RateTheRef

I’ll be honest and say that Mr Jones is not one of my favourite officials. He had a reasonable start and then his foul detection which I believe is very poor has let him down again. The free kick he gave for Rashford, no foul, no contact and a dive. From the free kick Casemiro is in an offside position and definitely attempts to head the ball. Deemed not interfering. Goal scored. Be interested in what the pundits say at half time. It’s about time they started stamping down on divers because whilst Rashford is constantly diving he is not alone as most teams have them. Just before I post. Two clear fouls missed by the ref and the crowd are now justifiably singing their opinion of the ref.

Typical Mr Jones performance. Very poor foul detection. Clear penalty missed for Villa and he had a clear and unobstructed view. At least he is consistent 😱

Having read all the posts. Some are so nitpicking. Yes there was the odd incorrect decision of a corner not goal kick. But it’s easy for us armchair refs. I actually think that over the whole game he was decent. First season, no other RTR messages. There are plenty this season that deserve some RTR advice but not this one. 👏👏

Up until the incident at the end he had been decent. But my goodness what a howler. The sort you would expect on your local park but not at this level. What was he thinking. I hope he has a tin hat in his bag. Shame really because he won’t be remembered for anything in this game except that decision

Not much right either. In fairness he did okay. He does however still make poor decisions and give out unwanted cards. Unfortunately I feel that when I watch both the brothers it seems to be more about them than the game and they want to be the centre of attention. The way he dealt with Swansea at the sending off was just dismissive and rude and hardly a way to gain player respect

He seemed from his appearance at the time he was 100% certain no card for the second challenge. I agree the first one could have been red. No var for the second one as they can’t intervene in those circumstances. Lucky City there I feel

The ball barely flicked the hand of Grealish. It’s a shame Mr Coote decided to intervene. It’s a shame he didn’t intervene when Casemero clear went over the top earlier with a nasty challenge. So inconsistent

Sadly this now appears to be the norm. Some challenges. Both stated are minimum YC. Mr Madley just smiles and ushers players away. If neither of those challenges warranted sanction. I dread to think what a player has to do to get one, probably something minor