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Quote from: reflector on Wed 13 Feb 2019 23:49

Quote from: TheThingFromLewes on Tue 12 Feb 2019 21:53

We continue to mention about the dross in SG2, however the dross from SG1 that comes into the championship doesn’t help matters.

Mason has been dreadful again tonight, how on earth Lolley didn’t get a foul after being hauled over by Barry, and even worse was the dive by Gayle which Mason gave as a penalty. He has most certainly guessed that decision as his positioning was terrible.

Then Lolley again had his shirt pulled in the box by Gibbs which was a nailed on penalty not awarded.

Absolute trash.

Gayle has been charged by the FA for 'successful deception of a match official' which will probably lead to a two match ban.  That will be no consolation to Forest who were deprived of two points by Gayle's cheating and of course Mason's failure to spot and deal with it, nor indeed to other clubs seeking promotion at the end of the season who may be disadvantaged by WBA's extra two points gained by the deception.  Perhaps a points deduction might be more appropriate.

Thought it was a draw but I get the general point. Retrospectively chalking off the goal would be good .......but, I guess, impractical.

Quote from: reflector on Wed 13 Feb 2019 23:49

Quote from: TheThingFromLewes on Tue 12 Feb 2019 21:53

We continue to mention about the dross in SG2, however the dross from SG1 that comes into the championship doesn’t help matters.

Mason has been dreadful again tonight, how on earth Lolley didn’t get a foul after being hauled over by Barry, and even worse was the dive by Gayle which Mason gave as a penalty. He has most certainly guessed that decision as his positioning was terrible.

Then Lolley again had his shirt pulled in the box by Gibbs which was a nailed on penalty not awarded.

Absolute trash.

Gayle has been charged by the FA for 'successful deception of a match official' which will probably lead to a two match ban.  That will be no consolation to Forest who were deprived of two points by Gayle's cheating and of course Mason's failure to spot and deal with it, nor indeed to other clubs seeking promotion at the end of the season who may be disadvantaged by WBA's extra two points gained by the deception.  Perhaps a points deduction might be more appropriate.

Gayle banned for two matches after accepting a charge for diving. In a statement, WBA said that Gayle was "attempting to avoid anticipated challenges" but had "regrettably concluded any appeal would be fruitless".

Quote from: Ref Watcher on Fri 15 Feb 2019 09:18

Quote from: Acme Thunderer on Fri 15 Feb 2019 08:57

Quote from: reflector on Wed 13 Feb 2019 23:49

Quote from: TheThingFromLewes on Tue 12 Feb 2019 21:53

We continue to mention about the dross in SG2, however the dross from SG1 that comes into the championship doesn’t help matters.

Mason has been dreadful again tonight, how on earth Lolley didn’t get a foul after being hauled over by Barry, and even worse was the dive by Gayle which Mason gave as a penalty. He has most certainly guessed that decision as his positioning was terrible.

Then Lolley again had his shirt pulled in the box by Gibbs which was a nailed on penalty not awarded.

Absolute trash.

Gayle has been charged by the FA for 'successful deception of a match official' which will probably lead to a two match ban.  That will be no consolation to Forest who were deprived of two points by Gayle's cheating and of course Mason's failure to spot and deal with it, nor indeed to other clubs seeking promotion at the end of the season who may be disadvantaged by WBA's extra two points gained by the deception.  Perhaps a points deduction might be more appropriate.

Gayle banned for two matches after accepting a charge for diving. In a statement, WBA said that Gayle was "attempting to avoid anticipated challenges" but had "regrettably concluded any appeal would be fruitless".

It's a pity that he didn't conclude that appealing for a penalty would be equally fruitless after the anticipated challenges didn't materialise.  He cheated and now he is, with the connivance of West Bromwich Albion, dissembling.

  ..... and what a wrong conclusion that would have been. Thanks to the staggering, but unsurprising, incompetence of Lee Mason.

Haven't seen the match action yet, but it sounds like Mr Mason may have erred in failing to showa red card to Mansfield's Ben Turner for a last man foul in the Notts derby.

Quote from: ajb95 on Wed 13 Feb 2019 13:20

Well good news for mason is he has been demoted further into league 2 this weekend! 😉

Whilst not a great admirer of Lee Mason, I have to say that his appointment to next Saturday's game had been published prior to Tuesday's match at The Hawthorns; hardly a 'demotion' just PGMOL fulfilling their obligation to provide SG1 officials to undertake matches in the Championship and EFL, as they do each matchday.

I think the dive by Gayle was so blatant that any half-decent referee should have spotted it.  It was so bad, Gayle may as well have worn a rubber cap and goggles!

My solution would also be a points deduction as well as a suspension for the player.  So in this case WBA gained an extra point for a draw instead of a defeat, so should be deducted two points (1+1).  Had the penalty been a winner, the deduction would be 3 (2+1).  If the result was unaffected then a single point would be deducted. 


This may sound rather draconian, but sure as hell it would cure the problem overnight.  Will anyone ever have the guts to implement something like this?  Not a chance!