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Messages - Vernon Bear

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Non-League / Re: National League Premier (Step 1) - 2023/24
« on: Wed 14 Feb 2024 00:30 »
Abi Byrne looked to do a couple of NL games in December as well.

Always thought Copeland was a safe pair of hands at this level and probably better than some who've been elevated to the FL in recent years.

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Cup Appointments / Re: Emirates FA Cup 2023/2024
« on: Mon 22 Jan 2024 20:20 »
Quote from: Smithy on Mon 22 Jan 2024 18:35
Quote from: rustyref on Mon 22 Jan 2024 17:23
Quote from: Smithy on Mon 22 Jan 2024 17:10
Quote from: Smithy on Mon 22 Jan 2024 16:57
Quote from: TheThingFromLewes on Mon 22 Jan 2024 16:14

Delighted that Singh Gill gets an all premier league clash.


Why?? Please?

Personally I am not “delighted” as it does seem rather obvious that he is being rushed to the top as quickly as can be done for non referring reasons. That can’t be good for anyone, him, the clubs, the fans.
I am surprised therefore by your delight so hope you won’t get upset with me for asking why. I don’t know whether that’s the etiquette here but you didn’t say.

You can't possibly know that as you have no idea what marks he has been getting.  Sam Barrott has also been rushed to the top very fast, you aren't suggested his progress has been for non-refereeing reasons.

To clarify as this wasn’t made clear earlier I am referring to the Sheffield United game, not Chelsea.
You say I can’t possibly know. I don’t know or claim to know so I agree. You don’t know either. It’s speculation but Allison, Welch, Singh Gill, Howson, Dowle etc etc, I really don’t think it’s an outrageous view to think it probably isn’t a coincidence all relatively at once.

Howson had been around the top end of the Championship for a few years. I have been impressed with what I have seen of the others but they have been elevated fast.

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General Discussion / Re: P Howard - Portsmouth v Bolton
« on: Tue 12 Dec 2023 11:27 »
Not convinced. I went to a game where the ref warned a keeper on time wasting but then played a minute of stoppage time at the end of the first half. Also there was that crazy Spurs v Chelsea game where around fifteen minutes of stoppage time were indicated and played. Lots of incidents happened in those fifteen minutes like injuries / goals etc but the ref didn't add any extra on when really there should have been another two or three minutes on top of the fifteen.

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General Discussion / Re: P Howard - Portsmouth v Bolton
« on: Tue 12 Dec 2023 00:24 »
Something has certainly changed between the start of the season and now as at the start of the season was getting ten minutes of added time sometimes when there'd been no significant injuries. Now we are back to the standard one minute at the end of the first half and three to five at the end of the second more often than not.

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Non-League / Re: National League Premier (Step 1) - 2023/24
« on: Sun 29 Oct 2023 18:32 »
Never rated Aaron Jackson from his National North days and look at how some of his peers from those days have progressed since while he has stayed at the same level (Bell, Barrott, Kitchen, Lewis Smith, Tom Parsons, etc)

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Cup Appointments / Re: EFL Cup [Carabao Cup] - 2023/2024
« on: Tue 24 Oct 2023 12:49 »
Attwell did it in his first season on the national list in his first spell

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Football League - L1 & L2 / Re: SAT 14TH OCT 2023
« on: Wed 11 Oct 2023 00:14 »
Ross Joyce had a good game in the Stockport v Forest Green match last week. Ditto Carl Brook in the Stockport v Wrexham game a few weeks ago. Light years ahead of the performances from the likes of Matt Corlett earlier in the season.

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General Discussion / Re: S A HOOPER - Spurs v Liverpool - topics merged
« on: Sun 01 Oct 2023 12:09 »
They shouldn't be refereeing in UAE / Saudi Arabia at all. They get perfectly good money for officiating in the Premier League and should be focussing on their main day job.

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Football League - L1 & L2 / Re: Sat 19th AUG 2023
« on: Mon 21 Aug 2023 00:21 »
The Walsall goalkeeper, Evans was at it with the timewasting the previous week against Stockport and it nearly came back to bite him then too. In fairness Jacob Miles added on ten minutes but why officials don't book them for this early on, I don't know. If they continued after that, show them a second yellow. I am sure it would soon cut out this type of thing.

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General Discussion / Re: New directives - so far?
« on: Mon 14 Aug 2023 00:27 »
I wish they would just book goalkeepers for excessive timewasting instead of adding the time on. The minute they are at risk of potentially getting a second yellow which hopefully officials won't shy away from, I am sure they would speed up.

From what I've seen officials have been far happier to show the yellow card for other dissent or timewasting such as kicking the ball away.

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General Discussion / Re: Promotions 2023
« on: Mon 05 Jun 2023 16:28 »
I wonder if officials on the talent group will just float around wherever which I think both Nield and Barrott are on. It would kind of defeat the purpose of a group like that if Lewis Smith was officiating in the NL next season when officials who had only done a handful of NL games are now on the Football League list full time.

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Select Group - Premier League / Re: Sat 20th – Thu 25th MAY 2023
« on: Wed 24 May 2023 00:23 »
Swarbrick is VAR on the League Two playoff final so logistically don't think he can do a final day game. Suspect a SG2 referee or even a left field appointment like Barrott will do the Palace v Forest game.

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Non-League / Re: Non-League Playoffs - 2022/23
« on: Tue 02 May 2023 00:17 »
Suspect that may be the case as the final would likely not involve either of those teams. I think possibly Tallis and Ricardo (who has probably done more NL games than Kirk had last season) for the Semis.

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Football League - L1 & L2 / Re: Sat 22nd – Tue 25th APR 2023
« on: Mon 17 Apr 2023 21:14 »
I think generally games are being used more as trials these days whereas in the past promotion was generally a fait accompli once they'd had a trial game. I would say Lewis Smith is an EFL ref in all but name after this season. It all depends how many refs come off the list. A few there have been generally steady refs at NL level for a few years like Middleton and Tallis and others who are relatively new even at NL level.

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Football League - L1 & L2 / Re: Sat 25th – Wed 29th MAR 2023
« on: Tue 21 Mar 2023 10:23 »
The most likely dead rubbers in League Two on Saturday are being done by Allison who has already benefited from a Championship trial or Lewis / Boyeson who are not likely to be pushed higher up the food chain now. Never seen Duckworth but there are some poor officials in League Two so nice to see them trying to freshen it up a bit.

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