The crisis in refereeing

[fulwoodshrimp]

The performance of today’s referee showed what a crisis we have in referees. Mr Speedie had a poor game and showed a distinct bias towards Salford. It wasn’t a dirty game and both teams competed but Mr Speedie booked 4 Morecambe players and how many Salford players???? None. Fouls by shrimps players were dealt with by a booking. Fouls by Salford players brought about free kicks but absolutely no cards. It seems to have been a regular feature of this season where refs have dealt with us strictly but largely ignored the misdemeanours of the opposition. I confess I don’t know what to do but somehow we have to improve the quality of the refereeing and ensure refs are impartial and not biased in their decision making.

[Redalert1970]

Probably the reason Karl Robinson thought he was a good ref in his interview

[Keith]

Strange how we see it. I thought he had an excellent first half. He lost it a bit for twenty minutes in the second, but otherwise, I don't think he got much wrong. I didn't disagree with any of the yellow cards for us, and wasn't particularly calling for any yellows for them.

[CityShrimp]

The one that I recall he blatantly missed was when our player went to take a throw and their lad punched the ball out of his hand so we couldn’t take it quickly. Ref clearly saw it but didn’t take any action - yellow all day long.

Not that any of this really matters one bit