A word for the referee today .....

[Malaguena]

I thought he was superb - in control, let the game flow, allowed robust but fair challenges, didn't fall for Villa's Premier League entitlement antics, didn't fall for the play acting from both sides, yellow cards for gobbing off etc etc

Excellent

 

[Jedi boro]

I thought he was superb - in control, let the game flow, allowed robust but fair challenges, didn't fall for Villa's Premier League entitlement antics, didn't fall for the play acting from both sides, yellow cards for gobbing off etc etc

Excellent

One of better ones.

 

[bevoboro]

Agree, thought he was great by and large

 

[Diego]

Yep good Performance. No dramas and as you say let it flow. Good ref

 

[Air Resistance]

Agreed. Honestly with a higher standard of reffing I don’t think VAR would be necessary. You can take an honest decision being wrong is the game is being reffed to a high standard.

 

[Colgates_shaving_foam]

I thought the ref had a great game but that might be because I think we got the better of the 50/50 ish decisions most of the time.

There was a good flow to the game.

 

[Decent_Left]

Do you think prem league fans are jealous of us in the EFL with no VAR if that’s what you get on the pitch rather than some portakabin or whatever in PGOML

 

[newyddion]

Poor yellow card for Isaiah Jones I thought..

 

[Slipperutb01]

I said to my son he was propper ref

 

[dooderooni]

Konsa said in his post-match interview that they defended differently due to the lack of VAR. That is pretty telling because it shows that VAR is considered part of the game and is a big part of tactical thinking. Not having a get-out-of-jail card means you have to defend properly and rely on the officials, be they right or wrong. Apart from the Jones challenge, I don't think there was any dwelling on incidents and it made for a better flow of the game. The ref didn't get everything right, but he didn't make any glaring errors or should I say he wasn't undermined by a team of officials endlessly replaying incidents looking for any infraction.

 

[Norman_Conquest]

I mentioned the refs performance in the match thread regarding how well he had done.

 

[Jimmy_Salmon]

Interestingly just had a look on Villa’s forum and every other post is a moan about the refs performance. Thought he was ok personally

 

[NorthStand95]

Interesting just had a look on Villa’s forum and every other post is a moan about the refs performance. Thought he was ok personally

Yes. Loads of Villa fans believe they should have had a penalty. Not seen any footage of that?

 

[dooderooni]

Interesting just had a look on Villa’s forum and every other post is a moan about the refs performance. Thought he was ok personally

Says something to me that. They think he's been poor because he didn't referee it like a PL fixture and we thought he was decent because he let the game flow for the most part

 

[bevoboro]

Could maybe have booked Matty Cash earlier for his tackle on Bangura and then raising his hands and shoving him

 

[redlion]

Didn't notice the ref at all, sign he had a good game imho

 

[dribble]

Allowed Villa to attack , then stopped the game once they had lost the ball,probably the only real irritating point.

 

[TheWolfman]

Yeah great he warned our keeper about time wasting first half. Second when they scored crawled back into his box.

 

[BoroPhil]

Yeah I thought he was good, but I also felt we were getting the 50-50s

 

[Malaguena]

Yeah great he warned our keeper about time wasting first half. Second when they scored crawled back into his box.

What on earth are you on about ?