Author Topic: Ref Watch ! (Read 11391 times)

Kite · « **on:** March 26, 2008, 08:46:30 am »

You thought crimewatch was good. Well I bring you Ref watch. Unfortunately these inept tribe of clowns can't be sentenced to years in prison.

I'd like this to be a weekly series that can highlight the inconsistent nature of our "professional" ref's. Yes this is a Liverpool fans backlash to the dissent to referee's backlash but I know for a fact this recent flavour of the month application of the football laws will soon diminish.

I really want to see how long it is before other notorious players (Rooney, Terry et al) start performing their usual rants at the ref without punishment or the media witch hunt.

Andy @ Allerton! · « **Reply #1 on:** March 26, 2008, 08:50:15 am »

Quote from: Kite on March 26, 2008, 08:46:30 am

You thought crimewatch was good. Well I bring you Ref watch. Unfortunately these inept tribe of clowns can't be sentenced to years in prison.

I'd like this to be a weekly series that can highlight the inconsistent nature of our "professional" ref's. Yes this is a Liverpool fans backlash to the dissent to referee's backlash but I know for a fact this recent flavour of the month application of the football laws will soon diminish.

I really want to see how long it is before other notorious players (Rooney, Terry et al) start performing their usual rants at the ref without punishment or the media witch hunt.

Rooney will never get 2 yellow cards for dissent. He would never ever finish a competitive match in the rest of his career.

So he'll either be ignored or given a verbal warning then every blue moon he'll get a yellow card.

Andore · « **Reply #2 on:** March 26, 2008, 11:16:41 am »

Quote from: Andy @ Allerton on March 26, 2008, 08:50:15 am

Rooney will never get 2 yellow cards for dissent. He would never ever finish a competitive match in the rest of his career.

Well, since he plays half his games at Old Trafford it makes it even less likely.

This current dissent fad will probably only last a couple of weeks, until next media hullabaloo, but long term this could make an interesting read. I wonder if we might even find out if there is a good referee out there. I cant think of one, is there a current PL ref that actually deserves some respect for being a competent professional? (ideally without bias to one that might have made a mistake in our favour)

Kite · « **Reply #3 on:** March 29, 2008, 02:59:06 pm »

Right lads. Get you eyes peeled for today.

DaveLFC · « **Reply #4 on:** March 29, 2008, 03:03:02 pm »

You're hoping aren't you? They've got a scapegoat now.

Kite · « **Reply #5 on:** March 29, 2008, 03:07:24 pm »

Quote from: DaveLFC on March 29, 2008, 03:03:02 pm

You're hoping aren't you? They've got a scapegoat now.

Its gona take at least 4-5 weeks for normal shite service to resume

Maybe even into next season.

mazlo123 · « **Reply #6 on:** March 30, 2008, 12:55:02 am »

"Ref Watch is suffering from Technical Difficulties at the moment and will be back soon to give you the latest in refereeing shenanigans from across the globe. . . Please stay tuned."

CHOPPER · « **Reply #7 on:** March 30, 2008, 12:11:29 pm »

Who's today's bellend ?

GBF · « **Reply #8 on:** March 30, 2008, 12:22:27 pm »

Quote from: CHOPPER on March 30, 2008, 12:11:29 pm

Who's today's bellend ?

Howard Webb

Matches Red Yellow Average
23 1 82 3.61

He was the ref against Arsenal and also ref the united vs arsenal game without making him a backpager....he look sound

Welshred · « **Reply #9 on:** March 30, 2008, 01:11:23 pm »

Ooooooo can I start a player watch thread where we note down every single mistake a player makes during a match like we are with this referee one? I bet the player's thread is longer!

Art Vandelay · « **Reply #10 on:** March 30, 2008, 01:38:39 pm »

Having seen Styles' latest this morning, I nearly pissed myself. How is he allowed to ref anything higher up than an U-12's game?

josejohn · « **Reply #11 on:** March 30, 2008, 03:31:11 pm »

Quote from: CHOPPER on March 30, 2008, 12:11:29 pm

Who's today's bellend ?

BET YOU HOPE IT'S CLOTTENBERG?

mazlo123 · « **Reply #12 on:** March 30, 2008, 05:07:29 pm »

Quote from: Welshred on March 30, 2008, 01:11:23 pm

Ooooooo can I start a player watch thread where we note down every single mistake a player makes during a match like we are with this referee one? I bet the player's thread is longer!

Thats andys Dirk Kuyt thread

zimmie'5555 · « **Reply #13 on:** March 30, 2008, 06:11:40 pm »

Quote from: mazlo123 on March 30, 2008, 05:07:29 pm

Thats andys Dirk Kuyt thread

Haha.

Howard Webb was very good today I thought.

GBF · « **Reply #14 on:** March 30, 2008, 06:57:09 pm »

Quote from: zimmie5555 on March 30, 2008, 06:11:40 pm

Haha.

Howard Webb was very good today I thought.

He handle a derby match like it should be today. Shame his (prick) colleague could not do that last week

the red rebel · « **Reply #15 on:** March 30, 2008, 06:58:54 pm »

was it alan wiley who gave chelsea the pen at anfield or the knobhead styles? styles gave a pathetic pen to brum city yesterday.

anon-y-mouse · « **Reply #16 on:** March 30, 2008, 07:03:12 pm »

Webb had a good game, however, why was Hibbert not booked for his dissent, a rant at the lino when he'd already been booked?

litliper · « **Reply #17 on:** March 30, 2008, 07:05:20 pm »

Quote from: the red rebel on March 30, 2008, 06:58:54 pm

was it alan wiley who gave chelsea the pen at anfield or the knobhead styles? styles gave a pathetic pen to brum city yesterday.

Styles. Horrible ref

vicgill · « **Reply #18 on:** March 30, 2008, 07:09:26 pm »

Quote from: GBF on March 30, 2008, 06:57:09 pm

He handle a derby match like it should be today. Shame his (prick) colleague could not do that last week

agree entirely, should have booked Yakubu for a pathetic dive and Hibbert for ranting at the linesman
but i'm just nitpicking i suppose

Moley · « **Reply #19 on:** March 30, 2008, 07:15:45 pm »

I thought Webb was absolutly outstanding today.

Best performance on the park

gerrardspetal · « **Reply #20 on:** March 30, 2008, 07:22:50 pm »

Quote from: raptor on March 30, 2008, 07:03:12 pm

Webb had a good game, however, why was Hibbert not booked for his dissent, a rant at the lino when he'd already been booked?

was exactley what I thought.

Welshred · « **Reply #21 on:** March 30, 2008, 07:38:08 pm »

Quote from: raptor on March 30, 2008, 07:03:12 pm

Webb had a good game, however, why was Hibbert not booked for his dissent, a rant at the lino when he'd already been booked?

Because it's common sense refereeing which 1) realises that a player is frustrated at a decision given by the assistand and 2) gives the player the opportunity to calm himself down and his team a chance to curb his behaviour before he gets sent off. Webb used the opportunity to tell Hibbert to calm it or he walks, the red card should always be kept in your pocket until it's needed which is what Webb did. Something Bennett didn't do last week.

Ray K · « **Reply #22 on:** March 30, 2008, 07:42:41 pm »

Quote from: Welshred on March 30, 2008, 07:38:08 pm

Because it's common sense refereeing which 1) realises that a player is frustrated at a decision given by the assistand and 2) gives the player the opportunity to calm himself down and his team a chance to curb his behaviour before he gets sent off. Webb used the opportunity to tell Hibbert to calm it or he walks, the red card should always be kept in your pocket until it's needed which is what Webb did. Something Bennett didn't do last week.

Spot on.

Webb's the best referee in the country precisely for that reason. He knows when a quick word will do and when a yellow is warranted.

In fact he's so far ahead of the other refs its almost embarrassing. I mean, that pen that brum got yesterday....

Something Else · « **Reply #23 on:** March 30, 2008, 07:53:51 pm »

Quote from: raptor on March 30, 2008, 07:03:12 pm

Webb had a good game, however, why was Hibbert not booked for his dissent, a rant at the lino when he'd already been booked?

exactly

he and Carsley had the odd word throughout the game but nothing was done, would have been like kicking a puppy dog when it was down though.

Quote from: josejohn on March 30, 2008, 03:31:11 pm

BET YOU HOPE IT'S CLOTTENBERG?

anon-y-mouse · « **Reply #24 on:** March 30, 2008, 09:25:31 pm »

Quote from: Welshred on March 30, 2008, 07:38:08 pm

Because it's common sense refereeing which 1) realises that a player is frustrated at a decision given by the assistand and 2) gives the player the opportunity to calm himself down and his team a chance to curb his behaviour before he gets sent off. Webb used the opportunity to tell Hibbert to calm it or he walks, the red card should always be kept in your pocket until it's needed which is what Webb did. Something Bennett didn't do last week.

I know all that, and I agree with Webbs decision, I was simply trying to make a point. However it serves to highlight the utter cuntishness of Bennett and the gross hypocrisy and corrupotion at the FA and Premier League. Bennett should be apologising to Torres for not offering him any protection and Masch's ban should be rescinded. Too late now obviously.

rushyman · « **Reply #25 on:** March 30, 2008, 11:57:47 pm »

Quote from: Welshred on March 30, 2008, 01:11:23 pm

Ooooooo can I start a player watch thread where we note down every single mistake a player makes during a match like we are with this referee one? I bet the player's thread is longer!

AAAAAAGGHHHH will you let it go Welsh. Every time someone starts on refs

Youre a ref. We get it. You dont have to remind us all by defending them at every single opportunity no matter how little. Well done on being a ref.

If you can run blow a whistle and recognise when someone has thrown themselves on the floor youre already miles ahead of the total idiot that is Rob Styles. This man is undefendable. So please dont.

rebel23 · « **Reply #26 on:** March 31, 2008, 12:48:23 am »

Howard Webb is one of Europe's elite refs and is booked to referee at the Euro finals this summer as Britain's sole representative, i think today he showed why.

he controlled one of the most heated derbies in western Europe, there weren't any major incidents, violence, sendings off or plain bad decisions though I do agree that Yakubu should have been booked for that disgraceful dive

-Sad Fuck- · « **Reply #27 on:** March 31, 2008, 03:03:28 am »

Which twat gave that handball in the Villa Boro game?

One of the most shocking decisions I've seen in yonks, think it was Bennett come to think of it, him and Styles can fuck off.

Andy @ Allerton! · « **Reply #28 on:** March 31, 2008, 09:45:59 am »

Comparing Webb to Bennett is like comparing a North Sea Oil Tanker to a Star-wrought flaming octopus made of kebabs

groundhog · « **Reply #29 on:** March 31, 2008, 10:11:38 am »

Bluekipper have a thread like this. It's 8,276 pages long, and that's just for this season.

Kite · « **Reply #30 on:** March 31, 2008, 01:40:06 pm »

Quote from: Welshred on March 30, 2008, 01:11:23 pm

Ooooooo can I start a player watch thread where we note down every single mistake a player makes during a match like we are with this referee one? I bet the player's thread is longer!

I think you'll find there are multiple players threads every weekend. And this isn't just to point out mistakes. Consistency and direction is also something I'd like to pick up.

Like how long before some player doesn his nut way more than our lad Mascherano and gets no punishment.

Anyway. This is a football site about opinions. If fans aren't allowed opinions on ref's then we'd have feck all to bitch about.

Parpello · « **Reply #31 on:** March 31, 2008, 05:23:39 pm »

According to the papers, there were a few confrontations with the ref in the Reading v Blackburn game, & even though Clattenburg sent off 1 & booked 9 he never really got to grips with the dissent. Coppell & Hughes both said they were unaware of any new refereeing directive. I think it puts into perspective Bennett & the media's performance last week.

Harry_Wong · « **Reply #32 on:** April 2, 2008, 05:34:29 pm »

Quote

ITV:
Breather for Styles after erring
April 02 2008
Referee Rob Styles has been 'rested' from Premier League action this weekend after a series of bizarre decisions.

He appeared to 'even things up' in Birmingham's 3-1 win over Manchester City last weekend, by awarding Blues a highly contentious penalty after sending off defender Franck Queudrue earlier in the game.

This was the third game in a row that Styles has pulled such a trick, giving penalties to Nottingham Forest and Watford after dismissing players in their games against Northampton and Stoke respectively.

Styles, who came under immense pressure earlier in the season because of his poor handling of the Chelsea v Liverpool game at Anfield - in which he awarded an extremely soft spot-kick to Florent Malouda - has been left off both the Premier League and Football League lists for the weekend action.

Uriah Rennie will also be putting his feet up after his decision to send off Steve Kabba in the Hornets' game against Hull was overturned this week.

This suggests that referees' chief Keith Hackett is continuing a policy of cracking down on poor performances from his officials.

Mike Riley was 'rested' last weekend after his perceived mishandling of the Tottenham v Chelsea game last month, in which he failed to send Ashley Cole off for a late and high challenge on Alan Hutton.

Hackett's got them under a lot of pressure...

...Rob 'Even it up' Styles is a shocking story.

Welshred · « **Reply #33 on:** April 2, 2008, 10:09:54 pm »

Hands up who thought the ref did well tonight?

litliper · « **Reply #34 on:** April 2, 2008, 10:11:00 pm »

Quote from: Welshred on April 2, 2008, 10:09:54 pm

Hands up who thought the ref did well tonight?

He was Clattenburg-esque

Billy The Kid · « **Reply #35 on:** April 2, 2008, 10:30:34 pm »

He was piss poor. Im not complaining like, but he was shite. I think this was only his 2nd or 3rd CL game. What the fuck are UEFA doing giving a quater final tie to a novice. Surely the less experienced refs should get a couple of low key group games under their belts before they ref in knock out ties. Then again, its UEFA I guess

Harry_Wong · « **Reply #36 on:** April 3, 2008, 02:41:37 am »

Unbelievable decision on Kuyt given his position. I can't help but think of the Dutch connection Keys mentioned at the end - difficult to penalise and probably send off a local hero.

I sympathised with his reluctance to caution anyone though. Referees ought to be absolutely sure in games at this level.

Billy The Kid · « **Reply #37 on:** April 20, 2008, 11:03:04 pm »

Who reffed the brum vs villa match today? i just seen him on MOTD 2 shoving the 2 lads who were squaring up to each other. Id love to see that done to Rooney or Terry

۩ Imperator ۩ · « **Reply #38 on:** April 20, 2008, 11:05:16 pm »

Quote from: Billy The Kid. on April 20, 2008, 11:03:04 pm

Who reffed the brum vs villa match today? i just seen him on MOTD 2 shoving the 2 lads who were squaring up to each other. Id love to see that done to Rooney or Terry

Wasn't it Clattenberg?

Billy The Kid · « **Reply #39 on:** April 20, 2008, 11:08:24 pm »

Quote from: ۩ Imperator ۩ on April 20, 2008, 11:05:16 pm

Wasn't it Clattenberg?

Yeah it was, ive just heard him mentioned now. Fair fucks to him.

Poll

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Author Topic: Ref Watch ! (Read 11391 times)