Referee Ollie Yates: Vendetta Against Home Sides?

He's only got himself to blame with so many needless yellow cards earlier in the season, if he didn't get it yesterday he was never going to survive the next 5 games without a yellow card.

 

I don't think we can really have any complaints about any of the yellow cards:
-Gilliead was clear dissent and he was lucky to get away with one earlier in the game.
- McDonald was warned the foul before
- Smallwood had no need to stop his run up
- Tomkinson fouled their player who would've got onto the end of a 1-2 and the edge of the box

 

His ban is for the next 2 games. Is that the next 2 league games or Saturday and Tuesday night in the Cup?

 

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

 

Yellow cards are competition specific like red cards so they should apply to the Sutton and Barrow games.

 

He had no need to stop his run up, the fact we were 4-0 up has no relevance in the laws

 

TBF it could have been a tactical move as all their back line dropped into the box as soon as Smallwood approached the ball leaving some space.

I agree for most of the bookings but the number of fouls given was ridiculous. We only had to go near them and they went down. Clearly thats their game plan to get fouls in and around the box to score from free kicks. Good job Payne was on them last night-woeful.

 

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.

 

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

 

Well ladies and gents, prepare for another poor referee on Saturday v. Sutton.
No other than Marc "look at me and my six pack" Edwards!

 

Yes that would be ok, but only if Mac is fit.

 

Oh nooooooooo!

 

Oh my word.

 

Averages for the season

home. 2.36 Yellow cards. 0.18 Red cards

Away. 1.82 Yellow cards. 0.09 Red cards

 

Think it might have to be Ridehalgh and a Gilly McDonald midfield. Is it a minimum of 2 weeks still for a concussion sub to return if cleared?

 

I would think they would call it a concussion potential injury? Rides it is

 

but is the difference significant?

the number of reds would be ignored statistically as insignificant as the sample pool is too small to make a conclusive conclusion.

so that leaves the yellows. For any conclusion to be made you would have to compare to other refs as well