tonight's ref....

[Cate Fox]

has given out a staggering 60 yellow cards already.... great

 

[bocadillo]

Tonight's ref is ...

... Lee Probert!!!

We have only had this bloke once before - for the game at Gillingham last season, when he sent off their Nicky Southall for a second yellow in the 90th minute. His crime? To kick the ball towards the corner flag so that we could take a corner! OK, he kicked it a little bit hard but the ref could hardly wait to send him off - I think everybody was shocked by it, not just the Gillingham fans.

This season so far? 60Y 1R - an average of over 5 a game - no games without a card - most cards in a game = 9.

I fear the worst, but keep your eyes on the 4th official - he's a bird.

Vous aimerez Amy!

 

[flashyfox]

great! i hope tiatto doesn't make it on!

 

[fitz]

anyone suspect a couple of fines to the club for over 5 yellows?

 

[Ox Fox]

Is it me or is this the worst season of refereeing ever.

I appreciate it's a hard job and decisions have to be made in a split second but the level of inconsistancy, not just from game to game, but actually from minute to minute in a game is getting mind blowing.

 

[bocadillo]

Is it me or is this the worst season of refereeing ever.

Referees have always been bad. But now we have to contend with their job being made even more difficult by the constant interference from the powers-that-be.

 

[fitz]

the situation with poor refereeing is made even more stupid when the FA always waits for the ref to change his decision, is it not time (like with that chelsea players disgusting tackle) for the FA to step in and admit for the ref that he made a mistake and take control. otherwise that referee either puts himself to being hated by chelsea or every other team in the league depending on his decision

 

[Mike - True Blue Tinter]

Is there a site where we can check our players yellow and red card tally?
I cannot imagine the OS would provide such information, or do they?

 

[fitz]

http://www.football-league.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Discipline/0,,10794~200510274,00.html

there you go old son

 

[bocadillo]

http://www.football-league.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Discipline/0,,10794~200510274,00.html

there you go old son

mmmm... so the Trust's report
http://www.foxestrust.com/html/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=542
that MdV only has to get one more yellow to be suspended, is wrong then?

 

[Mike - True Blue Tinter]

Cheers!

 

[Foxes_Trust]

mmmm... so the Trust's report
http://www.foxestrust.com/html/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=542
that MdV only has to get one more yellow to be suspended, is wrong then?

Could be - took info from RL on that one

 

[fitz]

Could be - took info from RL on that one

so its probably wrong then

 

[Leigh]

de Vries has four yellows from Stoke (H), QPR (Home), Derby (Away) and Watford (Away)

 

[beaumontfox]

mmmmmmmm can you bet on how many cards the ref gives?

 

[bocadillo]

de Vries has four yellows from Stoke (H), QPR (Home), Derby (Away) and Watford (Away)

Soccerbase hasn't recorded one against QPR and both the Football League and the Official Site say he only has three.

As I remember it, our bookings in that game were:
McCarthy for something that happened during the Maybury s/o incident
Steven Hughes, for a foul
and
Hammond, for taking his shirt off when he scored.