Ross Joyce

[Maldon Shrimper]

I wonder what planet the powers to be at EFL are on.This so called referee who as everyone knows poorly officiated our match at Walsall is going to ref the playoff final for the Newport Tranmere game.I sincerely hope he does a better job for this game than he did for us.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

Christ on a bike. As you quite rightly say @Maldon Shrimper they must be on another planet, in another dimension even! Mental.

 

[Shrimpers are Magic]

Was he the guy who issued an apology or was someone having a bit of a joke?
You are allowed to make mistakes in life you know.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

Was he the guy who issued an apology or was someone having a bit of a joke?
You are allowed to make mistakes in life you know.

Would you be so forgiving if we were now in League Two thanks to him? Two or three completely ridiculous decisions in that game at Walsall. Yes, people make mistakes. Of course they should be forgiven - but he clearly needs some retraining (as a minimum) as those decisions were not just bad refereeing decisions they were totally appallingly useless decisions.

 

[Massimo Giovanni]

How about the idiot Hooper who ref'd our Wembley game and missed the BBBC pen? and who gave the false goal at Watford; he has "progressed" upwards despite being consistently poor.

 

[rayleigh dan]

How about the idiot Hooper who ref'd our Wembley game and missed the BBBC pen? and who gave the false goal at Watford; he has "progressed" upwards despite being consistently poor.

True, but then again the ref v Sunderland missed a similar shove prior to their (rightly given) pen. Swings and roundabouts eh?!

That said, the Walsall ref was a special sort of bad. How the hell has he got a play off final?!

 

[tallboyblue]

True, but then again the ref v Sunderland missed a similar shove prior to their (rightly given) pen. Swings and roundabouts eh?!

That said, the Walsall ref was a special sort of bad. How the hell has he got a play off final?!

Every other ref is on holiday.

 

[cerbera45]

Just eat him Ade!

 

[Maldon Shrimper]

Correct me if I am wrong but I believe Joyce hasn't refereed an EFL match since Walsall some reward for being incompetent! !

 

[Ex-Member1]

Masonic connection maybe? Just saying.

 

[blueveined]

Pretty sure I saw somewhere that he was ref for the FA Vase final at Wembley today as well.

 

[Mick]

Pretty sure I saw somewhere that he was ref for the FA Vase final at Wembley today as well.

Indeed he was and by all accounts he did a decent job of officiating a match between two Step 9 sides.

 

[Lord Football]

Indeed he was and by all accounts he did a decent job of officiating a match between two Step 9 sides.

saucer of milk, Michael?

 

[Mick]

saucer of milk, Michael?

Considering this was the referee about whom someone said "Anyway, that was possibly the worst reffing performance I've seen at any level, anywhere and at any age. ", I think my "faint praise" was more than justified.

 

[Lord Football]

Considering this was the referee about whom someone said "Anyway, that was possibly the worst reffing performance I've seen at any level, anywhere and at any age. ", I think my "faint praise" was more than justified.

There was no "faint praise". It was just bitchy, hence my sarcastic comeback.

But lets not confuse "sarcasm" with "disagreement". I wouldn't appoint him to a Borough Comb game, let alone Step 9.

 

[Mick]

There was no "faint praise". It was just bitchy, hence my sarcastic comeback.

But lets not confuse "sarcasm" with "disagreement". I wouldn't appoint him to a Borough Comb game, let alone Step 9.

Nothing "bitchy" about my comment - more sardonic if you want to categorize it. Now where did that mouse go?

 

[Blueronron]

Just eat him Ade!

See he is now fronting Jacamo on TV adverts, pretty good one as well,but then compared to Johnny Vegas and Flintoff ,could not have been any worse

 

[Stuart W]

Indeed he was and by all accounts he did a decent job of officiating a match between two Step 9 sides.

Not what I heard today, Mick. One of my golfing partners ( not a Southend fan), went to Finals day at Wembley, and without any knowledge of Joyce's performance at Walsall, said he had thought on Sunday how much Joyce was off the pace and out of his depth. Oh, and this golfing friend is a qualified referee himself.

 

[yogi bear up the cagire]

Quoted on the BBC text for the Tranmere v Newport play-off Final

"Michael: I'm sorry. I'm a neutral watching this and you're honestly going to tell me that not ONE of the Newport penalty appeals was an actual penalty?? Terrible refereeing."

Hahahahaha...........Mr Joyce up to his usual standard?

 

[OldBlueLady]

Quoted on the BBC text for the Tranmere v Newport play-off Final

"Michael: I'm sorry. I'm a neutral watching this and you're honestly going to tell me that not ONE of the Newport penalty appeals was an actual penalty?? Terrible refereeing."

Hahahahaha...........Mr Joyce up to his usual standard?

On any other day, Newport could have had any one of three penalty appeals - the hand ball being the most obvious contender for me.