Standard of refereeing

paulie8290

Not normally one to moan about this but am appalled tonight.

The ref has cost northern ireland a place in russia with 2 poor decisions

Firstly switzerland should have been down to 10 men in the openig 2 minutes after a poor challenge, personally I think it was only given a yellow as it was so early when it was a clear straight red

Secondly ref gives a penalty that was clearly not a penalty.

In a game if this magnitude that means so much the ref cant be making such obvious errors.

Bedsaddick

http://forum.charltonlife.com/discussion/69428/world-cup-2018-qualification#latest

paulie8290

Bedsaddick said:

http://forum.charltonlife.com/discussion/69428/world-cup-2018-qualification#latest

Thats for the world cup qualifiers
My thread was for standard of refereeing in general, I used the game tonight as an example as its jist happened.

Weegie Addick

Switzerland. Where FIFA are based.

paulie8290

Weegie Addick said:

Switzerland. Where FIFA are based.

Is that a conspiracy theory I hear

Callumcafc

Wasn't a red card IMO. But penalty decisions definitely questionable.

Elthamaddick

One of the worst penalty decisions I’ve ever seen

Super_horns

Is the ref one of UEFA's best?

Don't recognise the name..

Brendan_O_Connell

Awful decision. Still a second leg though Paulie, so they're not out of it just yet.

paulie8290

Brendan_O_Connell said:

Awful decision. Still a second leg though Paulie, so they're not out of it just yet.

Switzerland have won 10 of there last 10 home games in qualification matches.

Last defeat was to England back in 2014.

Northern Ireland needed sonething today

harveys_gardener

Didn't I read somewhere that these games had video ref backup? Did he lose the remote?

paulie8290

harveys_gardener said:

Didn't I read somewhere that these games had video ref backup? Did he lose the remote?

England v Germany does not sure if its ready for world cup qualifiers yet

Pelling1993

I'm struggling to think of a worse refereeing decision than the penalty....

JohnBoyUK

OMG, have only seen the replay of the pen on the news this morning. Absolutely disgraceful decision.

Pelling1993

JohnBoyUK said:

OMG, have only seen the replay of the pen on the news this morning. Absolutely disgraceful decision.

The booking really compounds the damage too, that ref should be let nowhere near international football for a long time

ForeverAddickted

I think everyone needs to calm down over the FIFA conspiracies... the way people are talking you would think this sort of refereeing decision has happened before with a higher ranked nation getting favouritism over the Irish

If only we could get Thierry Henry's view