Why Are People Saying Today's Ref Was Bad?

[King Kev]

He wasn't bad, he was blatantly biased!

He should not be allowed to take charge of any of our games in future, he clearly has a problem with us.

[Mark (Blue Army)]

I was about to have a rant untill I read your post, he was so fucking bad today every time we went to tackle them it was a foul. The FA really need to watch the footage of todays game and have him dropped.

[Beefymcfc]

Why would the FA and PL have to do anything about him, they fucking gave him his orders!

[Blue in the face]

It was ridiculous. A graphic near the end of the game showed we committed 16 fouls to their 3. What a load of bollox. All it proved was how biased the ref was. He is/was an absolute cunt.

[The Original Special One]

I was about to have a rant untill I read your post, he was so fucking bad today every time we went to tackle them it was a foul. The FA really need to watch the footage of todays game and have him dropped.

Did he referee last season's away game at Dinamo Kiev?
They must have set a world record for dives

[Bear60]

That has got to be the worst display from a ref for a long time he was so blatantantly biased against us and when the crowd had a go at him he just seemed to get worse everyone sat around me was moaning about him me included We should be happy when we win but this bloke has taken the edge off it for me.

[shortagain]

He was probably getting his own back for all the flack he got after our game at Wigan last year.

Google his name & see his history you have to wonder how the FA/PL allow such incompetance from their officials, no doubt Hanson & Shearer will mark him up as top class!

[Niall Quinns Discopants]

shocking refereeing. Just shocking.

[FA cup winners 2006]

who was he.

I don't follow refs and who they are but this guy was completely corrupt. I was worried last week when people were going on about mark clattenburg, but he turned out to be fair.

I had no real problem with the sending off, even though a yellow would have raised no eyebrows, but his constant stopping the game was clearly playing into wolves hands.

our stats all season have been remarkable in how little fouls we have given away, we are meant to believe that nearly match our season total in 1 game.

[lyons07]

who was he.

I don't follow refs and who they are but this guy was completely corrupt. I was worried last week when people were going on about mark clattenburg, but he turned out to be fair.

I had no real problem with the sending off, even though a yellow would have raised no eyebrows, but his constant stopping the game was clearly playing into wolves hands.

our stats all season have been remarkable in how little fouls we have given away, we are meant to believe that nearly match our season total in 1 game.

He's the bloke who gave the famous 'phantom goal' at watford v reading the other season.

[brite blu sky]

Needs an official complaint about that ref, total 100% bias.

Am i right in thinking he booked Dzeko in the end for laughing at the decision to award a foul AGAINST him again ? Looked to me like he was just going to give the free kick, then saw Dzeko laugh and spun and booked him.

Balo gets jumped all over without moving and the cheeky fucker says he backs into the defender.

Never seen such blatant bias in a long time.

[carl_feedthegoat]

I had living room rage watching that FUCKING TURD ref us...disgusting and we should put in a complaint.

[patrickblue]

That display by the ref was shocking. The sending off was totally justified, but bar that he was so blatantly biased it was unreal.

[s1ty m]

Worst ref for quite a while. Disgraceful display.

[Original Dub]

Its cunts like him that ruin the game of football. To think he is there to make the game fair.

Absolute disgrace yet nothing will be done.

[sandman]

Am I right in thinking that when Everton have had a cheating bastard reffing them in the past they have had him banned by creating an online petition? I think it was Clattenburg.

Nothing will be done, the authorities gave us this ref for the same reason they gave the Rags Palace at home in the CC, it was a blatent retaliation for last weeks battering.

[Slim]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog ... ier-league

[Kladze]

I almost never have a (real) go at referees but Atwell today was fucking scandalous.

It was if he'd made up his mind before the game that there was no way he was going to be a homer, or let the crowd intimidate him, and then acted accordingly.

[gillie]

Atwell is so inept he would struggle to ref a fuckin sunday league game.But he is the Pemier leagues chosen golden boy so he will spoil more prem games that you can be sure of.

[bluej]

I never like to complain about refs but he was absolutely atrocious. It wasn't that he wasn't giving us anything but gave wolves the exact same decisions. Absolutely shocking performance.