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Pearson - Absolute liability

Pearson - Absolute liability

I love the bloke but he is a fucking dick at times. There was absolutely no need to move the ball forward after seeing the ref slam it down.

On the other hand, any other player and that's not a yellow card, not excusing him cos it was very stupid but the ref was absolutely gagging to book him and he presented him with a ready made opportunity.

But if his idiocy is the only reason he's playing at this level for us then I hope it never stops.
 
Sid Snot said:
Serious question, when was the last game you refereed and who were the teams involved?
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Never refereed a game in my life but if I performed like Mr Ward and many others I see live and on Tv I would pack my job in and train for something else. It's as hard as you make it.
 
miff said:
Never refereed a game in my life but if I performed like Mr Ward and many others I see live and on Tv I would pack my job in and train for something else. It's as hard as you make it.
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Do you think so my friend
Trouble is (and I am defending them) referees are damned if they do and damned if they dont
We look to the ref to control the game and gain respect, with that must come an authoritative approach whilst trying not to be noticed - not an easy task but the referees in rugby manage - probably because they simply would not entertain behaviour like Pearsons petulance on Saturday
Truth be told the referee had no major decisions (nmecha maybe) to make nor any significant football derived incidents to deal with so maybe Saturday was not an ideal reference to my point but it's a point all the same?
We want to see clear, decisive and fair rerefrees but never at our expense ?
 
Thing is as well we tend to get reffed by the same blokes on multiple occasions each season. The fact that he spends half the game giving them shit is certainly not going to help his cause in subsequent games where we have the same referee.

Fantastic player but a couple of pineapples short of a pizza
 
BenPearsonIsGod said:
I love the bloke but he is a fucking dick at times. There was absolutely no need to move the ball forward after seeing the ref slam it down.

On the other hand, any other player and that's not a yellow card, not excusing him cos it was very stupid but the ref was absolutely gagging to book him and he presented him with a ready made opportunity.

But if his idiocy is the only reason he's playing at this level for us then I hope it never stops.
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Agree with the 'he's a dick' bit.
But.
The other bit? Nonsense.
All this 'any other player and it's not a yellow card' is just silly. Are you saying Pearson is the only player out of over 1000 playing pro football last weekend who would have been booked for what he did? If, as your user name suggests, Ben Pearson is God, then surely he will have the divine powers to ensure the refs make the decision to let him get away with it? Just a thought.
 
miff said:
Never refereed a game in my life but if I performed like Mr Ward and many others I see live and on Tv I would pack my job in and train for something else. It's as hard as you make it.
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If it’s not that hard ex professional players would be lining up to do it!
 
edgy said:
Do you think so my friend
Trouble is (and I am defending them) referees are damned if they do and damned if they dont
We look to the ref to control the game and gain respect, with that must come an authoritative approach whilst trying not to be noticed - not an easy task but the referees in rugby manage - probably because they simply would not entertain behaviour like Pearsons petulance on Saturday
Truth be told the referee had no major decisions (nmecha maybe) to make nor any significant football derived incidents to deal with so maybe Saturday was not an ideal reference to my point but it's a point all the same?
We want to see clear, decisive and fair rerefrees but never at our expense ?
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I don’t think the ref gained much respect from anyone with his pedantic behaviour, especially considering his scant disregard for the laws of the game for most of the match. If he was trying ‘not to be noticed’ then he had a strange way of going about it.
I think the reaction of our players to the two penalty incidents in the first half shows that he did have some major decisions to make and got them both wrong from my viewpoint.
 
miff said:
Never refereed a game in my life but if I performed like Mr Ward and many others I see live and on Tv I would pack my job in and train for something else. It's as hard as you make it.
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Can I put you down as a volunteer ref then for this weekends important pub league fixture at the Callon Recreation Ground, it's The Docker's Fist Versus The Nosebreaker's Tavern? Thought not.
 
It was never worthy of a yellow card although it was a silly thing to do by Pearson. Unfortunately he needs to learn that he is now being targeted by opposing managers and their players to wind him up. His record /reputation now precedes him and many officials now are refereeing the player (Pearson) rather than the incident. We often see referees telling throw in takers to go back and then they still run 10 yards further forward and are allowed to get away with it. Consistency is all fans ask for.
 
It was a yellow card all day long, it's called 'dissent' and Pearson was, and is, a persistent offender. It's as simple as that. The solution is not rocket science, Pearson needs to sort his head out, that's the reality.
 
kellys eye said:
It was never worthy of a yellow card although it was a silly thing to do by Pearson. Unfortunately he needs to learn that he is now being targeted by opposing managers and their players to wind him up. His record /reputation now precedes him and many officials now are refereeing the player (Pearson) rather than the incident. We often see referees telling throw in takers to go back and then they still run 10 yards further forward and are allowed to get away with it. Consistency is all fans ask for.
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He didn't need to be wound up by the opposition on Saturday. He was on at the ref from the very first minute of the game, and he continued like that throughout the first half. His stupidity over the free kick seemed like the last straw for the ref. The other players must be sick of it happening as his disciplinary record undermines their efforts to win the game in the short term, and to get promotion over the season.
 
Morse said:
It was a yellow card all day long, it's called 'dissent' and Pearson was, and is, a persistent offender. It's as simple as that. The solution is not rocket science, Pearson needs to sort his head out, that's the reality.
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Exactly. He’s 24 and needs to start acting like it.
 
kellys eye said:
It was never worthy of a yellow card although it was a silly thing to do by Pearson. Unfortunately he needs to learn that he is now being targeted by opposing managers and their players to wind him up. His record /reputation now precedes him and many officials now are refereeing the player (Pearson) rather than the incident. We often see referees telling throw in takers to go back and then they still run 10 yards further forward and are allowed to get away with it. Consistency is all fans ask for.
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Wouldn’t particularly argue with your take on it, but I would suggest that any ref that goes into a game with pre conceived ideas on individual personalities should not be refereeing.
As an admirer of Ben Pearsons play and the teams reliance on him I have stood his corner on many occasion but I think that even his biggest fans are finding it more difficult to defend him.
 
Dirty Harry said:
Agree with the 'he's a dick' bit.
But.
The other bit? Nonsense.
All this 'any other player and it's not a yellow card' is just silly. Are you saying Pearson is the only player out of over 1000 playing pro football last weekend who would have been booked for what he did? If, as your user name suggests, Ben Pearson is God, then surely he will have the divine powers to ensure the refs make the decision to let him get away with it? Just a thought.
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I don’t believe in a divine power, think it’s all a load of nonsense and anyone who believes in religion is childish and needs to grow up.

Pearson is the closest thing to omnipotent I’ve ever seen.
 
Dirty Harry said:
Can I put you down as a volunteer ref then for this weekends important pub league fixture at the Callon Recreation Ground, it's The Docker's Fist Versus The Nosebreaker's Tavern? Thought not.
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Only idiots answer there own question. Spouting shite suits you.
 
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