NO REF Round 3 v Perth Glory

[ballantyne]

Would anyone be interested in a thread where it's not permitted to mention the officiating?

 

[ballantyne]

It would seem not.

 

[Yoda]

Probably best to ask the question after the game

 

[ballantyne]

Can I point out that we have conceded 7 goals in 2 games? A perceived bias in every referee would seem to be both unlikely and in any event trivial.

 

[tim...]

I don't know that anyone talks so much of a perceived bias rather a lack of competence...

 

[J Howe]

Danny mentioned in passing what he thought of the reffing so far on the pod.

#PodPlug

 

[scottmac]

Can I point out that we have conceded 7 goals in 2 games? A perceived bias in every referee would seem to be both unlikely and in any event trivial.

I dont think it goes further than 2 soft pens mate. They were both calls that could go either way. Also the handball calls. Funny how all of them went the other way. They are calls that directly influence results and none of them went our way.

So no. A game thread where that shit happens and we dont talk about it is not a game thread.

I suggest this gets moved or deleted so that there is no confusion come game time

 

[bikinigirl]

. of course the inevitable has happened starting a thread like this ... the only thing that will be discussed is refereeing

 

[scottmac]

. of course the inevitable has happened starting a thread like this ... the only thing that will be discussed is refereeing

That's completely underestimating our teams ability

 

[Capn Gus Bloodbeard]

Not really

Can I point out that we have conceded 7 goals in 2 games? A perceived bias in every referee would seem to be both unlikely and in any event trivial.

you can complain about the referee without attributing a loss to the referee. We can complain about the penalty in the first game, but that ain't why we lost

 

[true believer]

. of course the inevitable has happened starting a thread like this ... the only thing that will be discussed is refereeing

me thinks a cunning plan

 

[scottmac]

Not really

you can complain about the referee without attributing a loss to the referee. We can complain about the penalty in the first game, but that ain't why we lost

I don't think you got what I meant.
A game thread where we talk only about the referee is completely underestimating our teams ability. It didn't happen the first 2 games and it won't happen this one. Also I don't believe anyone has attributed the loss to the ref.

 

[Capn Gus Bloodbeard]

I don't think you got what I meant.
A game thread where we talk only about the referee is completely underestimating our teams ability. It didn't happen the first 2 games and it won't happen this one. Also I don't believe anyone has attributed the loss to the ref.

Ah, no, I agree with you. My 'not really' wasn't directed at you. My bad

 

[bikinigirl]

I don't think you got what I meant.
A game thread where we talk only about the referee is completely underestimating our teams ability. It didn't happen the first 2 games and it won't happen this one. Also I don't believe anyone has attributed the loss to the ref.

. i completely agree ... but starting a thread to not talk about it, c'mon

me thinks a cunning plan

 

[Capt. Awesome]

So thread created to NOT talk about the ref only has talk about the ref.

 

[ballantyne]

. of course the inevitable has happened starting a thread like this ... the only thing that will be discussed is refereeing

Natch.
I just recently got frustrated rather than bored with the constant harping about the refereeing.
Other team's forums have whinging about the refs, but here at ccmfans.net it has become the lifeblood, the sine qua non, in fact the doctrine, as one commenter has even suggested this thread be censored.

 

[tim...]

Reading through the match threads I disagree. There's plenty of reasoned debate about the players, several members rate each players' performance, critique tactics... of course refereeing is oft mentioned but I don't believe it's the overarching theme.

JMO!

 

[ballantyne]

Reading through the match threads I disagree. There's plenty of reasoned debate about the players, several members rate each players' performance, critique tactics... of course refereeing is oft mentioned but I don't believe it's the overarching theme.

JMO!

Maybe I'm over-sensitive to it, then.

 

[Gratis]

you talk about the game and what impacts on it. in the first two games this season the referees' decisions have had a genuine impact and deserve discussion. but i personally didn't feel that the discussion was disproportionate. imo

 

[nebakke]

I think it's really important to be aware that it is such a footballing cliche that the ref was biased against one's team, that it's horrifyingly easy to misinterpret comments about the referee.
For mine, I don't think we get that many serious suggestions of deliberately poor refereeing - certainly not enough to justify an perception that the refs are under constant, unwarranted, attack on this forum.
The thing is that we have seen two really important, borderline calls go against us in the first two games of the season, and we had a number of those go against us in the first half of the last season - you have to be able to express that when discussing the game, otherwise, what's the point?
If Roy doesn't get that pen two weeks ago, I'm 100% certain that they don't win it 5-1 - in fact, I would argue that based on performance last week and the first half hour of that game, there's a fair chance that we could have taken it, or at least pulled off a tie.
As it was, that pen took the wind out of our sails and gave Roy an extra push... That matters when you're reviewing the game, but you can't express it if you can't whinge about the reffing decisions.