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Post by stokecitytalke on Oct 28, 2023 21:39:42 GMT
.... and three wins!
Coincidence?
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Post by PotterLog on Oct 28, 2023 21:41:47 GMT
Yep
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Oct 28, 2023 21:43:14 GMT
.... and three wins! Coincidence? When you say elite refs I can understand the first 2 but the lad today was reffing in the championship this season for the first time |
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Post by Billybigbollox on Oct 28, 2023 21:44:34 GMT
There’s No such thing as an elite ref . They’re all shit
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Post by andyapotter on Oct 28, 2023 22:04:56 GMT
There’s No such thing as an elite ref . They’re all shit Not as shit as the rest could make you elite I think. |
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Post by andyapotter on Oct 28, 2023 22:05:33 GMT
There’s No such thing as an elite ref . They’re all shit Not as shit as the rest could make you elite I think. Fair point though… |
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Post by Staffsoatcake on Oct 28, 2023 22:29:26 GMT
You have poor. Very poor & absolute garbage.
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Post by xchpotter on Oct 28, 2023 22:32:58 GMT
You have poor. Very poor & absolute garbage. Exactly this. When we have someone who appears good, it has to be seen in the context that the standard is so poor, any slight display of competence makes them look good. I swear that since they went professional the standard has got worse. |
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Post by thepottypotter on Oct 29, 2023 4:40:13 GMT
'Elite refs' - surely that's an oxymoron?  |
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Post by a on Oct 29, 2023 5:22:01 GMT
There’s No such thing as an elite ref . They’re all shit Not as shit as the rest could make you elite I think. Sorry Andy, but, what?! 😂 |
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Post by a on Oct 29, 2023 5:22:45 GMT
Not related to EFL but VAR seems to be making poor decisions on a weekly basis…
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Post by cobhamstokey on Oct 29, 2023 5:42:49 GMT
Todays ref was good because he let the game flow and wasn’t looking to dish cards out for every tackle.
That said it was an easy game to ref.
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Post by questionable on Oct 29, 2023 6:00:47 GMT
Mentioned after the Leeds game that the referee was good and let the game flow
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Post by britvic72 on Oct 29, 2023 6:54:40 GMT
Mentioned after the Leeds game that the referee was good and let the game flow Did he get the derby on the back of that one or was he appointed before our TV match 🤔 |
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Post by theonlooker on Oct 29, 2023 7:04:09 GMT
Three games and three games where the ref has awarded more fouls against us than for us. All three games where there was nothing really in it and not that type of game.
There is a clear agenda against this football club and it's about time it stopped.
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Post by idle on Oct 29, 2023 7:05:06 GMT
You have poor. Very poor & absolute garbage. Hard disagree. You get the standard of refereeing you deserve. I the world cup or the later CL stages you get the best refs. In sunday league, the ref is on par with the players, no matter what the "world class strikers" playing there think. The championship is a cesspool of inconsistency, and so are the refs. The only outlier is the PL. There the standard of football is much better than the reffereeing. I'm inclined to think this is because the FA can't bolster their ranks witrh foreign talent like the clubs do (or rather they fill the squad with players from abrouad and keep the single good one and a couple of token or hopeful young english players). Refereeing a game is hard. Really hard. The ref gets labaled shit if they miss a single thing, like a wrong throw in or a dive in the box. How many things did our players get wrong today, even when we won? I'm guessing at least 10 things each, and much much more for the Boro players! And most of us give our players an average score of 8/10! And VAR has only made it worse. The refs no longer have the absolute authority, for good or bad, and their confidence goes down. |
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Post by cobhamstokey on Oct 29, 2023 7:59:12 GMT
Just seen the Championship highlights and the decision not to give a Plymouth free kick on the edge of the box and Ipswich red for a blatant foul was unbelievable.
You’d be seething if you were on the wrong end of that.
Gavin Ward was the ref. Haven’t we had previous with him?
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Post by bayernoatcake on Oct 29, 2023 8:02:23 GMT
I think it is a coincidence.
What isn’t though is we have a central partnership now and not just two or three individuals playing there.
There’s no way Clark or Wilmot should be put straight in the side when fit.
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Post by prestwichpotter on Nov 7, 2023 16:45:06 GMT
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Post by tuum on Nov 7, 2023 17:00:38 GMT
Gavin Ward was the ref. Haven’t we had previous with him? Not sure. He was just an average GK for me but others may have a different opinion. |
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Nov 7, 2023 17:08:05 GMT
Three games and three games where the ref has awarded more fouls against us than for us. All three games where there was nothing really in it and not that type of game. There is a clear agenda against this football club and it's about time it stopped. There simply isn't. Refs are just poor at this level and seems many fans will share that view re their own club . Why on Earth would there be an agenda against us? |
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Post by J-Roar on Nov 7, 2023 17:13:16 GMT
And I like it, I like it, I like it, I like it I li-li-like it, li-li-li Here we go, City on top of the league |
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Post by Olgrligm on Nov 7, 2023 18:07:49 GMT
Worth mentioning we've the third fewest fouls awarded to us (140) as well. |
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Post by chiprockets on Nov 7, 2023 18:43:06 GMT
Hate stats like this Needs adjusting for possession for example would be my first complaint. Someone averaging 30% possession is going to commit more fouls than Southampton That said, we’d still be high on that too 😄😄 |
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Post by TinkerT on Nov 7, 2023 18:56:17 GMT
Gavin Ward was the ref. Haven’t we had previous with him? Not sure. He was just an average GK for me but others may have a different opinion. Only thing I remember him doing was decking a Bristol rovers fan then we ended up on the pitch, I was only young at the time and remember it |
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Post by Picasso on Nov 7, 2023 21:58:46 GMT
…. walked into a bar. The barman said ‘You should’ve gone to specsavers’!
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