disbanded and the FA should use overseas officials should be used, such as M. Turpin from the Celtic game, until something else is implemented. It'll never happen though

[Paul.S]

Another game, another woeful decision.
Pre VAR you could accept that people make mistakes but how on earth do they explain these weekly decisions now?
It’s not just the odd one, it’s every week and there’s no excuse for it. No consistency, total confusion amongst the players and fans and they’ve even confused themselves.
What a shambles!