To be fair I left the Bayern Spurs Home game early , missed another couple of Bayern goals!
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Ref was horrible, no wonder he got his ass kicked in Turkey
"Did you know these water bottles are from the last game, I myself made them reusable"Is it too early for Der Southgate Kaption Kompetition?
Okay, of course you are kind enough to keep quiet about the fact that you - like many people in Germany - felt sick just by seeing these farmers.To be fair I left the Bayern Spurs Home game early , missed another couple of Bayern goals!
I like reading your posts, but I disagree with you here!
What happened to the referee in Turkey is inexcusable.
It's a good thing that this "president" was banned for life.
I agree with you that this referee had no policy, except that he only wanted to show off in the first 20 minutes.
The Turkish referee had an excellent game and I’d be surprised if he didn’t feature again. One of the best referee performance I can remember.
Which England yellow shouldn’t have been given? Bellingham and Guéhi were the dictionary definitions of yellow cards. Mainoo a yellow too.
Slovakia were punished at the same rate. If anything I though Skriniar’s for his challenge on Bellingham just before half time was a little soft.
I was also impressed how he wasn’t stopping play 60-70 minutes when Slovakia players were going down injured. When Slovakia realised that the referee wasn’t going to buy it, they stopped.
Probably the best performance on the pitch
I like reading your posts, but I disagree with you here!
What happened to the referee in Turkey is inexcusable.
It's a good thing that this "president" was banned for life.
I agree with you that this referee had no policy, except that he only wanted to show off in the first 20 minutes.
Tongue in cheek comment brother...
great post - It may have helped to bring 2 left backs - instead of 1 injured one who hasn't played for 4 months and is unlikely to play any games in the tournament. Southgate is out of his depth, completely wasting this talented squad with his naff tactics and lack of a coherent plan
He was inconsistent in the fact that he never sent off any players - when you are giving out yellow cards so easily you can't suddenly change your approach because the player is already on a yellow and it would mean a red.
The Turkish referee had an excellent game and I’d be surprised if he didn’t feature again. One of the best referee performance I can remember.
Which England yellow shouldn’t have been given? Bellingham and Guéhi were the dictionary definitions of yellow cards. Mainoo a yellow too.
Slovakia were punished at the same rate. If anything I though Skriniar’s for his challenge on Bellingham just before half time was a little soft.
I was also impressed how he wasn’t stopping play 60-70 minutes when Slovakia players were going down injured. When Slovakia realised that the referee wasn’t going to buy it, they stopped.
Probably the best performance on the pitch
The Mainoo challenge wasn’t a yellow. And the Skriniar one was soft? Come on man, you’re usually a better wind up than this..
I don’t think he was biased or anything, but he was weird. For 20 minutes anything was a yellow. And then one of the Slovakian players had a yellow and committed multiple yellow card fouls and didn’t get a second one.
And there were definitely some crap challenges (worse by a mile than Mainoos) that he then stopped giving yellows at all for. As if his early refereeing was just to lay down a fucking marker.
Can you be specific about the player or foul that should have got a yellow but didn’t ?
I was watching the referee quite closely after Bellingham complained about his textbook yellow.
Surprised that a few people are going for the ref.
omg...the Mainoo one was a ridiculous booking, Guehi's was soft. I really hope Jan's Belgium knock out the French with a totally dodgy VAR penalty. Then you can come on here and compliment the officialsThe Turkish referee had an excellent game and I’d be surprised if he didn’t feature again. One of the best referee performance I can remember.
Which England yellow shouldn’t have been given? Bellingham and Guéhi were the dictionary definitions of yellow cards. Mainoo a yellow too.
Slovakia were punished at the same rate. If anything I though Skriniar’s for his challenge on Bellingham just before half time was a little soft.
I was also impressed how he wasn’t stopping play 60-70 minutes when Slovakia players were going down injured. When Slovakia realised that the referee wasn’t going to buy it, they stopped.
Probably the best performance on the pitch
He was crap, wasn't even being consistent - booked Bellingham for a lunge tackle then didn't book a Slovakia player for the same foul on Foden.
I don't have a problem If you're gonna ref using the no nonsense approach but you need to be consistent, he tried to control put his foot down in the first half but he was letting fouls go for both sides towards the end of the match.
Also Mainoo's wasn't a booking either.
It seemed to me that the ref reigned himself in after dishing out the cards to our lot, almost like he said to himself that if he carried that on, there'd be a few players sent off.
He wasn't brilliant, but I felt he tried to let the game flow more as it progressed.
Don't get me wrong, I was cursing him in that first half, but I think he got better as the game progressed.
Good to have you back
Were the English commentators making comments about the referee?
Sometimes I think the commentator makes some comments and it really shapes how people view things.
I don’t share your view at all. It’s obviously a hard thing to discuss but I don’t remember a single yellow card that wasn’t given. Sounds like you might have been frustrated and reaching for soft decisions to be given.
Guehi’s was soft ? Wow.
If anything Guehi was lucky the Slovakian guy stayed on his feet because if he goes down it’s a penalty and a second yellow
Good to have you back
Were the English commentators making comments about the referee?
Sometimes I think the commentator makes some comments and it really shapes how people view things.
I don’t share your view at all. It’s obviously a hard thing to discuss but I don’t remember a single yellow card that wasn’t given. Sounds like you might have been frustrated and reaching for soft decisions to be given.
Mainoo got taken out on the edge by a very obviously cynical challenge from a player on a yellow. That same player then 5 minutes later took someone out on the edge of our box and still didn’t get a second yellow.
Those wouldn’t have been soft, they’d have been consistent. There was one where Foden got completely wiped out and it wasn’t a yellow as well.
It would never have been a penalty.
Just reading that Lee Dixon was criticising the referee and calling it “pathetic” that a player didn’t get a second yellow.
The response in here makes complete sense. Gooner cunt makes wild claims and frustrated England fans buy in.
Silliness.
He makes contact from behind. No way that isn’t given if he goes down.