madras Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 2 minutes ago, Elbel1 said: That one was described as 'six of one, and half a dozen of another' by Danny 'thicker than the glass in a tiger enclosure' Murphy I thought the one on Barnes was the one and I dont blame the ref for it but its a one var gives, missed tackle which ends with the defenders leg between the attackers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samptime29 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Absolutely insane decisions tonight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 8 minutes ago, Colos Short and Curlies said: Just for a little balance thought he go the Watkins and Trips one wrong as well. nowhere near as obvious as the ones against us obviously It is never a foul IMO. But those ones get given 9/10 basically every game, every week. So not exactly controversial. I might have even put it in the football pet hates thread before. But those very soft ones like that. Where a player is then away on goal or is likely to play a pass leading to a chance. The ref almost always blows up for a free kick. Usually late and sort of in slow motion. The replays usually confirm it was soft, a dive or not a foul. Try getting one of those given as a pen or a dangerous free kick and the bar is much higher and you’ve got no chance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ9 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Worst refereeing of performance I’ve seen. Two blatant penalties and a red missed. Offside goal was ridiculous Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BennyBlanco Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 I’d say that game needs looking into badly. We’ve all had a shitter at work but that’s the football equivalent of serving the nut allergy bloke a chicken satay. Twice. Then again, what’s even the point of complaining? The FA will just mark their own homework, stick the ref and his team in league one for a month and there’ll be no actual punishment for a shite performance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 The thing that gets me is that it seems like we're posting every other week that actually, that was the worst we've ever seen. I sometimes wonder if it's just recency bias, then there's a performance like tonight's and it's obvious that it's not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 The only thing that stopped it being questionable re corruption is that I thought Trippier was very, very lucky when he brought down Watkins. Looks more like complete and utter incompetence rather than bent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie_once_removed Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Quite a few times in this thread it's overreactions to subjective calls we're on the wrong end of, but today, wow, just wow. The officials had a shit with their kegs on pretty much from minute 1. It's lucky we won or the North East would have been suffering from an epidemic of rage induced stomach ulcers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewboy74 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 It was awful tonight. VAR can still get to fuck though. Loved celebrating them goals knowing that they weren't getting chalked off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 24 minutes ago, madras said: Na. I was there for Coddington and Mills. Tonight was worse. My late uncle would still rant about the day he went to Brighton and Trelford Mills was refereeing as the worst ref performance ever. For me before tonight it was Derby away in 1992 and Forest away in 2016. This beats those comfortably Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 (edited) 1 minute ago, Drewboy74 said: It was awful tonight. VAR can still get to fuck though. Loved celebrating them goals knowing that they weren't getting chalked off. 100%. The match was also better generally, much more blood and thunder. Just shit refereeing, too many of these cunts are used to not making decisions anymore. Edited February 14 by TheBrownBottle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 WBA away in the cup, 2009/10, James Linington. Forest away in the Championship, 2016/17, Steve Martin. and now... Villa away in the cup, 2025/26, Chris Kavanagh. The three worst individual refereeing performances I've witnessed and there's plenty to choose from of course. Worst referee generally in my NUFC supporting lifetime is still Rob Styles. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewboy74 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Just now, TheBrownBottle said: 100%. The match was also better generally, much more blood and thunder. Just shit refereeing, too many of these cunts are used to not making decisions anymore. Well that's going to be the excuse isn't it? Going from VAR to no VAR is too mentally challenging Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucasol Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 As blinkered an officials team display as I can remember. I’m pro-VAR now after watching that car crash. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Just now, Drewboy74 said: Well that's going to be the excuse isn't it? Going from VAR to no VAR is too mentally challenging Oh aye definitely ‘we need help to see that a player five yards inside the box is five yards inside the box, even if two of us are standing close enough to never make that mistake’. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy84 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 So bad that I’ve forgot their offside goal which wasn’t even close Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLUMPO235 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Has to be the worst ref performance I can actually remember. We’ve had some bad decisions that have big consequences for games. But that as a whole was ridiculous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewboy74 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 3 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said: Oh aye definitely ‘we need help to see that a player five yards inside the box is five yards inside the box, even if two of us are standing close enough to never make that mistake’. I'll never understand how the ref and the linesman didn't see it. It wasn't even close! I'm glad I can laugh about it now, but bloody hell, if that had cost us...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 40 minutes ago, Colos Short and Curlies said: Just for a little balance thought he go the Watkins and Trips one wrong as well. nowhere near as obvious as the ones against us obviously aye Trips got lucky with that one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Edward Howe on VAR and refereeing: “I think there’s an argument to say that, because when VAR is there, there’s always a, ‘Well, I won’t give that, but let’s check it’ “And I think then your decision-making maybe isn’t as sharp as it may normally have to be so maybe there’s a difference there. “I’m always torn on VAR. I said this many times because I still love the emotion, even tonight, when a goal is given and you don’t see a flag or a referee, it’s a goal, and no-one’s going to take it away from you. “That joy that you get in that moment, I still really love and VAR takes it away. But then on the other side, I was wishing there was VAR on the first goal against us, and probably throughout that game. “I think it does give accurate results. It does make the game more concise in terms of decision-making and those moments, you have to respect that they’re worth their weight in gold, especially for us today, when we’re on the wrong side of it. “So I’m still very much torn on it. “The officials don’t make any (wrong) decision on purpose. It’s what they think at the time. But with without VAR, I thought there was a lot of errors.” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewboy74 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Just now, huss9 said: aye Trips got lucky with that one. You think? I've only seen the one reply mind but was Trip's not in front of Watkins and got dragged back? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1964 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 18 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said: The only thing that stopped it being questionable re corruption is that I thought Trippier was very, very lucky when he brought down Watkins. Looks more like complete and utter incompetence rather than bent. If he'd player on we would rightly be adding it to his list of obscenities Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiLvOR Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Assistants have always been shit scared of making any decisions whatsoever. It's got even worse with the crutch of VAR to lean on. Shearer was spot on, the standards have got so much worse now. Utterly shambolic, and it's every week we're talking about some useless set of cunts ruining the sport. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 2 minutes ago, Drewboy74 said: You think? I've only seen the one reply mind but was Trip's not in front of Watkins and got dragged back? i reckon some refs wouldnt have blown Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 22 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said: The only thing that stopped it being questionable re corruption is that I thought Trippier was very, very lucky when he brought down Watkins. Looks more like complete and utter incompetence rather than bent. Yeah, I thought the same. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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