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Refereeing Inconsistency

Refereeing Inconsistency

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We seem to have been on the end of some terrible refereeing decisions this year. Neither challenge from Earl today was a foul let alone a yellow.

I try and watch as much Championship football as I can these days and the amount of errors is ridiculous. There has been a tackle in the Plastics game tonight from Reed that started off single footed but ended up 2 footed from behind and he hasn't seen even a yellow.

The FA seriously need to do something about the standard of refereeing in this division as you could argue the implications (financially) have a bigger impact than they do in the Premier.

Do we have any idea how far away VAR is likely to be from our level?
 
First one was a push in the back after getting wrong side of the player, second one he dives in and gives the referee a decision to make.

I've no complaints to be honest.
 
There's no way the first was a yellow, when you consider Fer's foul on Potts in the first half, to prevent him having a shot - and the deliberate handball to prevent our breakaway at the end of the first half (Stockley on half way trying to play the ball through for Potts to run onto) weren't carded.
 
sf;n3422325 said:
First one was a push in the back after getting wrong side of the player, second one he dives in and gives the referee a decision to make.

I've no complaints to be honest.
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Giving the referee a decision to make doesn't justify a terrible decision. Earl's second booking wasn't even a foul. Going off that logic, every tackle that happens in a football game is giving the referee a decision to make.
 
I Didn't think the first one was a yellow. Swansea Player waved a card and Earl got booked (Personally think anyone who does that should themselves get a yellow). From where I was sat (Finney more or less in line) second one looked like he went in a little studs up but not dangerously. Yellow maybe for that!I
Unlucky to be sent off IMO.
Swansea haven't changed much from last time they where in the Championship, they have diving and conning the ref off to a fine art.
 
kingpne;n3422364 said:
Giving the referee a decision to make doesn't justify a terrible decision. Earl's second booking wasn't even a foul. Going off that logic, every tackle that happens in a football game is giving the referee a decision to make.
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Just seen the tackle and it’s a definite yellow card.

It looks a pretty reckless challenge imo.

Dont know how their lad didn’t get booked late on for the foul on Pearson as he was breaking away.

As blatant a yellow card as you’ll see.
 
kingpne;n3422364 said:
Giving the referee a decision to make doesn't justify a terrible decision. Earl's second booking wasn't even a foul. Going off that logic, every tackle that happens in a football game is giving the referee a decision to make.
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Haven't seen a replay but looked like he lunged in and took the man.
 
Meldrew's Ghost;n3422344 said:
There's no way the first was a yellow, when you consider Fer's foul on Potts in the first half, to prevent him having a shot - and the deliberate handball to prevent our breakaway at the end of the first half (Stockley on half way trying to play the ball through for Potts to run onto) weren't carded.
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Yeah the hand ball not being carded was a joke of a decision, clearly attempting to block the ball
 
It might upset some posters on this forum to hear this, but I'm afraid to tell you that some Preston North End players, sometimes, just occasionally, do commit fouls.
 
There was a similar challenge on Pearson in the first half which the ref didn’t even give a free kick for, the inconsistency is incredible.
 
Only seen the second booking once on Quest... camera was not zoomed in.

It didn't look a shocking decision based on that. Did seem to lunge a bit with studs up. But then... I didn't get the view some of you guys will have had.
 
Things happen quickly and refs can’t always get a good view of an incident and rely upon their assistants.

As per the title it is the inconsistent application of the laws that upsets. A particular favourite seems to be the approach differing either side of half time usually lenient first 45 and then draconian second 45.

this is both for foul play and in particular time wasting and kicking the ball away.

Im not sure what the game will look like in another 20 years maybe no tacking no heading no supporters...

Earl was very unlucky to be off. The first could have been a warning, was it his first foul? Very similar to a pull back on one of ours in the second half where a free kick was enough.

The second for me his first touch was a bit poor forcing him to stretch and make a challenge which I thought live he got the ball. On watching it I still think he got the ball but then may have got a bit of the man. As alluded to above Pearson appeared to be the victim of a similar challenge, nothing given.

I didn’t think the ref was too bad overall and both our pen and Earls 2nd yellow seemed to be his assistants calls
 
deepdaledreamer;n3422368 said:
I Didn't think the first one was a yellow. Swansea Player waved a card and Earl got booked (Personally think anyone who does that should themselves get a yellow). From where I was sat (Finney more or less in line) second one looked like he went in a little studs up but not dangerously. Yellow maybe for that!I
Unlucky to be sent off IMO.
Swansea haven't changed much from last time they where in the Championship, they have diving and conning the ref off to a fine art.
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Wasn't this a rule whereby any player 'waving' for a card would automatically get one themselves? Did it just peter out?
 
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