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Ref Watch 2017/18; A fraternity of dunces
Topic Started: 5 Aug 2017, 03:56 PM (201,341 Views)
Gothamcelt
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elparaiso
7 Apr 2018, 09:00 PM
Quiet Assasin
7 Apr 2018, 09:29 AM
Gothamcelt
7 Apr 2018, 08:24 AM
Shinnie booked sixteen times this season, says he can't change the way he plays and the refs are too quick to book "combative midfielders".
The refs may not be the best but surely he's got to take a look at himself, read the rule book and play within the margins?

YELLOW PERIL Aberdeen skipper Graeme Shinnie says referees are too quick to book players as he prepares to sit out Scottish Cup semi-final
The Dons star admits 'combative' midfielders could become a thing of the past if refs continue to flash yellow
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It would really be a shame if the 'combative Scottish midfielder' became a thing of the past, as it really helps our clubs and national teams when we play more technical teams.
It's something that really annoys me. There is a lot of hot air about why our teams perform so badly in Europe. Something which does not get the attention it should is the poor quality of refereeing in Scotland which effectively encourages a style of agricultural football which is not tolerated on the continent.

It is hard to criticise coaches for using the type of negative tactics which they know officials will allow, given the pressure on them for results. I have no problem with a bit of physicality in the game, but I expect referees to take action / give fouls / book players when the laws are broken. In Scotland they seem to see it as their role to equalise the gap in quality between us and the rest by favouring our opponents and allowing a broad range of often niggly fouls.

It does not excuse some of our below par performances this season, but it has proved effective in nullifying our play a few times. The bigger picture is the effect that it must have on other teams in Europe. You can't expect them to change their style of play. And people like Neil McCann may like to say that our game is not as rough as it used to be, but equally it has not progressed the way it has in other countries where, with more limited resources, they can still produce more technically accomplished teams / players.

Rant over.
Quality rant.

You can see how Scottish teams approach games in Europe with the same gusto as they do at home only to be pulled up for this.

Are the Scottish refs too lenient or the European refs too strict?
I believe the Scottish refs are too lenient and need to enforce the rules more stringently across the board. This may help players when they are playing in Europe or playing for their national team.
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Gothamcelt
7 Apr 2018, 10:15 PM
I believe the Scottish refs are too lenient and need to enforce the rules more stringently across the board. This may help players when they are playing in Europe or playing for their national team.
They referee differently when they are on UEFA/FIFA gigs; imo, that more than anything makes them cheating bastards.
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After the so called "soft" 2nd yellow today i am in full tinfoil hat mode for next week.
Watch for the "soft" sending off of one or more of our players next week, after all "these things even themselves out over the season".
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7 Apr 2018, 12:55 AM
kellybhoy
6 Apr 2018, 06:54 PM
Just to put things in perspective (as well as giving my age away. lol), Referee Jack Mowat was a self confessed bluenose (thatś what we called them in those days). Guess who was the referee in the 7-1 game? Mr. Bluenose Mowat himself. He even gave us a penalty at the death to make it 7.
Oh aye give the Taigs a penalty when they're 6-1 up, that'll show how even-handed I am :lol:
Ah, but did he realise that seven rhymes with Niven, the Rangers keeper, giving rise to so many songs and jokes re ¨seven past Niven¨.
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Bobby Madden the ref for tomorrow :twitch:
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Special mention brother Madden :clap:
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George McCluskey
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No Golden Apron for Madden after today. The mind boggles :chuffed:
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ronny_is_not_da_man
15 Apr 2018, 04:35 PM
Special mention brother Madden :clap:
Nae free rounds in the lodge tonight for him :chuffed:
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No goat tonight for Brother Madden
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15 Apr 2018, 04:45 PM
No goat tonight for Brother Madden
Brother madden is the goat tonight :Bye:
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Dorrans should have been sent off but other than that he done alright.
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Really thought Madden was excellent today. I'm stocked and shunned.
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15 Apr 2018, 04:45 PM
No goat tonight for Brother Madden
Do You think he's become vegetarian? :)
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Madden was excellent
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15 Apr 2018, 04:51 PM
Really thought Madden was excellent today. I'm stocked and shunned.
One or 2 more huns could've been booked but splitting hairs, he did very well
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George McCluskey
15 Apr 2018, 04:38 PM
No Golden Apron for Madden after today. The mind boggles :chuffed:
He wouldn't have given either penalty at 0-0.

#Paranoidauldbastard
Edited by Otis B Driftwood, 15 Apr 2018, 04:57 PM.
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Madden was Mom tbf!
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15 Apr 2018, 04:55 PM
Madden was excellent
No he wasn't
He just wasn't biased
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Ah but I was so much older then,I'm younger than that now
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Otis B Driftwood
15 Apr 2018, 04:57 PM
George McCluskey
15 Apr 2018, 04:38 PM
No Golden Apron for Madden after today. The mind boggles :chuffed:
He wouldn't have given either penalty at 0-0.

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You sure are!

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Madden was very good today, just as he was in the second half of the Scottish Cup Final last season.
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