RateTheRef

I've been subjected to this "expert" when in a friend's car coming home from matches. It's frankly astonishing that such an ill-informed individual is given airtime on a national radio station. It's no wonder officials at grassroots get so much abuse when people like him are allowed to spout their prejudices.

I don't remember him as a player at all. Presumably a journeyman within the M25?

Quote from: Claretman on Wed 07 May 2025 22:24

Excellent performance from Mr Zwayer and team incl var tonight.


I think Mr Taylor and his team along with Mr Oliver and his team will have a bigger smile on their faces this evening probably more so the former.
Think there is a fair possibility for a German to get the final, Mr Siebert who had a good last 16 outing at Villa Park v Club Brugge.
Nyberg is a good outside bet along with Eskas, Kruzliak and Scharer.
Think Kovacs will be in line for next seasons final.

I wouldn’t have thought eskas he isn’t even elite is he?

Kovacks is favourite but I would love to see Taylor before he comes off the list. Nyberg or scharer could get Europa/conference or maybe Siebert.

Quote from: Whistleblower on Wed 26 Mar 2025 22:43

On more than one occasion it has been suggested that Sam Barrott was far too inexperienced or not good enough for some high profile match and he has delivered a very good performance which has been rightly praised. If he performs well in the Merseyside derby I hope those who criticised his appointment will have the grace to join in the general approbation; if he performs less well there will be no shortage of brickbats and hands to throw them.

The only reservation one might have about Sam Barrott is that he has yet to be tested, at this level, in an extremely challenging match. Now, one might reasonably say that is at least in part due to how he controls proceedings, but, I would say having not issued a single red card this season might indicate some level of fortune too in the difficulty of games he has officiated.

However, we can only know if he can survive in ‘the cauldron’ of an extremely challenging match if he is given the chance to officiate it.

Personally, my bet would be that whatever happens, he will be up to the task.

Quote from: Mr Castilli on Tue 25 Mar 2025 20:37

Barrott on Liv v Ever when Oliver failed to control it …. Jesus … thought this game was an easy one to call Brooks or Kav on it IMO brooks or Kav would have been a much better selection.

Good game for Gillett !

While I don’t 100% disagree with you about Sam Barrott’s appointment I’d like to point out two things.

With greatest respect to Oliver, he was in a bit of a rough patch in that time. Lots of talk about him and the spotlight was shining brightly on him. His performance wasn’t the best in that game which led to some of the incidents at the end. But any referee would have struggled in that game in that atmosphere at Goodison Park.

From watching Merseyside derbies before, I would argue that the one at Anfield is arguably the easier one to officiate because normally Liverpool are so dominant.

But the bottom line is Sam Barrott is a more than capable referee to oversee this fixture with the minimum amount of controversy and I wish him the best.

An accomplished performance this afternoon. Always felt he had control and a clean sheet added to this.

Can’t really think of anything he got wrong and stayed in the background.

Can we have officials in yellow every week please!

I’ve noticed my constructive original post about Rubeyn Ricardo has been removed.

Are we not allowed an opinion?

I was simply trying to say that as a Charlton Athletic fan an FA Cup 3rd Round games is huge to us.

We don’t want the ref who is being pushed too quickly. We want an established SG2 strong ref like Dean Whitestone or Bobby Marley! Maybe even Ollie Yates or Paul Howard!!