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« on: Sun 13 Sep 2026 17:48 »
For me it’s quite simple with Rob Jones, he just isn’t good enough. I’ve seen today’s incidents that the original post refers to, and it’s unacceptable he has got it so badly wrong. Very rarely see him have a good game. In my opinion he can count himself extremely fortunate to be operating at this level.
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« on: Mon 31 Aug 2026 23:00 »
As far as the referees performance is concerned we've seen a lot worse and he probably reflected the quality of the match.
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I concur with this. Salisbury was mediocre, Sunderland were poor, and Fulham stunk the place out. Let’s just pretend it never happened 😉
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« on: Fri 14 Aug 2026 20:56 »
I’m pretty much of the same opinion as DublinRef. Whilst documentaries such as this are always an interesting insight, as this one was to a certain extent, it did at times have the feel of a PR stunt. The piece where Cheryl Foster is sitting and interrogating (for want of a better word) Grace Rowe is a tad cringeworthy. I felt at one point she was going to ask where she saw herself in five years time!
Seeing more of the refs sitting and chatting to the camera, as they did with Will Finnie, would make for a better watch IMHO. Give these guys a chance to humanise themselves, show that they’re just humans (and more often than not very decent humans) rather than robots out to ruin the weekends of fans all over the country as many, often ignorant, football fans see them.
Still an interesting watch, just feel they could help themselves a bit more at times.
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« on: Sun 05 Jul 2026 00:13 »
Quite simply the worst refereeing performance ever. Not just in this tournament, literally ever. How that disgraceful Paraguay team ended the match with zero yellow cards is beyond astonishing. Hate to say this, but that referee needs to be investigated, that performance was all kinds of wrong
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« on: Sun 10 May 2026 15:54 »
Not really controversial in any way, didn’t affect the keeper at all. Perfectly fair goal.
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« on: Sun 10 May 2026 08:31 »
Madley was appalling. Shockingly poor. Both red cards are as clear as day in real time, I called them straight away from halfway up the Hammersmith End. For Madley to need VAR to bail him out on both occasions is a very poor indictment of his abilities at this level.
TTFL says above that he liked Madley’s announcements, but I thought they were poor too. He just stated that “the yellow card has been upgraded to a red card”. I can see that without the need of an announcement. A little bit of context would’ve helped.
Away from the red cards, his second half performance was the worst I’ve witnessed at Fulham for some time. At least a couple of clear yellow card challenges were unpunished, plus he let Bournemouth get away with murder with their tactical fouling. 21 fouls they committed during the game which is way above the norm, and it was clear to anyone who understands football what they were doing. Madley needed to be so much stronger to clamp down on it, but never came close to asserting any authority.
A truly dreadful performance.
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« on: Mon 27 Apr 2026 14:19 »
After now seeing the disallowed goal numerous times on TV, I retract my earlier comments that it was highly dubious, and admit Oliver got that spot on. Berge does have a grip of Martinez’ shirt and affects him jumping for the ball.
Still think very similar goals have been awarded this season, but two wrongs certainly don’t make a right, and Oliver was correct on this occasion.
Purely hypothetical, but would’ve been interesting to see whether VAR would’ve got involved had the goal been given. My gut instinct is probably not.
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« on: Sat 25 Apr 2026 18:49 »
Oliver fell below his usual exceptional standard today in my opinion. I truly believe he is the best ref in Europe, and every time I see him live in Fulham games he backs that up. Today though, virtually every bit of contact was a foul, the type of contact that has been left alone by refs in the majority of Prem games this season. Far too many soft free kicks given both ways. The Fulham disallowed goal is a very dubious call. I’d hazard a guess that goal is allowed in 95% of matches, as contact in and around the keeper has a much higher tolerance level these days it seems.
Nothing terrible, and I’m glad I can have a little whinge when we’ve won (never looks great after a defeat), but for me, that wasn’t vintage Oliver today.
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« on: Sat 18 Apr 2026 18:57 »
Maybe carrick was right all along🤷♂️
How that isn’t a red card for the hair pull is a joke, especially after Monday night.
Tierney ref both occasions.
All we ask for is consistency
Which players involved? First I’ve heard of this
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« on: Sun 12 Apr 2026 17:13 »
Watched the whole game on Sky, and honestly thought Jones was extremely poor throughout. In real time, the challenge leading to the penalty, never at any point looked like a foul. I was amazed when it was given and said straight away to my son it would be overturned, even before the benefit of any replays. Shocking on field decision.
The rest of the game was a mishmash of actual fouls not being given, whilst very soft almost non contact challenges were being penalised. A typical Jones performance in a nutshell.
Refereeing at the top level is a tough gig, don’t get me wrong, but Jones, along with Tierney, are the two I believe to be extremely fortunate to be plying their trade at this level.
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« on: Sun 12 Apr 2026 17:00 »
First class from Taylor. Two teams behaving themselves, no histrionics or attempts to deceive, but I’d like to think that was down to knowing they wouldn’t get away with anything. Always happy when Taylor is appointed to Fulham games, he’s the safest of safe pair of hands. Excellent again on this occasion.
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« on: Mon 23 Mar 2026 06:18 »
Good VAR intervention……
Not sure how Tierney came to the conclusion of penalty 🤦🏻♂️
He came to that conclusion because he’s nowhere near good enough to be operating at this level. That may sound harsh, but it’s genuinely how I see it where Tierney is concerned. Whether on the pitch or in the VAR booth, he consistently makes big errors, yet season after season he’s back out there. The SG1 hierarchy are certainly seeing something in him that I’m not.
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« on: Wed 04 Mar 2026 14:10 »
The non intervention from Tierney for the O’Nien challenge is bewildering. I’m surprised more hasn’t been made of it on here. It meets every threshold that Webb speaks about. O’Nien doesn’t once look at the flight of the ball, the one and only thing on his mind is to halt the run of Strijkt, which he does by rugby tackling him around the neck and pulling him to the ground. Astonishing that Tierney hasn’t recommended an OFR. There have been some very poor VAR decisions/non decisions this season, but this one is right up there with the very worst.
For me, Tierney is involved too often when things go amiss. Don’t rate him as a referee, and personally, I think he’s even worse as a VAR.
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« on: Sun 01 Mar 2026 20:56 »
There is no way the first Fulham goal should be considered a foul, nothing in it at all. Nor did I think that he gave soft free kicks to Fulham, I’m not sure where you’ve got that from. Watching on tv, I thought he got absolutely everything (both ways) spot on, and put in an exemplary performance. I rate Bramall highly, and what I witnessed today reaffirmed that belief. A top performance.
hi,
the tottenham (interim) manager, unsurprisingly, didn't quite see it that way  twice in the post match interview, he called TB 'the home team ref' who 'doesn't understand football' 
regards,
gnr
Losing manager blames ref, shock. He was acting like a petulant child from the first whistle, so much so that he made Silva look like Mother Teresa! After witnessing his teams ‘performance’ this afternoon, he’s got more to worry about than referees. They were truly shocking.
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« on: Sun 01 Mar 2026 19:24 »
I rate Bramall as one that could go far in the top notches of SG1, but today I think it was a little hit and miss on the field today.
A lot of the 50/50 challenges given our way as fouls on a number of occasions.
Our first goal could easily have been ruled out for a push, and we have seen similar incidents done so.
A few other decisions that were questionable, but dealt with the Bassey and Richarlison cuddles well with cards.
As an aside, that’s a lot of yellow we’ve seen this weekend in the PL!
Have to respectfully disagree with the majority of that, TTFL. I couldn’t attend today due to work, but managed to watch on tv (which was weird for a home game!). There is no way the first Fulham goal should be considered a foul, nothing in it at all. Nor did I think that he gave soft free kicks to Fulham, I’m not sure where you’ve got that from. Watching on tv, I thought he got absolutely everything (both ways) spot on, and put in an exemplary performance. I rate Bramall highly, and what I witnessed today reaffirmed that belief. A top performance.
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