MDK Posted April 6, 2017 Report Share Posted April 6, 2017 5 hours ago, Mad Jack said: You've got an issue nowadays where referees are told that its better to be wrong and assertive than be right and not so. TIL referees are like girlfriends 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colly Posted April 6, 2017 Report Share Posted April 6, 2017 (edited) I'm still trying to work out what happened in that 3 minute conversation though. So, what's the rule again lads? Dunno Keith, just go with your gut. I understand that refereeing is hard, sometimes you won't see things and lots of things are open to interpretation, but this was 4 officials fundamentally forgetting what the rules are. Never mind technology, the 4th official should have had a bloody rulebook. Is a book technology? :/ Less consequential to the game, he also allowed a Burton player to stay on the field after being treated for a head injury in the second half, so I'm just pleased we didn't play a third half in the end. Edited April 6, 2017 by Colly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted April 6, 2017 Author Admin Report Share Posted April 6, 2017 The referee Keith Stroud will not take charge of the League One match between Gillingham and Millwall on Saturday after his mistake in not awarding a penalty to be retaken in the Newcastle United v Burton Albion match on Wednesday. The 47-year-old has been withdrawn while the referees’ body, the Professional Game Match Officials Limited, reviews the penalty incident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCO Posted April 6, 2017 Report Share Posted April 6, 2017 He has to get disciplined hard for this, right? I'm not one to castigate ref for making a poor decision but this was a blatant case of not knowing the rules. That's a fundamental error that can swing games and seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted April 6, 2017 Author Admin Report Share Posted April 6, 2017 English Football League clubs will have to name at least one "club-developed" player in their matchday squads from the start of the 2018-19 season. A club-developed player is defined as one who has been registered to the club for at least a year before the end of his under-19 season. The new rules were agreed following a meeting of all 72 EFL clubs. "I am confident that this decision will have a positive and lasting impact," said EFL chief executive Shaun Harvey. "It is imperative that we provide young players not only with a platform, but also with the belief that opportunities will be made available to progress from youth to senior football." Teams have previously had to include six home-grown players, defined as those registered with a club in England or Wales for three seasons, or 36 months, before their 21st birthday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDK Posted April 6, 2017 Report Share Posted April 6, 2017 We've dodged a bullet there 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugobomb Posted April 8, 2017 Report Share Posted April 8, 2017 The hell has happened to Reading today? 6-1 down at half time! Also Blues are losing to Derby, Rowett getting his revenge so far and taking Zola's record to 2 wins from 22 as things stand. At least Barnsley are doing us a favour so far 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobfoc Posted April 8, 2017 Report Share Posted April 8, 2017 Pitch invasion at Doncaster in a few minutes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted April 10, 2017 Author Admin Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 Zola has been given the dreaded vote of confidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA! Posted April 10, 2017 Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 Bignot has been given the dreaded sack of unconfidence. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted April 10, 2017 Author Admin Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 Something smells fishy there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cymbols Posted April 10, 2017 Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 5 hours ago, Lineker said: Zola has been given the dreaded vote of confidence. Hopefully they keep him for the derby. Don't want us to play them on a new manager honeymoon. Also mad that Gary Rowett has earned more points in 8 days at Derby than Zola has since taking over from Rowett months ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugobomb Posted April 10, 2017 Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 4 hours ago, Cymbols said: Hopefully they keep him for the derby. Don't want us to play them on a new manager honeymoon. Also mad that Gary Rowett has earned more points in 8 days at Derby than Zola has since taking over from Rowett months ago. He's saving us from relegation! Much like me setting a man on fire, putting him out and calling myself a hero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lusophone Posted April 10, 2017 Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 5 hours ago, GA! said: Bignot has been given the dreaded sack of unconfidence. Good or a bad move in your opinion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twist Posted April 11, 2017 Report Share Posted April 11, 2017 15 hours ago, Cymbols said: Hopefully they keep him for the derby. Don't want us to play them on a new manager honeymoon. Also mad that Gary Rowett has earned more points in 8 days at Derby than Zola has since taking over from Rowett months ago. I think Zola disproves the new manager honeymoon theory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA! Posted April 11, 2017 Report Share Posted April 11, 2017 10 hours ago, Mad Jack said: Good or a bad move in your opinion? Don't know. We've scored enough goals since losing Bogle, but defensively things have gone down the toilet. Shipped 5 at Crewe, 4 at Portsmouth, 5 against Doncaster - and, in the classic Town scenario, lost lots of points from conceding in the 85+ minute because every manager at Blundell Park thinks defending a slim lead totally works. No idea how bringing back Russell Slade will help. There's another classic Town scenario: re-hire a manager who had a decent season for us a decade ago; be shocked when it doesn't work out and we're in the shit again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanky316 Posted April 11, 2017 Report Share Posted April 11, 2017 1 hour ago, GA! said: No idea how bringing back Russell Slade will help. There's another classic Town scenario: re-hire a manager who had a decent season for us a decade ago; be shocked when it doesn't work out and we're in the shit again. A club needs a strong "culture" for that sort of thing to work out really well and even then if it's only short term. Boro got away with it when Westleys experiment at Preston didn't work out because it hadn't been too long out and so a fair chunk of the team remained but as a general "rule" not something that fills me with confidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA! Posted April 11, 2017 Report Share Posted April 11, 2017 1 minute ago, lanky316 said: A club needs a strong "culture" for that sort of thing to work out really well and even then if it's only short term. Boro got away with it when Westleys experiment at Preston didn't work out because it hadn't been too long out and so a fair chunk of the team remained but as a general "rule" not something that fills me with confidence. Grimsby's slow decline out of the Football League began when we rehired Alan Buckley (for the second time!) in 2006. He managed us during our most successful post-war years, but absolutely shit the bed when he came back. We would've been relegated a year before we were if Luton hadn't started the season on -30! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted April 11, 2017 Report Share Posted April 11, 2017 I mean I wasn't a fan of Bignot but this is harsh and smacks of the board seeing a shinier toy available Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA! Posted April 12, 2017 Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 And that shinier toy IS.................................. Russell Slade. Eeeehhhhhhh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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