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Wow, saw the clip and I was looking for something else happening in the box it was that inconspicuous. Know we all moan about refs but Hudds sure as hell don't get a break, that playoff final was won for Forest by the ref.
 
That's right up there with one of the worst decisions you'll see.

I wouldn't expect errors like that at our Sunday League games, never mind in the Championship.
 
in Lasher Land said:
Well to be fair to her Geoff Eltringham's penalty award for Albion for Rotherham on Tuesday was even worse, yards outside the area and to be honest didn't look like hand ball
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And he’s been poor for years!

I’m not excusing the decision yesterday with that comment by the way! I do think the issue with the decision is the referee made it instantly and didn’t give themselves time to think or consult. If they’d delayed a few seconds they might have given themselves thinking time and reached the right decision.
 
OB1 said:


Rebecca Welch making even more friends in the Championship. Gave this as a penalty in the 99th minute. Might be the difference between survival and relegation for Hudds
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Its a good effort to bad mouth female refs. But most on the Bristol forum confirm it hit his left arm for a tackle he made with his back to the ball. Giveable under the current guidelines. if harsh. Other Joeys suggesting it was a Sunday League decision are just looking to back up their prejudice. Well done.
 
Portishead said:
Its a good effort to bad mouth female refs. But most on the Bristol forum confirm it hit his left arm for a tackle he made with his back to the ball. Giveable under the current guidelines. if harsh. Other Joeys suggesting it was a Sunday League decision are just looking to back up their prejudice. Well done.
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Oh do get a grip, why is she reffing anyway when theres a perfectly good kitchen sink at home for her! 😏
 
Doyler said:
The standard of officiating below the premier league is very poor. I’d still hate VAR, mind.
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Genuinely the worst I can remember. Don’t know what changed over the summer but it’s 90% of the referees who can’t even enforce the most basic rules. When every single club is bemoaning the referees and getting apologies, that tells you everything

Can’t even blame fastracking or new blood because look at Eltrincham’s decision on Weds. That should be a demotion, and he’s been refereeing in this league since the dinosaurs
 
It was a bad decision of course. But there were no doubt many other bad decisions made by officials yesterday. Possibly the penalty for Man United was just as bad, and that was with VAR.

Yet Welch making an error seems to be highlighted more because she's female it seems. She certainly isn't one of the best officials in terms of getting decisions right, but there are many worse as well.

The level of decision making everywhere is average at best. Probably not helped by law makers introducing and changing many rules which just haven't helped the game at all.
 
norky84 said:
It was a bad decision of course. But there were no doubt many other bad decisions made by officials yesterday. Possibly the penalty for Man United was just as bad, and that was with VAR.

Yet Welch making an error seems to be highlighted more because she's female it seems. She certainly isn't one of the best officials in terms of getting decisions right, but there are many worse as well.

The level of decision making everywhere is average at best. Probably not helped by law makers introducing and changing many rules which just haven't helped the game at all.
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I don’t buy into this victim complex. Trevor Kettle got personally battered for years. Hell, even Anthony Taylor and his family got harassed in the airport by Roma fans after his comical decision in the UEL final.

It was a shocking decision, which has been highlighted more so probably because of the magnitude of the situation for Huddersfield right now.
 
Doyler said:
I don’t buy into this victim complex. Trevor Kettle got personally battered for years. Hell, even Anthony Taylor and his family got harassed in the airport by Roma fans after his comical decision in the UEL final.

It was a shocking decision, which has been highlighted more so probably because of the magnitude of the situation for Huddersfield right now.
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It wasn't shocking at all in that there are similar decisions every single week. The people actually watching it behind the goal could see the play and thought he deliberately left his left arm out - the camera angle we get is inconclusive as you cant see the ball and arm contact, so youre clearly being swayed by something else. In the Premier which is mostly what we see the sheer number of ''bad decisions' are diminished in memory by VAR ruling out many and the onlooker forgetting about them.
 
Portishead said:
It wasn't shocking at all in that there are similar decisions every single week. The people actually watching it behind the goal could see the play and thought he deliberately left his left arm out - the camera angle we get is inconclusive as you cant see the ball and arm contact, so youre clearly being swayed by something else. In the Premier which is mostly what we see the sheer number of ''bad decisions' are diminished in memory by VAR ruling out many and the onlooker forgetting about them.
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Instead of focusing on what the people behind the goal said (fans of the team that benefitted from the decision), have you actually watched it yourself?

His arm was in the most natural position it could possibly be when sliding. Huddersfield will no doubt get an apology in the coming days, not that it will mean much when they’re in League 1.

You’d say it’s a shit decision if a bloke gave it. But you think you’re doing a good thing defending the woman. Whereas I couldn’t give a fuck either way - it’s just a crap decision, like you say, which happens up and down the country every week.
 
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