couple of great finishes for the goals! Sending off was a touch harsh. When are ref's going to learn that when two players are running at full speed they may touch legs and one is going to go down. He is clearly not trying to trip the player.
Some highlights to enjoy for once.
Clohessy's red card was outrageously harsh, referee could not wait to get the card out of his pocket.
Some highlights to enjoy for once.
Clohessy's red card was outrageously harsh, referee could not wait to get the card out of his pocket.
It was certainly not "outrageously harsh". A yellow card for a trip of this nature (which may or may not have been accidental) will be shown more often than not. Incidents at full speed always appear so much worse. Up and coming referees looking to progress, as this one certainly is, are not going to risk upsetting the assessors by not carding an incident like that. Some of the more lenient referees (Hegley, Russell etc) who are going nowhere at this stage of their careers might let this go but I don't think anyone should be outraged at this decision.
It was certainly not "outrageously harsh". A yellow card for a trip of this nature (which may or may not have been accidental) will be shown more often than not. Incidents at full speed always appear so much worse. Up and coming referees looking to progress, as this one certainly is, are not going to risk upsetting the assessors by not carding an incident like that. Some of the more lenient referees (Hegley, Russell etc) who are going nowhere at this stage of their careers might let this go but I don't think anyone should be outraged at this decision.
This just shows that the game has been taken over by referees, who love being the centre of the whole game.
If it was Clohessy that was tripped I doubt very much the Bradford player would have been booked, I'd also be very surprised if we where awarded a free kick for that.
That is what I am lead to believe, Rich.For clarification, Clohessy's red card ban will be for the Gills JPT match and not the Torquay game?
No, it shows how endemic cheating by managers and players has made the game almost impossible to referee effectively.
No, it's because most referees haven't actually played a game of football in their lives.
Most referees now days love the fact that the whole game can be changed by them, either that or most are useless, I think that every game. I can't actually remember the last time I thought a referee did well and that opinion is not effected by the result.
I can understand the players cheating but cheating by managers?
That decision to book Clohessy was not the right decision. A free kick and a final warning was, thankfully it didn't cost us much.
If it was the other way around then we would all think it was a yellow. I don't think Clohessy purposely fouled him, but he had already lost his cool, unnecessarily, earlier in the game when he smashed a ball into the crowd... So I'm sure the ref had half a eye on him. When it's a breakaway a freekick isn't a punishment (hence why players trip opponents to induce the freekick and give teammates a chance to get back. Therefore a breakaway foul like that should always be a yellow, IMO
It was a break yes, but it was just over the half way line, and by the touchline, with plenty of covering players. Therefore in my opinion a yellow was harsh. We all expect a free kick for this sort of incident, as its one of those things, and sometimes when its the last man, a red card is unfortunately shown.
If this free kick had been further up the pitch, with a much better scoring opportunity then a yellow may have been warrented, but as it was it was very harsh. I guess we are lucky that he is missing a JPT game, and not league games.