Popular Post Fordy62 Posted January 26 Popular Post Share Posted January 26 Probably the most complete refereeing performance I’ve seen ever from a UK based referee. We slate them when they’re bad, so it’s only fair they get a mention when they’re excellent. Got everything right and his attitude towards attempting to play an advantage and then bringing it back was exemplary. A really top performance. 31 2 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slack Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 I was watching at ground didn't think he was that good 13 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke_bristol Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Thought he was really good, I was concerned he’d be all matey with the players which you often see from a PL ref taking charge of a PL team vs an EFL side, but he took none of their nonsense 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SydneyCity Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Agree. He let the game flow and did an excellent job of controlling and limiting the back chat from players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcofisher Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Thought he was exceptional second half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cidercity1987 Posted January 26 Popular Post Share Posted January 26 Was this a sarcastic post? He was atrocious, starting with penalising Mccrorie for skinning two of their players. Weirdest decision I can remember in a long time 22 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severn Beach Pigeon Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 I thought he was taking longer to think about the decisions because he didn't have VAR to fall back on. Rarely was he indicating that he was playing an advantage, but the pause before blowing for a foul would often look like that. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobs Dad Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Thought he was superb throughout. Loved that he waited a second or two to see if an advantage could be had before blowing his whistle!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheltons Army Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Just now, cidercity1987 said: Was this a sarcastic post? He was atrocious, starting with penalising Mccrorie for skinning two of their players. Weirdest decision I can remember in a long time If you are referring to the one in the first half he planted his hand in Forest Players face , a hand off So correct decision 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveybadger Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 3 minutes ago, cidercity1987 said: Was this a sarcastic post? He was atrocious, starting with penalising Mccrorie for skinning two of their players. Weirdest decision I can remember in a long time Watching ‘online’ and he was immaculate. Including Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcofisher Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 3 minutes ago, cidercity1987 said: Was this a sarcastic post? He was atrocious, starting with penalising Mccrorie for skinning two of their players. Weirdest decision I can remember in a long time If you saw the TV replay McCrorie did catch him. It was incredibly soft, but wouldn’t say it was a howler from the ref 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsince1994 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 14 minutes ago, Fordy62 said: Probably the most complete refereeing performance I’ve seen ever from a UK based referee. We slate them when they’re bad, so it’s only fair they get a mention when they’re excellent. Got everything right and his attitude towards attempting to play an advantage and then bringing it back was exemplary. A really top performance. Certainly took his time blowing the whistle though! Agreed he got pretty much every decision right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markthehorn Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 No trouble with ghost goals tonight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Gave too many cheap free kicks. Wasn't impressed at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityCiderEd Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Thought he was excellent tonight.....when you think of the championship refs we usually get he was on another level. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TV Tom Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 The best down there for a long time 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gakoe Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Not great but ok in comparison to a pretty low bar. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cellist Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 27 minutes ago, transfer reader said: I thought he was taking longer to think about the decisions because he didn't have VAR to fall back on. Rarely was he indicating that he was playing an advantage, but the pause before blowing for a foul would often look like that. I noticed this - maybe I couldn't hear the whistle, but almost felt like he was watching in slow motion! Couple of poor ones - the mcrorie one in the first half looked bizarre from where I was. But other than that he did OK- fairly straightforward Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JP Hampton Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Thought he was very good with regards to playing advantage and bringing the ball back for a free kick if not. But too whistle happy to me and Forest falling over every five minutes meant he gave away too many free kicks. Thought he was very nip picky about where Cornick was to take the throw in a bit silly and Cornick moved about 2 inches . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Packman Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Better than most champ refs but that really isn't difficult, the decision to not give a free kick to Pring for being absolutely wiped out on the edge of the box was bizarre. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38MC Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 (edited) There were mistakes but that’s human. There was one instance late in the game where cam Pring had his ankle scythed by their player and he didn’t give a thing. That was such a blatant foul. I didn’t see the reason they got a free kick in injury time but could have been my eye sight playing tricks. Agree that it was nice he was composed enough to give himself and his assistants time to come to each decision though. It appeared indecisive and reactionary to crowd initially but it soon became clear what he was doing. Edited January 26 by 38MC 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portland Bill Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 45 minutes ago, ChrisJ said: Yes but don’t underestimate that this was an easy game to ref He made it easy to ref, give him credit. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handsofclay Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Just now, Packman said: Better than most champ refs but that really isn't difficult, the decision to not give a free kick to Pring for being absolutely wiped out on the edge of the box was bizarre. I agree that was his only mistake though. Otherwise got everything right, including the McCrorie hand off into the face of his opponent missed by so many others it appears. Also got each yellow card correct. No complaints at all about his performance. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portland Bill Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 1 minute ago, 38MC said: There were mistakes but that’s human. There was one instance late in the game where cam Pring had his ankle scythed by their player and he didn’t give a thing. That was such a blatant foul. I didn’t see the reason they got a free kick in injury time but could have been my eye sight playing tricks. Agree that it was nice he was composed enough to give himself and his assistants time to come to each decision though. It appeared indecisive and reactionary to crowd initially but it soon became clear what he was doing. The Forest free kick in injury time, was given when Taylor Gardener grabbed and pulled back a Forest player by the neck, it was off the ball, and a stupid thing to do. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 He was excellent throughout the game. Let it flow, allowed a second or two before awarding the free kick. A top performance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeaner Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Thought he let the game flow. Thought the Matty James booking was harsh. Apart from that he did well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clunes Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Agree. He was great. Got very little, if anything, wrong. Makes a change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redordead1 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Said the same at the ground, best referee I’ve seen in nearly 40 years of watching City. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamdon Mart Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 The one criticism I'd have of him is that he waited too long to card Ryan Yates. The Forest midfielder was booked for his fourth foul but he was constantly mouthing off at the ref inbetween times too and maybe a yellow earlier might have made a difference. As it was, Nuno shipped him out at half time to save his side going down to ten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DolmanGaz Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 (edited) does anybody know why we got a booking and conceded that free kick right at the death? I couldn't see anything at the time, and everybody sat around me was confused?? thought he was a very decent ref, apart from a few weird decisions on where free kicks were taken from! Edited January 26 by DolmanGaz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xerox6060 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 1 hour ago, Bobs Dad said: Thought he was superb throughout. Loved that he waited a second or two to see if an advantage could be had before blowing his whistle!! Agreed thought he was excellent, especially that element of his performance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kit Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 I thought on balance he was poor. The mcrorie foul was a joke, the one on pring 2nd half was an obvious foul not given compare that to the one against gardner hickman first half which was similar but nowhere near as bad. I thought the james booking was harsh. The Pring booking i'd like to see again as I thought that was harsh but I could be completely wrong. I was surprised that knight didn't get booked as he had one thing in his mind when he took the player down. The amount he'd let go with players taking free kicks and throws out of position to then go nuclear on cornick who ultimately took the throw a foot away from where he was lined up, what was the point of that. He also took an age to blow for fouls where there was nothing going on which I just found irritating. There were no big decisions that had to be made, but there was plenty for me to think that it certainly was not a masterclass by any stretch. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityexile Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 1 hour ago, transfer reader said: I thought he was taking longer to think about the decisions because he didn't have VAR to fall back on. Rarely was he indicating that he was playing an advantage, but the pause before blowing for a foul would often look like that. I understand the point, but I think it was deliberate. If he indicates advantage, then he can not bring it back. Thought he was clever to give himself a couple of seconds and if there was no advantage, bring it back. If there was, then he did play advantage a couple of times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 75-80% very good Ref. If he would have made it clear he was waiting for advantage it would have been better, but for the most part decent. There were several oddities though. McCrorie dribbling past 2 players but pulled back for a foul, Matty James getting booked for going for a header, few soft free kicks early and I thought he was going to be a Prem lover . Then there was McCrorie pulling back their player but not getting booked ? Yes he was better than most, but not without fault. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelts Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Excellent performance tonight . Can tell he operates at the top end of the game . Played his part in a decent cup tie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KendrickDNB Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 I thought he was pretty awful tbh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2015 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Thought he was one of the worst we've had for a while tbh, but there you go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Cyril Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 He was excellent and deserves his own song. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glynriley Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 8 minutes ago, kit said: I thought on balance he was poor. The mcrorie foul was a joke, the one on pring 2nd half was an obvious foul not given compare that to the one against gardner hickman first half which was similar but nowhere near as bad. I thought the james booking was harsh. The Pring booking i'd like to see again as I thought that was harsh but I could be completely wrong. I was surprised that knight didn't get booked as he had one thing in his mind when he took the player down. The amount he'd let go with players taking free kicks and throws out of position to then go nuclear on cornick who ultimately took the throw a foot away from where he was lined up, what was the point of that. He also took an age to blow for fouls where there was nothing going on which I just found irritating. There were no big decisions that had to be made, but there was plenty for me to think that it certainly was not a masterclass by any stretch. Pretty much how I saw it. The James booking was a shocker. I thought he was shite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DolmanGaz Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 10 minutes ago, 1960maaan said: 75-80% very good Ref. If he would have made it clear he was waiting for advantage it would have been better, but for the most part decent. There were several oddities though. McCrorie dribbling past 2 players but pulled back for a foul, Matty James getting booked for going for a header, few soft free kicks early and I thought he was going to be a Prem lover . Then there was McCrorie pulling back their player but not getting booked ? Yes he was better than most, but not without fault. that McCrorie one was ridiculous. he just ghosted past those players like a prime JET! haha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppyDAZE Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 re the OP bear in mind that we are talking about Stuart Attwell - the referee, and not Stuart Attwell the plumber etc etc. If your name is Stuart Attwell and you are NOT a referee, it's ok, we aren't criticising ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityexile Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 6 minutes ago, glynriley said: Pretty much how I saw it. The James booking was a shocker. I thought he was shite. Interesting how we all see different things. Thought James’s myself was nailed on. Clever to stop a break but absolutely body checked him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppyDAZE Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 For me, Stuart did Little wrong :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38MC Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 45 minutes ago, Portland Bill said: The Forest free kick in injury time, was given when Taylor Gardener grabbed and pulled back a Forest player by the neck, it was off the ball, and a stupid thing to do. Yeah I thought I’d missed something there which is why I said ‘maybe it was me’ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handsofclay Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 41 minutes ago, DolmanGaz said: does anybody know why we got a booking and conceded that free kick right at the death? I couldn't see anything at the time, and everybody sat around me was confused?? thought he was a very decent ref, apart from a few weird decisions on where free kicks were taken from! Gardner Hickman pulled back a player from entering the box off the ball. It was well spotted by the ref. The amount of supporters remarking upon the McCrorie incident as if he did nothing. He did. He pushed off a Forest player in the face. It was again well spotted by the referee. In fact he was somewhat fortunate to escape a yellow. That having been said I thought McCrorie was immense tonight. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Thought the ref at West Ham was better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickle Rick Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 1 hour ago, cidercity1987 said: Was this a sarcastic post? He was atrocious, starting with penalising Mccrorie for skinning two of their players. Weirdest decision I can remember in a long time It was an easier game to referee, VAR or not. Could you do a better job? So easy to criticise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-S-M Seagull Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 How Nuno didn't get at least a yellow card for standing on the touchline the whole game I don't know. I felt like the ref was a bit petty at times. Having an argument with Harry for example about the throw in position. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cityboy1954 Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 2 hours ago, Slack said: I was watching at ground didn't think he was that good Id say you could tell he was prem biased . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DolmanGaz Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 47 minutes ago, handsofclay said: Gardner Hickman pulled back a player from entering the box off the ball. It was well spotted by the ref. The amount of supporters remarking upon the McCrorie incident as if he did nothing. He did. He pushed off a Forest player in the face. It was again well spotted by the referee. In fact he was somewhat fortunate to escape a yellow. That having been said I thought McCrorie was immense tonight. thanks, knew there would be something, just missed by us haha! agree 100% on McCrorie, he's a player! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 I thought he was a typical Premier league referee, inconsistent and baffling. He booked Pring for his first foul yet allows a Notts forest player to tackle from behind and go through one of our players. A clear booking. He delayed blowing his whistle after a foul was committed on several occasions like he was waiting for VAR to do his job for him. Poor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDOXO Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Over several seasons we have had some total garbage refereeing. Today the bloke was decent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denbury Red Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 The throw in was his only real bad judgement he made - having minutes before allowed a free kick for offside on the Dolman stand sideline and near the Corner flag be allowed to be taken almost at the top of the penalty area was an absolute joke! That kept happening all night - throw ins from the wrong place so why get totally obsessed with Cornick! Give linesmen “magic foam” and mark where the throw in has to be taken - that’ll stop massive encroachment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 8 hours ago, W-S-M Seagull said: How Nuno didn't get at least a yellow card for standing on the touchline the whole game I don't know. I felt like the ref was a bit petty at times. Having an argument with Harry for example about the throw in position. This is beginning to bug me, the more they are allowed to get away with it, the more they'll do it. There was an incident this season where the Lion couldn't make a decision on a throw because the Manager was stood on the line and blocking his view . The 4th official , last night , was trying , but they should have booked Nuno as he just ignored him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 (edited) 11 hours ago, Bobs Dad said: Thought he was superb throughout. Loved that he waited a second or two to see if an advantage could be had before blowing his whistle!! He was being criticised for this all around me, but in hindsight I think it was purely because we are not used to the right way to referee. The point about him not indicating that he was allowing advantage is valid, but I think I am right in saying that the referee should only do that when the advantage has become clear. 11 hours ago, Bobs Dad said: Edited January 27 by Port Said Red 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrob Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 11 hours ago, Slack said: I was watching at ground didn't think he was that good Watching online from the US, I thought it was the best referring performance by a country mile that I've seen in about 30 years of watching any standard of football, not just at BCFC. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slack Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 38 minutes ago, redrob said: Watching online from the US, I thought it was the best referring performance by a country mile that I've seen in about 30 years of watching any standard of football, not just at BCFC. I mean, I think I was just confused about a referee that actually allows the game to flow. After watching highlights, I think I was incorrect with my initial review All about perspective I suppose 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveF Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 I agree his was excellent. Took his time over decisions but generally got most of them right, very refreshing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 4 hours ago, 1960maaan said: This is beginning to bug me, the more they are allowed to get away with it, the more they'll do it. There was an incident this season where the Lion couldn't make a decision on a throw because the Manager was stood on the line and blocking his view . The 4th official , last night , was trying , but they should have booked Nuno as he just ignored him. Was that the Millwall game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheltons Army Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 15 hours ago, kit said: I thought on balance he was poor. The mcrorie foul was a joke, the one on pring 2nd half was an obvious foul not given compare that to the one against gardner hickman first half which was similar but nowhere near as bad. I thought the james booking was harsh. The Pring booking i'd like to see again as I thought that was harsh but I could be completely wrong. I was surprised that knight didn't get booked as he had one thing in his mind when he took the player down. The amount he'd let go with players taking free kicks and throws out of position to then go nuclear on cornick who ultimately took the throw a foot away from where he was lined up, what was the point of that. He also took an age to blow for fouls where there was nothing going on which I just found irritating. There were no big decisions that had to be made, but there was plenty for me to think that it certainly was not a masterclass by any stretch. 14 hours ago, DolmanGaz said: that McCrorie one was ridiculous. he just ghosted past those players like a prime JET! haha Wow , some of our fans need some strong glasses , or to take off their ridiculously rose tinted ones Quite bizarre comments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 1 hour ago, cheese said: Was that the Millwall game? I could leave this somewhere so I can post every time I have a typo. I really should re read what I type ffs Lino obviously 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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