Ref Watch Wembley Refwatch .......... Oldham

[in the know]

I thought he performed pretty much as expected based on micks fantastic pre match reports. It was evident from that he didn't have the experience to deal with such a game.
for play off finals at wembley, I think it's disrespectful not to appoint a top prem ref out of respect and to deal with the pressure and occasion .

 

[Mick]

Isn't Oldham part of Manchester? And this the one who replaced the ref from Liverpool! Bit too close for me

No, that picture is of one of the Assistants. The Fourth Official who replaced the referee is from Yorkshire.

 

[LBBlue]

I don't think referees are allowed to red card someone as a deterrent to others. I don't think that's how it works. It might have been cynical, but it wasn't premeditated. That implies he decided before the match he was going to do that. Mind you, you'd make a great lawyer!

The deterrent is knowing you will be sent off and your team loses a player if you commit a foul such as the one on Bonne, whereas with a yellow you stay on the pitch and your mate can commit the next cynical foul.

The premeditated bit means that he knows it’s going to be foul and a yellow because he has no intention or chance of playing the ball, whereas with Cav’s yellow he set out with the intention of winning the ball in a fair challenge but got his timing wrong again! From where I was 100 yards away it looked perfectly fair but robust, whereas the one on Bonne the ball was about 5 yards away from the challenge.