Though he had a good game last night,in the past he has been highly criticised,but last night though he was spot on with the decisions he made and generally let the game flow.

I agree I thought he was good but that Fondop elbow on Pring was a nailed on red card not a yellow.

Exile 1976 wrote:I agree I thought he was good but that Fondop elbow on Pring was a nailed on red card not a yellow.

Totally agree. It was a nasty challenge and should have been a red card.

It has been suggested in the past that he has something against the Welsh. If true, which I doubt, his head must have been in a spin last night

Amberexile wrote:It has been suggested in the past that he has something against the Welsh. If true, which I doubt, his head must have been in a spin last night

Isn't Wrexham a suburb of Liverpool?

It's strange how we see different things thought the ref was very trivial and blowing for every silly challenge.....but yes Defo red card

Amberexile wrote:It has been suggested in the past that he has something against the Welsh. If true, which I doubt, his head must have been in a spin last night

Wasn’t the rumour that he was brought up in Wales and was bullied for being English, and then he either wrote it in a book or mentioned in an interview his hatred of the Welsh???
I’ve tried looking online but, surprise surprise I can’t find anything.

county2016 wrote:It's strange how we see different things thought the ref was very trivial and blowing for every silly challenge.....but yes Defo red card

I thought he was a little too fussy as well at times when there was minimal contact between players and free kicks awarded.

Very early in the game Pearson went down in a heap and moaned at the ref for not listen to his bleating. it was part of their game plan. Jennings also did it in the first half. On the floor clutching his injured leg. As soon as play moved away, he got up, and ran back to do his defensive duties. How Demetriou got away with that awful tackle on Luke Young I'll never know.

It's slightly predictable that we think every referee is the best thing since sliced bread when we win and should never be allowed the darken the doorstep of a football ground ever again after we lose.
The truth is of course is that they are all fairly consistent and some are better than others. They get the vast majority of things right and quite a few things wrong. I do not believe that any of them are ever biased to one team more than another.
Over the course of a season the good and bad decisions probably even themselves out but we always remember the bad decisions.
The sport cannot do without them and I for one thank them for them for the unenviable job they do. I'm just glad I'm not one of them.