Standard of Refereeing

[dcdavecollett]

Twisting it? That sounds painful...

[Footy-Vill]

Villa v Spurs
Official Antony Taylor
Has ref one game for Villa this season and he sent off Duran v Newcastle on Boxing Day
He also ref Spurs v Chelsea this season giving two penalties against Spurs for Chelsea


There is No VAR today but there will be goal line tech:
 
VAR technology to only be introduced from the fifth round onwards to ensure a "consistent refereeing approach for all clubs taking part in the same stage of the competition".

Because of infrastructure and operational costs, VAR had previously only been used at Premier League grounds, and at Wembley in the FA Cup semi-finals and final.

However, to confuse matters, goalline technology has been in use at Premier League and Championship grounds - where the infrastructure exists - in this year's competition, despite not being available everywhere.

[Clive W]

Thought the ref had a good game today

[Somniloquism]

Yellow cards could have been earlier for some of their midfield, but I suspect we might have had some too if he had. Also could have been a pen right at the end there.

[Brazilian Villain]

Thought the ref had a good game today

Same here, might have booked Bergvall a bit earlier and it was a foul on Rashford outside the box but that was about it.

[PaulWinch again]

He was fine. There were plenty of 50:50 calls but the game flowed and I thought his refereeing supported the game in a balanced way.

[tomd2103]

He was fine. There were plenty of 50:50 calls but the game flowed and I thought his refereeing supported the game in a balanced way.

Yep, I thought Anthony Taylor was fine as well.  Thought he was lenient with the yellow cards, but he was consistent with it in all fairness.

[caster troy]

Should have stopped the game a lot sooner for Digne’s head injury. Fine apart from that.

[paul_e]

The only inconsistency for me was not giving a free kick on the edge of the box when their guy tangled legs with Rashford but them giving them a free kick when the same happened with Bogarde and Tel. Very similar challenges in almost exactly the same place so not sure how he saw them differently.

Obviously he was poor with the Digne injury, it should never have been left long enough for them to recycle it and get a cross in.

[Drummond]

The only inconsistency for me was not giving a free kick on the edge of the box when their guy tangled legs with Rashford but them giving them a free kick when the same happened with Bogarde and Tel. Very similar challenges in almost exactly the same place so not sure how he saw them differently.

Obviously he was poor with the Digne injury, it should never have been left long enough for them to recycle it and get a cross in.

Tangle of legs? He dived in and took him out in a fit of rage after being 'megged. Blatant.

[paul_e]

The only inconsistency for me was not giving a free kick on the edge of the box when their guy tangled legs with Rashford but them giving them a free kick when the same happened with Bogarde and Tel. Very similar challenges in almost exactly the same place so not sure how he saw them differently.

Obviously he was poor with the Digne injury, it should never have been left long enough for them to recycle it and get a cross in.

Tangle of legs? He dived in and took him out in a fit of rage after being 'megged. Blatant.

I was being kind

[Paul.S]

Another strange refereeing performance against Ipswich which asks questions of the laws brought in to stop time wasting.
He allowed the keeper to waste time throughout the game and kept pointing at his watch, acknowledging he knew what was going on. I expected 6/7 minutes to be added not the 4 considering everything that went on.
4 seems to be the amount added when nothing has gone on and especially when he was also the cause of a lot of it by the ridiculous chats he had at with players at corners and free kicks.
Have we had another about turn by the PGMOL or is this another game where the referee has been incompetent?

[Rigadon]

I said on the post match thread that there would've been double the time added on if the game was at Anfield (or 'the Etihad' / 'the Emirates') and I stand by that. 

[PeterWithe]

Another strange one was when he told their subbed player to leave the field on the Witton Lane side, he ignored him shoved past and dawdled over to the other side with a yellow card being waved. The ref not insisting on him leaving the field where he was told is pretty pitiful, no wonder players think they can get away with murder.

[Hampshire Villa]

The players seem to think they are untouchable. The referees have a lot to deal with. Especially with the trend of players throwing themselves to the ground at the slightest puff of air. They appear to have been shot by some sniper. If the referee gives nothing they are up and racing back up the pitch. They seem to do this more when they have made some kind of mistake. I was watching some old Big Match games the pitches were like Flanders and the tackles were flying in with no one rolling around like they’d been shot.