Mick
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Well Saturday's decent refereeing performance was very much in line with expectations. I rather hope tomorrow's is somewhat better than expected.
Tomorrow's man-in-charge is the dead-eyed Darren Deadman, from Chatteris, Cambridgeshire. He is a civil servant, specifically a public transport officer for Peterborough City Council.
In his twelfth season as a League referee he has notched up well over 1200 yellow cards. His red card count has been above average too.
He comes to Roots Hall after Saturday's match between Sheffield United and Shrewsbury when he reduced the visitors to 9 men before half-time! The first sending off looked wrong in light of this year's double jeopardy rules. For the second one he made the injured player leave the field after receiving treatment - no longer necessary for a caution/send off challenge. Who needs rules eh ?
His last visit to Roots Hall was earlier this season in the Checkatrade against Brighton Under 21/23, a match played with less intensity than the average pre-season friendly so I refuse to give him any credit for a low-key performance.
His last proper visit to Roots Hall was back in April for the 1-0 home defeat by Oldham. He wasn't too bad; a yellow apiece (ours was Worrell).
Before that we were lucky enough to avoid him for over 3 years with his previous Southend match being the goalless and (unusually) cardless match at Fleetwood in 2012/13 when he did not endear himself to the travelling supporters by appearing to make a rude gesture towards them. Probably no ruder than what they were shouting at him though as, by all accounts another poor performance from him.
Before that his last couple of Southend matches have been nothing like as bad as some of his matches although the last one (Aldershot away 2011/12, 2nd attempt) we were so awful anyone would seem not too bad in comparison. The previous one, also that season, was one of his better ones (or should that be less bad?) and also one of our better ones as we beat Torquay at home 4-1.
Before that he showed 9 yellow cards in a staggering display of incompetence in 2009/10 at home to MK Dons. As it happens, we probably benefited from this abject performance. Our four yellows went to Barrett, Grant, Cristophe and Barnard.
Based on most previous experience of watching Mr Deadman, expect unnecessary cautions and a few puzzling decisions all delivered with an iritating style. He was once suspended for two weeks for allowing one too many substitutions in a pre-season friendly - hardly his biggest crime against football.
I have seem him have a few decent games but generally I find he has no empathy with the game, is needlessly picky and arrogant to boot. He referees to the letter of the Laws and too many games I've seen have been spoilt as a consequence. Having been deservedly overlooked for SG2 there's a chance he will be trying less hard to impress and his refereeing may be better for it.
Refereed us 10 times before. Before the above-mentioned matches it was in 2008/9 away to Brighton, where those of you with binoculars would have seen him caution Dervite and Sankofa. The season before that at home to Northampton (1-1 just 2 yellows), Preston at home the year before that (0-0 6 yellows) and the year before that at home to Swansea (1-2 7 yellows). He also did our 4-3 away win at Chesterfield that year when he sent off their defender for being unwittingly struck by the ball some way from goal.
Last season the cards were well down to a very average 101 yellows and 3 reds from 36 matches and his Championship appointments increased dramatically. I suppose he might have improved. This season 19 matches have seen a highish 69 yellows and 4 reds.
Assisting will be Dan Cook. There are two Dan Cooks on the League this year; one from Portsmouth and one from Braintree. On the basis he's listed as senior I assume its the ship-building welder from Portsmouth. Only one Darren Blunden on the list and this other assistant comes from Dartford. Fourth Official is Stuart Butler from Maidstone
Tomorrow's man-in-charge is the dead-eyed Darren Deadman, from Chatteris, Cambridgeshire. He is a civil servant, specifically a public transport officer for Peterborough City Council.
In his twelfth season as a League referee he has notched up well over 1200 yellow cards. His red card count has been above average too.
He comes to Roots Hall after Saturday's match between Sheffield United and Shrewsbury when he reduced the visitors to 9 men before half-time! The first sending off looked wrong in light of this year's double jeopardy rules. For the second one he made the injured player leave the field after receiving treatment - no longer necessary for a caution/send off challenge. Who needs rules eh ?
His last visit to Roots Hall was earlier this season in the Checkatrade against Brighton Under 21/23, a match played with less intensity than the average pre-season friendly so I refuse to give him any credit for a low-key performance.
His last proper visit to Roots Hall was back in April for the 1-0 home defeat by Oldham. He wasn't too bad; a yellow apiece (ours was Worrell).
Before that we were lucky enough to avoid him for over 3 years with his previous Southend match being the goalless and (unusually) cardless match at Fleetwood in 2012/13 when he did not endear himself to the travelling supporters by appearing to make a rude gesture towards them. Probably no ruder than what they were shouting at him though as, by all accounts another poor performance from him.
Before that his last couple of Southend matches have been nothing like as bad as some of his matches although the last one (Aldershot away 2011/12, 2nd attempt) we were so awful anyone would seem not too bad in comparison. The previous one, also that season, was one of his better ones (or should that be less bad?) and also one of our better ones as we beat Torquay at home 4-1.
Before that he showed 9 yellow cards in a staggering display of incompetence in 2009/10 at home to MK Dons. As it happens, we probably benefited from this abject performance. Our four yellows went to Barrett, Grant, Cristophe and Barnard.
Based on most previous experience of watching Mr Deadman, expect unnecessary cautions and a few puzzling decisions all delivered with an iritating style. He was once suspended for two weeks for allowing one too many substitutions in a pre-season friendly - hardly his biggest crime against football.
I have seem him have a few decent games but generally I find he has no empathy with the game, is needlessly picky and arrogant to boot. He referees to the letter of the Laws and too many games I've seen have been spoilt as a consequence. Having been deservedly overlooked for SG2 there's a chance he will be trying less hard to impress and his refereeing may be better for it.
Refereed us 10 times before. Before the above-mentioned matches it was in 2008/9 away to Brighton, where those of you with binoculars would have seen him caution Dervite and Sankofa. The season before that at home to Northampton (1-1 just 2 yellows), Preston at home the year before that (0-0 6 yellows) and the year before that at home to Swansea (1-2 7 yellows). He also did our 4-3 away win at Chesterfield that year when he sent off their defender for being unwittingly struck by the ball some way from goal.
Last season the cards were well down to a very average 101 yellows and 3 reds from 36 matches and his Championship appointments increased dramatically. I suppose he might have improved. This season 19 matches have seen a highish 69 yellows and 4 reds.
Assisting will be Dan Cook. There are two Dan Cooks on the League this year; one from Portsmouth and one from Braintree. On the basis he's listed as senior I assume its the ship-building welder from Portsmouth. Only one Darren Blunden on the list and this other assistant comes from Dartford. Fourth Official is Stuart Butler from Maidstone