The Voice - Match preview Bradford City vs Salford City Sunday January 1 2023 @ 3:00pm

I thought he was terrible! Strange how different we've seen the game.

I liked that he tried to let the game flow but for me he got a big percentage of the calls wrong.

Chapman nearly snapping their lad in half and the ref playing on then Cook getting a foul for completely missing the ball and falling over spring to mind.

Hopefully most refs follow his mindset of trying to keep the game moving though, it makes for such a better spectacle.

 

Salford look like a side with great individuals but don't play as a team. I get why they are not firmly in the Top 3.

They lost that game when they were arguing amongst themselves, including Watt showing his usual negativity, during the last 20 minutes of the first half. It gave us the confidence to attack and we ended up creating our best batch of chances since the Stevenage win.

And a Happy New Year to you!!

 

I also thought he was terrible, and completely inconsistent. For the first 20 minutes, he awarded a free kick for every single incident without exception, then a switch seemed to get flicked in his head and suddenly he was letting things go.

How are the players supposedly know what's going on with a referee like that?

4 out of 10 at best for me, possibly lower considering consistency is such an important part of the game ...

 

You are right it’s no coincidence, the formation has changed the performance not Sutty perse.

 

think a fair few me included thought he was ok judging in the complete dross we have to put up with ............. the likes of Deadman would have turned into all about him like the majority of the winkers

 

Anything is possible if he had been round to Cook's gaff to see the New Year in!!

Sorry but could n't resist

 

inconsistent would seem runs through the divisions

 

They are human.Same as you and me.
Your yellow and my yellow could be completely different.
Like you say. What irks fans is when they change their approach mid match.
Good refs and shit refs.

 

sad thing for me HE was one of the better ones which shows how bad the standard is at this level and tbh that’s comes from the top .......... you look how week after week they continue to get it wrong in the Premier league with the help of VAR so no wonder it’s shockingly bad when it comes to our level ..........

 

Not a fan of zonal marking but, WTF was Sutton marking Smith at set pieces ?

 

That how you do zonal marking. The big players like Platt, Oliver mark the zones on the edge of the 6 yard box then the smaller players like Sutton man mark with the aim of blocking off the attacker to stop them getting a run on the defenders

 

Walker did look like he is far from being fully fit and lacking energy but that being said his enthusiasm and quality shone through.

 

it will come within the upcoming weeks

 

A lot of fuss about Matt Smith pre match Platt didn’t give him a kick

 

I thought Platt did well, but Smith was still a handful. He put that chance for Bailey on a plate at the end.

 

We need to keep the lad fit now he will be a big player for us going forward.

 

I think the proposal was a ground swap with Salford Reds, but i believe the ground is owned by Salford City Council and both the Reds & The Sharks are tenants.

 

He gave 30 free kicks.

Like @Dennis said, that's extraordinarily high.

A free kick every 3 minutes, and we all know the ball isn't in play for 90 minutes anyway.