lordswoodsaints Posted 22 August, 2009 Share Posted 22 August, 2009 On about 60 minutes some bloke in a suit walked around the pitch and took all the spare balls from the ballboys? Either he wanted to get away early or it was some sort of tactic to slow the game down,if it was the latter it didn't really work to our advantage. What the fook was that all about? Did pardew order it? Did the ref order it? Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Um Bongo Posted 22 August, 2009 Share Posted 22 August, 2009 Ref ordered it, after 3 interuptions. Ref was a **** anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70's Mike Posted 22 August, 2009 Share Posted 22 August, 2009 Ref trying to earn oints from his assessor, also thought he took the advantage rule to new levels today it was almost like Rugby with play going on for ages before he went back to the original alledged offence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 22 August, 2009 Share Posted 22 August, 2009 That ref was awful.... Is this what is the standard in league 1... God help us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toomer Posted 22 August, 2009 Share Posted 22 August, 2009 Just shows how Lowe we have come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimond Geezer Posted 22 August, 2009 Share Posted 22 August, 2009 Ref ordered it, after 3 interuptions. That was my take on it also. However one of those wasn't necessarily the ball boys fault, it hit the advertising hording and rolled past the linesman, when he could have put his foot out to stop it. also thought he took the advantage rule to new levels today it was almost like Rugby with play going on for ages before he went back to the original alledged offence Thats not a bad thing though, I often thing the refs don't play on long enough to see id any real advantage develops. The ref was very poor though, but I guess are third tier now, with 3rd tier refs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordswoodsaints Posted 22 August, 2009 Author Share Posted 22 August, 2009 Yes I thought the advantage rule was used in a crap way today. On one of them he allowed the play to continue, the brentford lad had the ball but tripped over it and he called the play back.....? He had the advantage and he fooked it up himself......crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huffton Posted 22 August, 2009 Share Posted 22 August, 2009 That ref was awful.... Is this what is the standard in league 1... God help us Get used to it. They ref League 1 for a reason... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st alex Posted 22 August, 2009 Share Posted 22 August, 2009 ball boys weren't great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthamSteve Posted 23 August, 2009 Share Posted 23 August, 2009 I honestly thought the ref had a good game today. A lot of 50/50's didn't go our way, but the way he tried to play advantage was good. Will be one of the best we'll see in this league I suspect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scudamore Posted 23 August, 2009 Share Posted 23 August, 2009 A Brentford fan bellend threw the ball onto the pitch when we had another ball by the corner flag ready to take as well if i remember correctly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seaford Saint Posted 23 August, 2009 Share Posted 23 August, 2009 I honestly thought the ref had a good game today. A lot of 50/50's didn't go our way, but the way he tried to play advantage was good. Will be one of the best we'll see in this league I suspect. Agreed an excellent ref I thought. Only a couple of inexplicable decisions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponto1963 Posted 23 August, 2009 Share Posted 23 August, 2009 I honestly thought the ref had a good game today. A lot of 50/50's didn't go our way, but the way he tried to play advantage was good. Will be one of the best we'll see in this league I suspect. I think you were watching a different game to me then. The ref was terrible. Definite handball in penalty area in the last minute. We were behind the goal at the chapel end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiltshire Saint Posted 23 August, 2009 Share Posted 23 August, 2009 I have refereed at CCC level and L1 and L2 previously. You would be VERY surprised how much disruption ball boys cause to the game. I have had to intervene on countless occasions. I once had to send a ball boy from the ground (not even to the terraces) because he wouldn't stop crying after a wayward shot hit him in the face. There was one incident, during a particularly dull end of season game when 2 ball boys were discovered kissing and touching each other. That sort of thing can be quite off putting for some of the professionals, who are only human, after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 24 August, 2009 Share Posted 24 August, 2009 I have refereed at CCC level and L1 and L2 previously. You would be VERY surprised how much disruption ball boys cause to the game. I have had to intervene on countless occasions. I once had to send a ball boy from the ground (not even to the terraces) because he wouldn't stop crying after a wayward shot hit him in the face. There was one incident, during a particularly dull end of season game when 2 ball boys were discovered kissing and touching each other. That sort of thing can be quite off putting for some of the professionals, who are only human, after all. ......puts an entirely new complexion on the name ... BALL BOYS ! ...oops sorry Wiltshire Saint, of course you're quite right. They should learn the technique of their counterparts at Wimbledon. Stand still and don't move unless you have to....it's very distracting to the players. Like many others, I have had my moans about referees from time to time, but it is a thankless job. One famous quote I recall from a former ref. was " ..you know the ref's having a good game ..when he's invisible " BUT surely Wiltshire, there must be times when you can also criticise your colleagues in some games.?.. AND would you be in favour of goal line cameras (at the highest level) to avoid mistakes ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordswoodsaints Posted 24 August, 2009 Author Share Posted 24 August, 2009 I have refereed at CCC level and L1 and L2 previously. You would be VERY surprised how much disruption ball boys cause to the game. I have had to intervene on countless occasions. I once had to send a ball boy from the ground (not even to the terraces) because he wouldn't stop crying after a wayward shot hit him in the face. There was one incident, during a particularly dull end of season game when 2 ball boys were discovered kissing and touching each other. That sort of thing can be quite off putting for some of the professionals, who are only human, after all. LOL,is this a joke:-)? Ball boys touching each other,I might suggest that to the club......it will be an amusing distraction from the crap footie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Tender Posted 24 August, 2009 Share Posted 24 August, 2009 Reading used to use their ballboys to good advantage, taking quick throw-ins to their players and taking their time when returning the ball to the opposition. Obviously, their own players were well drilled to the tactic, but visiting teams were often caught off balance by it. Was Pardew there at that time, or was it a Coppell initiative? Everything that could give us an edge is worthy of consideration and we ought to get those ballboys some extra training. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissyboy31 Posted 24 August, 2009 Share Posted 24 August, 2009 The ballboys at St Mary's are useless. We play the multi-ball system, supposedly to use to our own advantage but half the time it advantages the opposition (when we're attacking it's all too slow but when we're defending and need to get organised, it seems to be released to the oppo. immediately). During the Millwall game the ballboy sat in front of Kingsland Block 34 had "his" ball and wasn't going to let go of it and definitely not let anyone actually play with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 24 August, 2009 Share Posted 24 August, 2009 I hate the multiball system. It would be interesting to see a correlation between when we play multiball and when we win games. I was watching closely last season and our first win came when the ref stopped it during the match and the second was against Birmingham when the competition didn't allow it. Apart from these, we didn't win much. Does anybody know about the away games? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRichmond Posted 24 August, 2009 Share Posted 24 August, 2009 Ref ordered it, after 3 interuptions. Ref was a **** anyway. ..... " Refereee stops Boys playing with their Balls ...... " Shock Horror:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_barmy_saints_army Posted 24 August, 2009 Share Posted 24 August, 2009 i remember that happened at reading a few years ago when they were winning, 1-0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Man Do Posted 24 August, 2009 Share Posted 24 August, 2009 I think you were watching a different game to me then. The ref was terrible. Definite handball in penalty area in the last minute. We were behind the goal at the chapel end. Saw that as well as I'm sure the ref did! Saga went to "discuss" this with him and the ref shrugged his shoulders as if to say "dont worry mate!" grrr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MINIBARCELONASAINT Posted 24 August, 2009 Share Posted 24 August, 2009 My cousin is a ball boy in front of the away fans, and i can confirm he is a bender Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRobbie Posted 24 August, 2009 Share Posted 24 August, 2009 Get used to it. They ref League 1 for a reason... Correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericofarabia Posted 24 August, 2009 Share Posted 24 August, 2009 In the match at Huddersfield I was amazed that the ref/lino/4th official/our bench didn't take some action over the actions of the ball boys which were so blatently bias in favour of the home team (presumably pre match instructions rather than uni lateral decisions :cool:) Whenever there was a Huddersfield throw in their player had the ball in his hands even before he reached the touch line, half the time when it was our throw in / goal kick our plyer had to go and retreive the ball himself ... to the extent we were being booed for time wasting I say ban the multi ball system completely. It wasn't so long ago if a ball got kicked out of the ground a replacement ball was dilegently inspected by the ref and both captains to see if if was ok, now we end up using up to 20 different random balls per match :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Lungs Posted 24 August, 2009 Share Posted 24 August, 2009 I remember Reading in 05/06 and their ballboys were literally trained to aid the team.... maybe we should actually train ours to do the same? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigersaint Posted 24 August, 2009 Share Posted 24 August, 2009 Doesn't multi-ball lose the keepsake value of keeping a ball after a hat trick nowadays too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpturner Posted 24 August, 2009 Share Posted 24 August, 2009 Doesn't multi-ball lose the keepsake value of keeping a ball after a hat trick nowadays too?LOL - like anyone in our team is going to have to worry about that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maltasaints Posted 25 August, 2009 Share Posted 25 August, 2009 You mean like this : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQx2_KQVkpI or : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbwQfSQULL8&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjamsandwich28 Posted 4 September, 2009 Share Posted 4 September, 2009 so does that mean you dont wanna be a ball boy and the ref took away the balls from us against brentford because the away fans kept throwwing the second ball on the pitch. Just watch the ball boys next game then tell us we give the away team better treatment i give the ball to kelvin quicker tthan any other keeper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 4 September, 2009 Share Posted 4 September, 2009 so does that mean you dont wanna be a ball boy and the ref took away the balls from us against brentford because the away fans kept throwwing the second ball on the pitch. Just watch the ball boys next game then tell us we give the away team better treatment i give the ball to kelvin quicker tthan any other keeper Given that we haven't won at home in the League yet this season and its in the interests of drawing/winning away teams to kill time, can I suggest that when we're not winning you get the thing back on the pitch asap whoever you're throwing it to ? I think we may have found part of the problem... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draino76 Posted 4 September, 2009 Share Posted 4 September, 2009 I don't get it. if I was a teenage fag the last thing I'd wanna do is be a ball boy at SMS. I'd be trawling gaydar, facebook and bebo trolling for bum fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericofarabia Posted 5 September, 2009 Share Posted 5 September, 2009 I don't get it. if I was a teenage fag the last thing I'd wanna do is be a ball boy at SMS. I'd be trawling gaydar, facebook and bebo trolling for bum fun. LMFAO .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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