| The ref tonight, honest thoughts......? 03:04 - Jul 4 with 5974 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
In one way I thought it was the hardest game of the tournament to ref, with those lot constantly in his face and cheating. Also credit got him to punish them for the penalty and not scared to book them either. On the other he seemed to want to even it up and give them free kicks for any 50/50 plus the Henderson booking when it was them delaying everything and getting in our players faces seems a joke. I don't know, I wasn't very impressed but thought he held his nerve at times as well. Tough game to ref for sure. |  | | |  |
| The ref tonight, honest thoughts......? on 09:31 - Jul 4 with 1425 views | No9 |
| The ref tonight, honest thoughts......? on 09:25 - Jul 4 by RegencyBlue |
I thought he was on the verge of losing control of it a couple of times.
He certainly bottled the head butt incident. Either its a red or it didnt happen. If he accepts it happened, and why else give a yellow, then its a red. He should have looked at the VAR footage himself. |
He could & should have taken control of the penalty incident and booked a whole bunch of Columbians culminating with one getting sent off
BUT- he knew full well FIFA would not support him and ALL S.A. nations would have raised merry hell |  | | |
| The ref tonight, honest thoughts......? on 09:37 - Jul 4 with 1418 views | poppiesman |
Apart from should have been stricter when they delayed the penalty by about 3 minutes, I thought overall he did well.
Columbia players disgraced themselves but one or two England players were almost as bad. Maguire doing the TV VAR sign at least 5 times in one incident was embarrassing to see, and Henderson antics for the headbutt was out of order.
Tough game for the ref but he did ok. | | | |
| The ref tonight, honest thoughts......? on 09:44 - Jul 4 with 1407 views | StokieBlue |
I thought they should have had at least 2 go. The surrounding the referee for minutes after every decision is getting totally out of hand - it needs to be stopped now.
The scuffing of the penalty spot was possibly one of the most unsportsmanlike things I've ever seen.
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| The ref tonight, honest thoughts......? on 17:31 - Jul 4 with 1361 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
| The ref tonight, honest thoughts......? on 09:44 - Jul 4 by StokieBlue |
I thought they should have had at least 2 go. The surrounding the referee for minutes after every decision is getting totally out of hand - it needs to be stopped now.
The scuffing of the penalty spot was possibly one of the most unsportsmanlike things I've ever seen.
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Didn't see that. It does not surprise me though, they were cheating. The guy that did get booked for the headbutt I'd like to know how many fouls he committed after. I think three can result in a persistent infringements yellow. | | | |
| The ref tonight, honest thoughts......? on 17:35 - Jul 4 with 1358 views | GlasgowBlue |
| The ref tonight, honest thoughts......? on 08:37 - Jul 4 by Herbivore |
Oh I know that about Sir Alf but I try not to dwell on the fact that he was a bit racist. |
Not like you to call somebody racist Herbie. |  |
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| The ref tonight, honest thoughts......? on 17:39 - Jul 4 with 1355 views | StokieBlue |
| The ref tonight, honest thoughts......? on 17:31 - Jul 4 by Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
Didn't see that. It does not surprise me though, they were cheating. The guy that did get booked for the headbutt I'd like to know how many fouls he committed after. I think three can result in a persistent infringements yellow. |
You shouldn't get booked for a headbutt though.
It's either a red or nothing, no way it can be a yellow.
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| The ref tonight, honest thoughts......? on 17:41 - Jul 4 with 1351 views | giant_stow |
bit of a pussy.
then the game ran away from him. |  |
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| The ref tonight, honest thoughts......? on 17:56 - Jul 4 with 1341 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
| The ref tonight, honest thoughts......? on 17:39 - Jul 4 by StokieBlue |
You shouldn't get booked for a headbutt though.
It's either a red or nothing, no way it can be a yellow.
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Did he get a word from VAR? Doubt he saw the headbutt | | | |
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| The ref tonight, honest thoughts......? on 19:04 - Jul 4 with 1317 views | m14_blue |
| The ref tonight, honest thoughts......? on 09:44 - Jul 4 by StokieBlue |
I thought they should have had at least 2 go. The surrounding the referee for minutes after every decision is getting totally out of hand - it needs to be stopped now.
The scuffing of the penalty spot was possibly one of the most unsportsmanlike things I've ever seen.
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This. How can a professional sportsman think that's acceptable behaviour?
I know it isn't in the rules but things like that should be a red card and a ban. It's deliberate, pre meditated and bringing the game into disrepute. | | | |
| The ref tonight, honest thoughts......? on 19:06 - Jul 4 with 1314 views | m14_blue |
| The ref tonight, honest thoughts......? on 08:32 - Jul 4 by GlebeTractor |
In what was a tough game, I thought he did well, I can only assume that he probably has never have a game like it as he officiates in the MLS.
However; VAR didn't help him much last night, he should have been told to go and watch the screen for the headbutt on Henderson.
Also, during the penalty, the players making marks/scuffing up the penalty spot should have been cautioned for unsporting behavior.
"A player who makes unauthorised marks on the field of play must be cautioned for unsporting behaviour. If the referee notices this being done during the match, the player is cautioned when the ball next goes out of play."
But VAR should have picked that up. [Post edited 4 Jul 2018 8:33]
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Unfortunately VAR couldn't have picked up on the cheating around the penalty spot as it can only be used for potential red cards. | | | |
| The ref tonight, honest thoughts......? on 19:18 - Jul 4 with 1301 views | Swansea_Blue |
I wasn’t keen on the American ref. If he’d have been on the ball in the end zone we might have got a shut out. Although we’d have missed the PKs in the hotbox and that glorious moment when Colombia got one on the frame.
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| The ref tonight, honest thoughts......? on 00:28 - Jul 5 with 1259 views | ronnyd |
Thought he was totally inept in the first half and was lucky to manage to get it back under control midway through the second. Which coincided with the Columbians realising that they had to start playing football to get back into the match, which they did. | | | |
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