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But a yellow card in that instance is for deliberate time wasting. It’s utter fantasy to believe that he was deliberately wasting time when we were 4-0 up and comfortably managing the game. That was jobsworth reffing of the highest order. Ridiculous decision.

 

I disagree. He didn’t take an age over it. It is quite common for a free kick taker to reset when things don't feel right in the run up. It was a stupid look at me yellow card from the referee. Goodness knows what he'd do if you gave him a fistful of blue cards as well.

 

TBF he was shite. MK just had to fall over to get a free kick. Good job Payne is shit at free kicks though or we could have had some damage tonight.

Then book Smallwood for time wasting when we are 4 up! Don't these clowns actually think before they act?

 

Definitely up there with one of the worst ref performances I have seen. Even the MK players were getting pissed off with him in the second half, as every time he blew the whistle it disrupted any kind of rhythm they were trying to regain. Yet another example of the atrociously poor quality of officiating in the lower leagues. Erratic, inconsistent, frustrating, and unacceptable

I'm just glad we won comfortably, because it means we can all piss & moan about how poor the ref was without being accused of sour grapes!

 

It was the complete opposite of a dirty, niggly game. On that pitch all he had to do was let the game flow rather than try and intervene at every opportunity. Smallwoods card oh my , that was an appalling decision.

 

Happens in most games, its not a time wasting tactic, its to try and fool the defending team as to what he's going to do.
If you think that deserved a booking, you need to switch sports mate

 

The yellow cards for remonstrating with the linesman for Cook then one of their players gives the ref an ear full and he waves him away!!!
Totally biased all game.

 

Tbf to him, Cook kicked the ball away

 

The one to Smallwood was comedy gold. Who time wasters when your 4 nil up ref?

 

He couldn't wait to book McDonald.

 

There may be some psychological, subliminal influence going on here. I can understand how it happens.

Overall, there is a huge culture of utter bs built around referees being the pantomime villain. The usual suspects on boards like this up and down the country will decry the standard of refereeing from now until their final post. The problem lies in the expectation that the referee should manage the game like they would in the stands. They just can't deal with the impartiality of a referee making decisions regarding their team. I think the standard of refereeing is adequate but one thing I do now for certain is that the most vocal critics of referees will always remain the most vocal critics and probably always have, regardless of actual standards.

The other issue is the lack of empathy and understanding people have of what being a referee involves. It is nigh on impossible to get even 90% of decisions right. It's easy for us in the stands because if in any doubt, it's a city ball. For the neutral in the middle they either have a player obstructing their view or a crap angle from pitch level which means they have to spend half their time guessing.

Two irrefutable conclusions for me and I'm sure people may disagree but if they do they have to think harder...

1. The standard will never be better than it currently is. Unless the FA pass a ruling that says a referee must give it City's way in any case of doubt, there will as always be a hard core who detest referees.

2. Anyone on this board who was told to ref an efl game would be getting a police escort from the ground within 15 minutes of kick off.

 

I'd wager 9/10 refs wouldn't have even thought of giving a yellow for that, were 4-0 FFS and on the ascendency, not exactly a reason to time time waste. Common sense doesn't seem to exist in today's world.

 

That was an easy one, Cook should have known better with a card happy ref.

 

Normally impartial to referees as they have a difficult job, but Ollie Yates’s performance took the biscuit. Worst ref I’ve seen at VP for some time, probably since Jeremy Simpson at home to Swindon last year

 

I am not sure its a vendetta more of he was not very good...

 

Smallwood's booking was one of the worst I've ever seen given.