by tomogull » 14 Feb 2014, 16:17
gullintwoplaces wrote:Burnhamgull's comments are all fair. Brucie is right though that the referee made a decision that changed the game. After that decision we were woeful, but it was the disgraceful incompetence of the referee that changed the game from one in which we were playing reasonably with Billy Bodin looking dangerous into a disaster in which we played poorly with no Bodin. Furthermore, the player that committed the disgraceful foul on Bodin has got away scot free, and we lose Billy for more games. I hope that the referee was given a fail by his assessor, if there was one, and that Karma catches up with Northampton Town and their dirty players.
Well, you and the rest of us are all WRONG, Gullin2places. We had THREE players booked, Northampton only had one booking. According to the Herald Express stats, we committed 12 fouls whilst Northampton committed only NINE !! We all know stats don't lie ..... so we were obviously the dirty team. Yeah ...... I was also GOBSMACKED when I read those match stats.
I know photos can be deceptive, but a photo in the HE shows Ravenhill flying in with a shin-high studs showing lunge which was nowhere near the ball. I wasn't sure on the night whether or not he had won the ball but the photo clearly shows he didn't. It looks a dreadful challenge - deserved a straight red card in my opinion - and if it wasn't seen by the ref, the linesman should certainly have seen it. Sarginson has refereed at Plainmoor several times and I've always thought he was a reasonably good ref but he seemed to be prepared to let a lot go (in the Cobblers favour) on Tuesday night. I know there are lads on here who ref local soccer games - I wonder what they thought of the ref's 'performance' looking through ref's eyes ? Fair play to CH though. He could have easily blamed 'referee's decisions' for the defeat, but he put the blame squarely where it was - a poor performance by our players.
[quote="gullintwoplaces"]Burnhamgull's comments are all fair. Brucie is right though that the referee made a decision that changed the game. After that decision we were woeful, but it was the disgraceful incompetence of the referee that changed the game from one in which we were playing reasonably with Billy Bodin looking dangerous into a disaster in which we played poorly with no Bodin. Furthermore, the player that committed the disgraceful foul on Bodin has got away scot free, and we lose Billy for more games. I hope that the referee was given a fail by his assessor, if there was one, and that Karma catches up with Northampton Town and their dirty players.[/quote]
Well, you and the rest of us are all WRONG, Gullin2places. We had THREE players booked, Northampton only had one booking. According to the Herald Express stats, we committed 12 fouls whilst Northampton committed only NINE !! We all know stats don't lie ..... so we were obviously the dirty team. Yeah ...... I was also GOBSMACKED when I read those match stats.
I know photos can be deceptive, but a photo in the HE shows Ravenhill flying in with a shin-high studs showing lunge which was nowhere near the ball. I wasn't sure on the night whether or not he had won the ball but the photo clearly shows he didn't. It looks a dreadful challenge - deserved a straight red card in my opinion - and if it wasn't seen by the ref, the linesman should certainly have seen it. Sarginson has refereed at Plainmoor several times and I've always thought he was a reasonably good ref but he seemed to be prepared to let a lot go (in the Cobblers favour) on Tuesday night. I know there are lads on here who ref local soccer games - I wonder what they thought of the ref's 'performance' looking through ref's eyes ? Fair play to CH though. He could have easily blamed 'referee's decisions' for the defeat, but he put the blame squarely where it was - a poor performance by our players.
