Page was down injured for at least 5, so wasn't surprised by the 7 at all.
One thing that did confuse me, when Page got booked for the tackle on the keeper, that was a clear backpass, right? The defender had controlled the ball, then the keeper came out and handled it.
I thought he was excellent,easily the best ive seen down The Valley for a while. Let the game flow and was fair to both teams.
Yeah I'm pretty sure BRFC Fans may have different opinion.
The thing that has bugged me all season in this division is the inability for the linesman to make any sort of decision including throw ins. They all wait for the ref for EVERY decision barring offside then wave whatever way he decides.
I thought today's ref was very quick to blow the whistle but that was very much to our benefit.
Page was down injured for at least 5, so wasn't surprised by the 7 at all.
One thing that did confuse me, when Page got booked for the tackle on the keeper, that was a clear backpass, right? The defender had controlled the ball, then the keeper came out and handled it.
Makes the Page tackle even worse, had he left the 'keeper alone then we may have had a Free Kick
Page was down injured for at least 5, so wasn't surprised by the 7 at all.
One thing that did confuse me, when Page got booked for the tackle on the keeper, that was a clear backpass, right? The defender had controlled the ball, then the keeper came out and handled it.
Makes the Page tackle even worse, had he left the 'keeper alone then we may have had a Free Kick
But maybe Page was not expecting the keeper to dive to pick up the back pass so committed to trying to cross it.
I like the love he's getting, but surely rather than 'even it up' after knowing lino missed an offside....if he was sure enough to do that, surely he'd have just blown in the first place?
Yeah just echo what everyone said, was very good. It helps that Blackburn aren't cloggers, but thought he was spot on with his decision making and when to book players.
Robert Jones. He was refereeing in the conference league only a year and a half ago. He has since been promoted to the championship this season with a view of possibly going premier league at end of next season. One of the best imo down the valley in a long time
I like that he played an advantage for something towards the end of the first half and then went back to book the Blackburn player about two minutes later.
Rovers twitter seemed to think it was a booking for dissent because it did look unusual handing out that card at a break in play after everyone had already forgot about the foul - not the ref.
I like that he played an advantage for something towards the end of the first half and then went back to book the Blackburn player about two minutes later.
Rovers twitter seemed to think it was a bookie for dissent because it did look unusual handing out that card at a break in play after everyone had already forgot about the foul - not the ref.
There was another one where the ball was chipped down the line and Konsa and Amestrong were battling when he blew the whistle, both were confused and it turned out there was a foul back where the ball had been played to Armstrong (it was out of shot so I don't know what happened). I know it sounds simple but we've seen so many refs this season play a two second advantage that even though it went against us it was good refereeing.
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(I thought he was very fair)
One thing that did confuse me, when Page got booked for the tackle on the keeper, that was a clear backpass, right? The defender had controlled the ball, then the keeper came out and handled it.
The thing that has bugged me all season in this division is the inability for the linesman to make any sort of decision including throw ins. They all wait for the ref for EVERY decision barring offside then wave whatever way he decides.
I thought today's ref was very quick to blow the whistle but that was very much to our benefit.
Otherwise, the ref was excellent today
Excellent
He was very calm, didn't over react and it wasn't about him. Exactly what you want in a ref
Rovers twitter seemed to think it was a booking for dissent because it did look unusual handing out that card at a break in play after everyone had already forgot about the foul - not the ref.