What the hell was that all about? Might as well have worn a blue shirt! It seemed he was intent on antagonising the home support from the off. See below a list of incidents that i can recall;
> gave 3 first half handballs against us when the ball was slammed against our player at point blank range
> the ball goes out for a Cardiff throw by the corner flag but ref lets them take it from nearer the halfway line despite howls from the crowd. Then on the other side blows his whistle at Solly to not pinch yards on his throw, then unbelievably gives a foul throw against us for not taking one from the right place
> Couldnt wait to wave a red card at Harriott but bottled giving their player one for preventing a goal scoring opportunity for George
> not one but two penalty handball decisions
> booking Solly for a push when the only reason they had possession was because their player pushed Buyens in th back
I could go on but can feel my blood rising again. I found myself weighing up the consequences of running on and sticking my nut on him!!!
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He bottled their sending off, George was moving into the box for a strike on goal; how is that not a goalscoring chance?
"Not surprised the Ref had a bad game after reading this:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20866989 "
Mick Russell showed midfielder Jeremy Helan a second yellow card in the 26th minute of the 0-0 draw against Huddersfield but did not produce a red."
From pedantic rubbish at throw-ins (apparently the same pedantry shouldn't apply to John Brayford) to bizzare handballs - how can you give handball when the ball is leathered at someone from a yard away? - he was an absolute disaster for 90mins.
Its the almost comical bias towards Cardiff that I can't get my head round. Why didn't Morrison go off? Why didn't we get two pens for handball? Why does he pace out 10 yards and leave the wall at 9 when they don't move? Why is Jones allowed to man handle players all afternoon but Solly gets booked for his first tug of a shirt? Why is he pulling play back when JBG has 50 yards of space to run into? Brayford was shoving George everytime he picked him up. You could go on forever.
Thought Bob was reserved at the end, but inside must have been seething.
The keeper decided to go for a ball he was never going to make and then knowing he couldn't make his ground laid down. Tough luck on us should have been the other way round.
I don not normally moan at the refs but by god, he was just bloody awful.
Why though did it take till the 77th minute for the Referee to speak with one of their players about time wasting and then not even issue a card? - I dont care if its Cardiff City or Charlton Athletic thats doing the time-wasting it should still be stamped out, I'm here to see Football not a bloke standing over or just holding the ball for five minutes
I understand what you are saying but its his fault for coming out
I was close to Harriott's foul, and it was over the top. The ref was a bit theatrical though, which nearly caused other problems. Morrison foul on George was a yellow for me but on another day could have been red. Solly booking was strange, as it was a clear kick I think but he played advantage; then the lino put up an offside flag so he brought play back. I wouldn't have had a problem with either booking Solly and us getting the offside, or bringing play back and no booking, but what he did was laughable.
Why he allowed two Cardiff staff in the technical area all game I don't know - is that allowed now? I thought it should be one only? Only when three went into it did the 4th official get up to have a word, and when five of them came at him one time he just ushered them away!!
As for the throw ins, if a Charlton player had taken that long at a throw in you can guarantee he would have been booked, but Gunnarson got way with taking ages every time. The one when Gunnarson hurt himself was a huge foul throw but nothing was given by the lino. You have to be consistent with where the throws are taken, but he did let Braysford get a good ten yard average every time. Solly was told not to steal any more yards, but then threw the ball to Ben Haim who took it where he got the ball, so in that respect it was a foul throw. But where was the consistency???
Grrrrrr!