john@staustell wrote:Should also have a compulsory visit to Specsavers
http://www.theguardian.com/football/201 ... outhampton
Mike Jones will be the fourth official for Aston Villa’s game with Leicester on Sunday after his testing afternoon in Manchester City’s 3-0 victory at Southampton.
Jones booked the Manchester City striker Sergio Agüero for diving at St Mary’s on Sunday, despite the Argentina forward being clearly upended by José Fonte.
In a mixed display Jones also brought back play for a Southampton offside when the City defender Eliaquim Mangala was launching a dangerous attack.
Southampton, too, were frustrated, notably by a yellow card for Victor Wanyama’s tackle on Yaya Touré when they felt the Kenya midfielder took the ball.
Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL), the governing body of top-flight referees, have handed him an off-pitch role for this weekend but he will first take charge of West Bromwich Albion’s match at home to West Ham on Tuesday night, an assignment made before Sunday.
mr_nool wrote:I think you're all being a bit harsh on Jones.
It's not easy to officiate a game when you're drunk.
BlueinBosnia wrote:Incidentally, was there ever any fallout from the reffing of our game against CSKA?
BlueinBosnia wrote:Incidentally, was there ever any fallout from the reffing of our game against CSKA?
Original Dub wrote:10 stone wall penalties and counting.
I think this could out do our first title-winning season. The only difference is, our players have gotten used to winning in the face of crookedness and will be much better equipped this time.
In this particular case, the ref should be under investigation, because he was 5 yards away with an unobstructed view. So he absolutely knew it was a stone wall penalty and chose not to give it... for some other reason.
It's that simple.
Original Dub wrote:10 stone wall penalties and counting.
I think this could out do our first title-winning season. The only difference is, our players have gotten used to winning in the face of crookedness and will be much better equipped this time.
In this particular case, the ref should be under investigation, because he was 5 yards away with an unobstructed view. So he absolutely knew it was a stone wall penalty and chose not to give it... for some other reason.
It's that simple.
Wonderwall wrote:Original Dub wrote:10 stone wall penalties and counting.
I think this could out do our first title-winning season. The only difference is, our players have gotten used to winning in the face of crookedness and will be much better equipped this time.
In this particular case, the ref should be under investigation, because he was 5 yards away with an unobstructed view. So he absolutely knew it was a stone wall penalty and chose not to give it... for some other reason.
It's that simple.
Referee's (poll, Halsey, Winter) all say you assess the whole situation and take into account player reactions as part of the decision making process. The fact that the lumberjack who chopped down Aguero then tried to sway the ref by saying the foul was outside the box was justification enough to give him 100% proof there was no dive! I agree that this fella should be looked into and at least not allowed to ref again in the prem this season.
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