Saints 0-0 Bolton - Match Thread

[Ted Bates Statue]

On 17/10/2026 at 17:39, Saint86 said:

The officials are absolutely in Boro's favour as well this season. The decisions they've been getting are just laughable.

Not sure if it's been mentioned that Matt Donohue was also the ref for us at Watford. Incompetence is one thing but I'm definitely not looking forward to the next match where he's been assigned to us. 

Did anyone else on here actually agree with the offsides calls? Tessem insisted the last one was valid, although the Chapel didn't agree. Maybe the annoyance made the linesman think twice about it, as I don't think we had another offside against us for the rest of the match and were actually permitted to attack effectively (too bad nobody had their shooting boots on today).

Edited 1 hour ago by Ted Bates Statue

[bangkoksaint]

19 minutes ago, Ted Bates Statue said:

Not sure if it's been mentioned that Matt Donohue was also the ref for us at Watford. Incompetence is one thing but I'm definitely not looking forward to the next match where he's been assigned to us. 

Did anyone else on here actually agree with the offsides calls? Tessem insisted the last one was valid, although the Chapel didn't agree. Maybe the annoyance made the linesman think twice about it, as I don't think we had another offside against us for the rest of the match and were actually permitted to attack effectively (too bad nobody had their shooting boots on today).

As I mentioned earlier they aren’t his calls. FWIW on the Itchen side second half there were a couple where arguably we were off and they weren’t given so it’s swings and roundabouts. There is no major conspiracy against us, it’s football and mistakes happen……..don’t they Bree and Dobbin!! Bring VAR in and it’ll just be as sterile as the PL. I love a goal going in, looking at the Lino and realising we can celebrate