Ed Sorry but I have to resort to the Wenger defence of I didn't see it. I was carefully crafting 26 new referees yesterday when the game was played and my trips to the kitchen and bathroom have unfortunately coincided with the brief highlights shown on the tv since the game.
It's certainly something we old lags tell the new referees to watch out for, i.e. the cause of the retaliation we see, rather than the original infringement that we sometimes miss. A caution apiece is often the best we can manage in such circumstances. I would add that I'm disappointed to see comments such as the referee being "out of his depth" being picked up as a mantra amongst the media (not you Ed) on a couple of games this weekend. It's a deflecting tactic adopted by managers of teams who have suffered unexpected defeats or conceded late goals to snatch a draw (or defeat) from the jaws of victory. Shameful really. Brian (Retired Ref on the list but terrorising referees now that he assesses their performance and tells them they are crap or not as the case may be). -----Original Message----- From: leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org [mailto:leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org] On Behalf Of Ed Morrish Sent: 15 August 2010 16:43 To: Ian Murray Cc: leedslist@gn.apc.org Subject: Re: [LU] Forest Re: the stamp. Not as clear-cut as that. Watt did an old pro's trick - looked for the defender's foot and "accidentally" trod on his toes (being sure to be looking elsewhere, so he could do the "oh sorry mage, didn't see you there..."). Hunter's reaction was to stamp heavily, Johnson barges him, it all goes off. Yellow cards to both is probably fair, but I'll defer to Brian (or any other ROTL) for an FA On 15 Aug 2010 16:23, "Ian Murray" <ianjamesmur...@hotmail.com> wrote: Agree with most of what has already been said. Missed the stamp but hear it shouldve been a straight red and a pen job. The ref was clearly out of his depth throughout. During our 'cornerfest' of the last twenty minutes or so there was so much wrestling going on in their box - blatant and ridiculous. Also, where does he get 6 mins from? The game was stopped twice for over five minutes whilst the ref tried to work out what he was doing. We were absolutely overran in the first twenty minutes but were, overall, the better side. The 4-5-1 system suits us better away from home. On on on _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org MARCHING ON TOGETHER