18 Mar 2024 06:51:20
Absolutely delighted with the result yesterday and all the players gave their 100% to that game. Even playing against opponents who have to succumb to dirty tactics as they know that they can not compete against our quality.
Not withstanding that we also have to deal with the extremely poor quality of referring in this league.
I’m still shaking my head how the ref never awarded a pen for that clear as day foul or thuggery of Cooper on Rodon.
For all the fans who complain about VAR, think again, the fact that we are not mentioning that incident much is acknowledging that we accept it and are used to this very poor standard of refereeing on a consistent basis.
Just because we won the game it’s no reason to be not furious about it.
For certain fans who think we should be winning these games 3 or 4 nil is not about which player should be starting over another or about another player looks sluggish, your answers are in how these type of opponents play against us and the very poor standard of refereeing.

Well done Farke and his boys for giving their upmost in this very difficult and challenging league. ??.

1.) 18 Mar 2024
18 Mar 2024 07:42:00
Spot on OP. That ref needs striking off the ref register as much as Ridsdale did from the directors register! Millwall were appalling in the manner of their approach, and should quite probably been down to 9 by the end. A great win in the face of adversity!

2.) 18 Mar 2024
18 Mar 2024 07:58:22
My mate who is a wall fan said I never ever think a ref is in our favour but yesterday it’s clear the ref was a wall fan!

Still normally refs cost us points this year they have but on the whole we’ve beaten 12 men every week!

3.) 18 Mar 2024
18 Mar 2024 08:02:24
I agree with most of what you say OP, with the exception of VAR. I would take questionable refereeing over VAR any day. I despise it and what it is doing to the game. Our 2nd would have been ruled out yesterday and Leicester’s 2nd would have stood. VAR was brought in to prevent the obvious mistakes; it fails at that week in week out, plus it now re-refs the non-obvious mistakes on top. Refs make mistakes, but no where near as many that players make each game. I may be sentimental traditionalist, but I prefer to talk about about contentious issues within / about the game rather than a stupid VAR decision that I didn’t see or understand…or didn’t need.

4.) 18 Mar 2024
18 Mar 2024 08:51:08
Why rule our second out?

5.) 18 Mar 2024
18 Mar 2024 10:01:43
Gio by var standards was off side by a right foot aus.
I for one have not missed var this season. As has been mentioned it may hae given us a couple of extra penalties but so what.
Also it would have slowed down games further when some teams try that anyway.
My thoughts on the rodon pen was that if Joe got more of a definite touch on the ball it would have been given. As it was neither players actually had control of the ball so you could argue that it was a coming together.
Cooper should have been given two yellows though.

6.) 18 Mar 2024
18 Mar 2024 10:26:24
What Ben and Ani said.

7.) 18 Mar 2024
18 Mar 2024 10:27:29
Why rule out a penalty and a player being sent off?
My opinion is that the ref after probably watching a replay at half time, knew he’d got it wrong, there were several decisions in the second half that he gave our way that clearly were not.
In another scenario that decision could have cost us the three points, what would the sentiment be then?

My feelings are not whether VAR should be in football or not, just the standard of referring being not so blatantly bad, especially in the Championship.

8.) 18 Mar 2024
18 Mar 2024 12:24:14
I saw the replay and thought it was level.

9.) 18 Mar 2024
18 Mar 2024 13:33:36
Aus was that the knee to the chin or the handball?
Judging by Cooper’s OTT performance in that first half, I would say It was pretty unmistakable that he thought his head was the ball.
No mistake in my mind that Cooper should have been sent off and the ref should go to specsavers or get a different job.