Bad referees

[Saints4Prem]

1 hour ago, Whitey Grandad said:

I agree.

The high kick was surprising. Difficult to see how close it was from my position and angle but but usually you would try to nip that sort of behaviour in the bud.

I think he tried too hard to keep the game flowing but sometimes a few quick free kicks are needed to let the players know where the tolerance level is set. A referee needs to sense early on when the games should be allowed to flow and when a touch on the brakes is needed. This judgement comes with experience but as the saying goes,

"Good judgment comes from experience; experience comes from bad judgment"

You are doing a good job Whitey 😇 however I was there with my son who is also a referee. He was knowhere near as forgiving with the referee's decisions. Of the fouls shown I am not sure many even resulted in free kicks. Regarding the kick in the head you could possibly? argue that the player ducked his head low but what I could not forgive is that he allowed the game to play on with the player down holding his head. I know some players cry wolf but the ref could see the boot hit the head and then should have stopped the game. I found it interesting that the Norwich no 25 made three tackles including the shirt pull back early in the first half without punishment but as the game progressed, especially towards the end, the referee was waving yellow cards like confetti. Even that referee would have given a foul when Edozie was pulled down if it wasn't in the box (I cannot agree that he dived at all, the referee obviously did not think so as he never gave him a yellow card 😜) He was just poor and about the worst referee I have seen. 

[BarberSaint]

8 hours ago, Stud mark of doom said:

https://x.com/justsaints_/status/2034755539054260682?s=42

A collection of minor Norwich infringements 

 

The pure, full out assault on Jander surely has to be 20 years in prison before parole?

I assume they won't look at it and judge it retrospectively because the ref was on the pitch but obviously looking at a different game.

[Katalinic]

On 19/03/2026 at 16:16, Whitey Grandad said:

That wasn't a penalty.  Edozie threw himself to the ground. 

[sfc4prem]

13 minutes ago, Katalinic said:

Coupled with the fact that he would've nicely controlled the ball coming down in a goalscoring position.

[Sheaf Saint]

1 hour ago, Katalinic said:

Blatant dive. Ref should have booked him.

[Whitey Grandad]

8 hours ago, Katalinic said:

And Edozie is holding the Norwich player's shirt. Half a dozen of each.

[benali-shorts]

8 minutes ago, Whitey Grandad said:

And Edozie is holding the Norwich player's shirt. Half a dozen of each.

Right. 

[Katalinic]

2 hours ago, Whitey Grandad said:

And Edozie is holding the Norwich player's shirt. Half a dozen of each.

It's ok to admit you are wrong rather than doubling down on something so obvious to 99% of people who can, you know, see.  Utterly bizarre.

[Whitey Grandad]

On 21/03/2026 at 21:13, Katalinic said:

It's ok to admit you are wrong rather than doubling down on something so obvious to 99% of people who can, you know, see.  Utterly bizarre.

Just look at the photo.

[John Boy Saint]

Jack Stephen’s would have been shouting at the TV if he was watching the Chelsea v Arsenal Women’s Champions League match tonight - they even had VAR it chose not to intervene: I guess hair pulling is fair game in a good ‘ol girl fight = nothing to see here!

 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

11 minutes ago, John Boy Saint said:

Jack Stephen’s would have been shouting at the TV if he was watching the Chelsea v Arsenal Women’s Champions League match tonight - they even had VAR it chose not to intervene: I guess hair pulling is fair game in a good ‘ol girl fight = nothing to see here!

 

I was only listening to it. The Chelsea manager got sent off, for what I took to be persistently complaining about it.

Edit: The commentators were baffled, as it apparently very near the ref. They were wondering if there was going to be post match punishment.

Edited 1 hour ago by Holmes_and_Watson