Standard of Refereeing

[LeeS]

For me the biggest issue is that the 'what if I'm wrong?' question that comes up on big/important decisions.

If you make a bad call against Arsenal it's going to be huge story in the press for ages, you'll probably get taken off games, etc.
If you make the same call against Bournemouth it's a footnote to the story and nothing much happens.

That means the threshold to give a red card for a clear 2nd booking is higher for some than it is for others and that's the inconsistency that we all hate.

On top of that you then also have the club/player reputation. Newcastle right now have a reputation for being aggressive which means refs go into their games knowing there's going to be challenges that the opposition will be upset about and that fore-knowledge sits there and has the ref thinking that if he's too card happy he'll lose control so he lets a few go and it means they keep kicking people until he eventually reaches for a card. This is exactly why Hughes got away with his clear yellow on McGinn the other night.

Forest and Wolves seem to have decided that they were going to try to 'solve' this by whining and, given it has worked to a degreee I can see us starting to follow their lead a little. We've definitely been a little more willing to call things out since Man U one.

The squeaky wheel always gets the grease

[Legion]

The opening of our game today. Shocking.

[hipkiss92]

We have the best competition in the world, no other leagues come close.
It’s time to ensure the officials are of the necessary standard.
The current PGMOL set up is certainly nowhere near.

We could start by using top officials from across Europe. Moneys no object so they could be flown in on match days. At least that would cut out the notion of bias in favour of the top English clubs.

Other than the officials we've come up against in our three seasons in europe have been worse

[London Villan]

I hope we make a point about the two unpunished challenges.

[Steve67]

The referee pulled play back when he didn't need to.  He was often too quick to give a free kick instead of taking a note of the player doing the foul. and going back to him afterwards  At one point, I think it was Buendia, was fouled and we played a lovely ball through and the referee pulled us back, therefore, punishing us twice.  I thought he was poor and failed to control some of Spurs thuggery.

[Nunkin1965]

Spurs clearly took advantage of the fact that there was no VAR.
Letting the game breathe early on by not issuing yellow cards for bad tackles is total bollocks btw.

[London Villan]

As has just been proved in the charlton match. Booking after 5 mins.

[Legion]

Spurs clearly took advantage of the fact that there was no VAR.
Letting the game breathe early on by not issuing yellow cards for bad tackles is total bollocks btw.

It's the Vidic factor.

[ChicagoLion]

The opening of our game today. Shocking.

Yes and led to the thuggery that was taken out on Kamara.
To then not book Palinha was a disgrace and just encouraged them to do more.

[Clampy]

Like I said elsewhere, it took him 85 mins to book Palinha but books Garcia two minutes after he came on. Fucking laughable really.

[LeeB]

Like I said elsewhere, it took him 85 mins to book Palinha but books Garcia two minutes after he came on. Fucking laughable really.

Same with Forest and Bogarde last week.

I get the feeling we've had enough, both the players and management, and the gloves are coming off.

[Rigadon]

Like I said elsewhere, it took him 85 mins to book Palinha but books Garcia two minutes after he came on. Fucking laughable really.

Same with Forest and Bogarde last week.

I get the feeling we've had enough, both the players and management, and the gloves are coming off.

Yep.  About time too. 

[Clive W]

Word of praise for the linesmen last night who were spot on with their decisions for the 2 Spurs offside “goals”

[Abbeyfealeavfc]

That there is 2 tier officiating is not for debate. It's blatant and being done in plain sight.
There's no question if Villa had fielded a thug like Paulinho yesterday, marching orders would have been issued.
Villa fans are brilliant on the holte in continuing to chant "premier league refs, corrupt as f**k"...but are we the only fans keeping this front and centre?I don't follow any other football on tv, so have no idea, but it seems to me the fans of 14 clubs in the PL need to keep repeating this message loud and clear in order that something positive changes with regards to refereeing standards. Eventually when it suits, the written and visual media will be implored to exert pressure.

[amfy]

To be honest every set of fans have started chanting it every time a decision goes against them, so I think it's lists its power a bit.