Have just seen the referee for the west brom game on Saturday is matt donohue. This is his 3rd time refereeing Charlton already this season!!! People may remember he took charge of the home game against Birmingham where we lost 1-0. He sent boywer off for throwing a ball in the direction of the away dugout which was later rescinded!! From what I remember he was pretty poor that afternoon.
So Linington on Wednesday who has sent boywer off and donohue Saturday who has sent boywer off!!! Good job Lee is in the stands!!! 😂 😂 😂
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James Linington was poor in the two homes games he did last season at the valley.
The Peterborough match where he was the only person who thought Lewis Page fouled the forward in the box which resulted in a defeat and another game we won when he disallowed a goal from a corner when a defender knocked his own keeper. Many other strange decisions in both matches.
The ref on Saturday was whistle happy but he played the advantage rule well and i assume he got the JFC booking correct as I couldn't see it clearly ?
That's how I called it at the time and I haven't seen any footage of the incident.
Saturday's ref seemed to give plenty to Derby but not to Charlton ... although that may be me wearing my Addick-tinted glasses again!
Haven't been to many aways this term but the guy at Reading was laughable, somehow being swayed by a home crowd that barely created a whisper. Even he at least gave us our pen.
The Bowyer incident v Brum was clearly badly dealt with but at some point we're probably going to have to accept that they're not all wrong - he was no saint as a player and does like to get in their ears; I've heard his discussions with officials even in friendlies! Again, I'll take that if it contributes to his incredible success.
WBA away, again gave us a soft pen. Missed the handball for their goal although you can't really blame him for that as it was very difficult to spot. But again, too whistle happy and keen to indulge the easy going down of players who quickly sussed him out.
Strangely I can't remember much about his performance in the Brum game apart from the ridiculous sending off of Bowyer. If his other games are anything to go by though I shan't relish the prospect of him refereeing our game this weekend.
Few years ago it would have been crazy to have had an official more than once a season let alone four times
How does he keep getting championship matches?
I thought he was a homer, they all usually are (including for us,) but yesterday I thought it was worse than usual.
EFL paying us back for Roland's latest rant surely!!
Referee will be Peter Bankes - Has taken charge of one other Charlton game this season: Charlton v Swansea!!
As a reminder this is the bloke that Bowyer questioned about being mates with Steve Cooper!!