Matty the Shrimper
Coach
I'm fully expecting plenty of stick for this post but why so much abuse towards Steve Bennett today.
Up until the Maher incident there was no problems with the game. He had controlled it well with an early and fully justified yellow card for McCormack. Why on earth do people think that because it's the first bad tackle there is no need for a yellow card? Yes consistency and all that but if a referee clamps early there are no more problems which there weren't until the red card.
The Maher incident was not his fault. If a player is cheating then really its the player's (Duguid) fault. Yes the assistant referee got conned but when these things happen its impossible for the officials to know when players are cheating or not. The AR obviously got it wrong but this isn't Bennett's fault!
The Gower red card is Gower's fault. He got booked for dissent which is his fault and then gone in with a stupid reckless tackle which is another yellow card. Yes you could argue common sense could have been applied but the referee is there to make these decisions and he has decided it is worthy of a caution.
The Barker send off was completely stupid from his point because his gone in which 2 clear fouls from behind. These are two mandatory cautions which Bennett needs to issue for his assessment.
I agree, Bennett missed a few advantages and could have been a little less picky in places but he was far and away the best referee we have had this year for being up with play and the on the spot decisions.
He was calm and collected and smiling at the fans towards the end of the game was hillarious. If you had that sort of abuse directed towards you I think that most people would be doing a little more than smiling back at them!
Up until the Maher incident there was no problems with the game. He had controlled it well with an early and fully justified yellow card for McCormack. Why on earth do people think that because it's the first bad tackle there is no need for a yellow card? Yes consistency and all that but if a referee clamps early there are no more problems which there weren't until the red card.
The Maher incident was not his fault. If a player is cheating then really its the player's (Duguid) fault. Yes the assistant referee got conned but when these things happen its impossible for the officials to know when players are cheating or not. The AR obviously got it wrong but this isn't Bennett's fault!
The Gower red card is Gower's fault. He got booked for dissent which is his fault and then gone in with a stupid reckless tackle which is another yellow card. Yes you could argue common sense could have been applied but the referee is there to make these decisions and he has decided it is worthy of a caution.
The Barker send off was completely stupid from his point because his gone in which 2 clear fouls from behind. These are two mandatory cautions which Bennett needs to issue for his assessment.
I agree, Bennett missed a few advantages and could have been a little less picky in places but he was far and away the best referee we have had this year for being up with play and the on the spot decisions.
He was calm and collected and smiling at the fans towards the end of the game was hillarious. If you had that sort of abuse directed towards you I think that most people would be doing a little more than smiling back at them!