Halsey: Referee standards have dropped to alarming levels  

The appalling reffing decisions and blatant pen ignored will now all be overshadowed due to the allegations about Hendo and supposed comments. A cynic might say it's been perfectly orchestrated by an arsenal player.

On 25/11/2020 at 14:51, Jimmy Hills Chin said:

 

 

My kind of ref!

Thats quite strange as a grassroots ref recently faced punishment for 'pushing' a player who he wanted to leave the pitch quickly for a substitution in the same way as this ref.

On 09/10/2022 at 23:33, dockers_strike said:

The appalling reffing decisions and blatant pen ignored will now all be overshadowed due to the allegations about Hendo and supposed comments. A cynic might say it's been perfectly orchestrated by an arsenal player.

Not unlike Holgate getting off Scot-free with throwing Bobby into the stands, a red card challenge a normal world, by falsely playing the race card. 

Anybody got a link to the handball incident? I dont think I saw it.

Not given on the left, given on the right 

As that is exactly what VAR does,slows it down to a photo,thats deffo a pen.

Saw this somewhere on t'interweb

Now I'm not sure where the earlier quote came from but just look at how that comes across to the frustrated fan, perfectly put below from a poster on another site.

'We got to be the ones in 2013-14 to see City win the title by two points after we were denied a clearly onside equaliser at the Etihad that would have created a three point swing in our favour and guess who would have won the title?

We got to be the ones in 2018-19 to see City win the title by a point after we lost a game at the Etihad two one when Kompany should have been sent off for denying Salah a goalscoring opportunity at one each, a draw would have created a three point swing, and guess who would have won the title?

We got to be the ones to see City win the title by a point last season, knowing that the authorities actually apologised to Everton because the officials fucked up by not giving Everton a very late penalty at one nil down, that officials gave City a soft penalty at the Emirates and denied Arsenal the soft penalty they spunked their load to give against us on Saturday, in a two one defeat to Arsenal, that City won one nil against Wolves with a penalty that clearly hit the ribs and armpits of the defender but VAR were happy to award, that Jota got flattened in the box at WHL but the ref decided that he stopped to initiate contact. Any of those decisions implemented correctly, just one of them... and guess who would have won the title?

Excuse me for saying, but I'm fucking sick of it.

I'm fucking sick of officials continuously finding obscure reasons to fuck us, and if they can't find obscure reasons they just fuck us anyway, whilst clubs like City and utd seem to have a 'Get Out Of Jail Free' card in perpetuity.

So somebody else can get kicked in the balls in May. They're welcome to it.'

I totally get where he's at. From financial cheating to knobhead fans, bastard policing to corrupt governing bodies, docile 'journalists' to nodding dog pundits, obscene wages paid to preening bellends, refereeing incompetence/corruption (delete as appropriate) is coming perilously close to breaking that bond for me. I can feel myself pulling away little by little and there is less and less to pull me back in.

9 minutes ago, Jimmy Hills Chin said:

Now I'm not sure where the earlier quote came from but just look at how that comes across to the frustrated fan, perfectly put below from a poster on another site.

 

'We got to be the ones in 2013-14 to see City win the title by two points after we were denied a clearly onside equaliser at the Etihad that would have created a three point swing in our favour and guess who would have won the title?

We got to be the ones in 2018-19 to see City win the title by a point after we lost a game at the Etihad two one when Kompany should have been sent off for denying Salah a goalscoring opportunity at one each, a draw would have created a three point swing, and guess who would have won the title?

We got to be the ones to see City win the title by a point last season, knowing that the authorities actually apologised to Everton because the officials fucked up by not giving Everton a very late penalty at one nil down, that officials gave City a soft penalty at the Emirates and denied Arsenal the soft penalty they spunked their load to give against us on Saturday, in a two one defeat to Arsenal, that City won one nil against Wolves with a penalty that clearly hit the ribs and armpits of the defender but VAR were happy to award, that Jota got flattened in the box at WHL but the ref decided that he stopped to initiate contact. Any of those decisions implemented correctly, just one of them... and guess who would have won the title?

Excuse me for saying, but I'm fucking sick of it.

I'm fucking sick of officials continuously finding obscure reasons to fuck us, and if they can't find obscure reasons they just fuck us anyway, whilst clubs like City and utd seem to have a 'Get Out Of Jail Free' card in perpetuity.

So somebody else can get kicked in the balls in May. They're welcome to it.'

 

I totally get where he's at. From financial cheating to knobhead fans, bastard policing to corrupt governing bodies, docile 'journalists' to nodding dog pundits, obscene wages paid to preening bellends, refereeing incompetence/corruption (delete as appropriate) is coming perilously close to breaking that bond for me. I can feel myself pulling away little by little and there is less and less to pull me back in.

 

When we won the title, it was only because everyone else were so far behind the corrupt cunts couldn't claw them back somehow. 

One thing about citing examples of appalling decisions from years gone by, as shit as they were, is the assumption that all else for the rest of the season would remain the same had the officials made the opposite calls.

Despite that, it's unarguable that English referees are shit these days. Nearly all from Greater Manchester and making such a pig's ear of VAR that its usefulness is often outweighed by how badly they apply it.

19 minutes ago, Trumo said:

One thing about citing examples of appalling decisions from years gone by, as shit as they were, is the assumption that all else for the rest of the season would remain the same had the officials made the opposite calls.

 

Despite that, it's unarguable that English referees are shit these days. Nearly all from Greater Manchester and making such a pig's ear of VAR that its usefulness is often outweighed by how badly they apply it.

 

I get what you are saying but as it stands we definitely didn't win the league in any of those years, with the right decisions then who knows?

7 minutes ago, Lee909 said:

 

 

 

They REALLY don't like being called out on their bullshit, do they? Just taking the piss now. 

4 hours ago, Jimmy Hills Chin said:

Now I'm not sure where the earlier quote came from but just look at how that comes across to the frustrated fan, perfectly put below from a poster on another site.

 

'We got to be the ones in 2013-14 to see City win the title by two points after we were denied a clearly onside equaliser at the Etihad that would have created a three point swing in our favour and guess who would have won the title?

We got to be the ones in 2018-19 to see City win the title by a point after we lost a game at the Etihad two one when Kompany should have been sent off for denying Salah a goalscoring opportunity at one each, a draw would have created a three point swing, and guess who would have won the title?

We got to be the ones to see City win the title by a point last season, knowing that the authorities actually apologised to Everton because the officials fucked up by not giving Everton a very late penalty at one nil down, that officials gave City a soft penalty at the Emirates and denied Arsenal the soft penalty they spunked their load to give against us on Saturday, in a two one defeat to Arsenal, that City won one nil against Wolves with a penalty that clearly hit the ribs and armpits of the defender but VAR were happy to award, that Jota got flattened in the box at WHL but the ref decided that he stopped to initiate contact. Any of those decisions implemented correctly, just one of them... and guess who would have won the title?

Excuse me for saying, but I'm fucking sick of it.

I'm fucking sick of officials continuously finding obscure reasons to fuck us, and if they can't find obscure reasons they just fuck us anyway, whilst clubs like City and utd seem to have a 'Get Out Of Jail Free' card in perpetuity.

So somebody else can get kicked in the balls in May. They're welcome to it.'

 

I totally get where he's at. From financial cheating to knobhead fans, bastard policing to corrupt governing bodies, docile 'journalists' to nodding dog pundits, obscene wages paid to preening bellends, refereeing incompetence/corruption (delete as appropriate) is coming perilously close to breaking that bond for me. I can feel myself pulling away little by little and there is less and less to pull me back in.

 

That's all spot on.

1 hour ago, A_S said:

They REALLY don't like being called out on their bullshit, do they? Just taking the piss now. 

How the fuck is Taylor ref for this again?!?!?

On 11/10/2022 at 17:33, Jimmy Hills Chin said:

Now I'm not sure where the earlier quote came from but just look at how that comes across to the frustrated fan, perfectly put below from a poster on another site.

 

'We got to be the ones in 2013-14 to see City win the title by two points after we were denied a clearly onside equaliser at the Etihad that would have created a three point swing in our favour and guess who would have won the title?

We got to be the ones in 2018-19 to see City win the title by a point after we lost a game at the Etihad two one when Kompany should have been sent off for denying Salah a goalscoring opportunity at one each, a draw would have created a three point swing, and guess who would have won the title?

We got to be the ones to see City win the title by a point last season, knowing that the authorities actually apologised to Everton because the officials fucked up by not giving Everton a very late penalty at one nil down, that officials gave City a soft penalty at the Emirates and denied Arsenal the soft penalty they spunked their load to give against us on Saturday, in a two one defeat to Arsenal, that City won one nil against Wolves with a penalty that clearly hit the ribs and armpits of the defender but VAR were happy to award, that Jota got flattened in the box at WHL but the ref decided that he stopped to initiate contact. Any of those decisions implemented correctly, just one of them... and guess who would have won the title?

Excuse me for saying, but I'm fucking sick of it.

I'm fucking sick of officials continuously finding obscure reasons to fuck us, and if they can't find obscure reasons they just fuck us anyway, whilst clubs like City and utd seem to have a 'Get Out Of Jail Free' card in perpetuity.

So somebody else can get kicked in the balls in May. They're welcome to it.'

 

I totally get where he's at. From financial cheating to knobhead fans, bastard policing to corrupt governing bodies, docile 'journalists' to nodding dog pundits, obscene wages paid to preening bellends, refereeing incompetence/corruption (delete as appropriate) is coming perilously close to breaking that bond for me. I can feel myself pulling away little by little and there is less and less to pull me back in.

 

One game doesnt make a season. There is a pattern of rank incompetence rather than corruption. The corruption occurs way before anybody ever steps foot on a pitch.

Dont know if this has been poster before on here. Not very surprising I guess, but still unbelievable that they can get away with it.

https://tomkinstimes.com/2021/03/a-damning-indictment-of-english-referees-regarding-foreign-players/

Look at the Douglas Luiz shit

Sent off via VAR and then gets overturned cause they got it wrong. Isn't that the whole fucking point of var to get shit right 

9 hours ago, Joey8FrogsLegs said:

Dont know if this has been posted before on here. Not very surprising I guess, but still unbelievable that they can get away with it.

 

https://tomkinstimes.com/2021/03/a-damning-indictment-of-english-referees-regarding-foreign-players/

9 hours ago, Joey8FrogsLegs said:

Dont know if this has been poster before on here. Not very surprising I guess, but still unbelievable that they can get away with it.

 

https://tomkinstimes.com/2021/03/a-damning-indictment-of-english-referees-regarding-foreign-players/

Surprisingly shorter than an article from The Athletic.

On 22/10/2022 at 08:40, Trumo said:

 

Surprisingly shorter than an article from The Athletic.

War and Peace is shorter than an article in The Athletic.

What with the midweek games and such, I've been watching a fair few games recently and Craig Pawson seems to be on my screen all the tme;

16th October Man United v Newcastle

18th October Blackburn v Sunderland

20th October Fulham v Villa (4th 0fficial)

22nd City v Southampton

24th West Ham v Bournemouth (4th Official)

I do't know if he's still a UEFA official but if so he might expect to be involved this week.

That's a ridiculous schedule. When is he supposed to train, be coached (and PGMOL put great emphasis on improved coaching this season) and meet assessors to discuss his performance?

47 minutes ago, Frank Dacey said:

What with the midweek games and such, I've been watching a fair few games recently and Craig Pawson seems to be on my screen all the tme;

16th October Man United v Newcastle

18th October Blackburn v Sunderland

20th October Fulham v Villa (4th 0fficial)

22nd City v Southampton

24th West Ham v Bournemouth (4th Official)

I do't know if he's still a UEFA official but if so he might expect to be involved this week.

That's a ridiculous schedule. When is he supposed to train, be coached (and PGMOL put great emphasis on improved coaching this season) and meet assessors to discuss his performance?

He's not. The worse the officials perform,the more drama there is. Drama creates publicity,publicity creates news stories,clicks and eventually lots of money for the gravy train they are all on. They dont give a shit.

I notice this morning that Bobby Madley is back reffing in the PL this weekend. I thought, before his meltdown back in 2018, that he was one of the better refs at the time.

8 minutes ago, Frank Dacey said:

I notice this morning that Bobby Madley is back reffing in the PL this weekend. I thought, before his meltdown back in 2018, that he was one of the better refs at the time.

I didn't particularly rate him, but he never gave me the impression he had an issue with us, unlike some others. Been working his way up again for a couple of years. His brother Andy isn't a bad ref and his name very rarely appears in the controversial incidents regularly highlighted on MOTD etc.