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Originally Posted by choirboy
I agree with you about the referee. Another one clearly who thinks that his main priority is to ‘play on’ and ‘keep the game flowing’. He acted on only eighteen fouls……ten against us and eight against Doncaster! In reality he spoiled the second half as he was letting far too much mauling, wrestling and shirt pulling go without taking action. This type of refereeing can increase the risk of injuries to players too. So in trying to ‘maintain the flow of play’ he actually ruined the match as a spectacle! Two of our yellow cards were justified as they were professional fouls but how Doncaster didn’t have three or four yellow cards remains a mystery! Doncaster were very clever but blatantly so with little pushes in the backs of our players, thus knocking them off balance and mis hitting the ball. Players on both sides in the second half were not allowed to win the ball without being pulled, pushed and dragged around which caused far too much of the play from both sides to be up in the air! IMHO referees should simply apply the rules properly regarding unfair physical contact and allow teams to ‘play football’!  |
well i saw the game completly the opposite. he had the choice of running the game as he saw fit or pull up both sides for all the pulling and pushing. infact if he had taken that stance rovers would have had a snonewall penalty for nottinghams pull back in the first half. players were not exactly diving in with reckless tackles therefore the injury to players never came into it. actually enjoyed the game as it was much better than a stop start game littered with free kicks for both sides and knowing some officials that stanley have had in the past you know which way these free kicks would have been given. would the game have been different if he had stamped out the physical stuff early on. i doubt it. you may say he got away with it. well it was a gamble, but with the players on the pitch last night i thought it was one worth taking. my only gripe was the regular one of throw ins not being taken more or less where the ball went out of play. good luck mr.oldham. rather see you than some fussy whistle blower.