Simpsons red card overturned

[ninian opinian]

Can we play the game again then?

And does the ref get banned for 3 games (which wouldn't help us of course) for ruining a perfectly good game?

Referees make mistakes the same as players do. Time for VAR to be introduced in the Championship.

NB I was just as lived as the next person over the decision.

[MacAdder]

The fecker should resign.
As should Madley.

I jest of course but I'd have thought Sky would have thought up a weekly "Match of the Day" type hour episode highlighting referees' performances of the day.

Both the aforementioned refs would be exposed for either gross incompetence or blatant cheating.

IMHO this type of thing happens too many times to us to be simply coincidental.

[Bluebirdman Of Alcathays]

I jest of course but I'd have thought Sky would have thought up a weekly "Match of the Day" type hour episode highlighting referees' performances of the day.

Maybe we could have an hour of players cheating and ex-players making excuses for them. Oh wait, we already do.

[Citizen's Nephew]

The fecker should resign.
As should Madley.

I jest of course but I'd have thought Sky would have thought up a weekly "Match of the Day" type hour episode highlighting referees' performances of the day.

Both the aforementioned refs would be exposed for either gross incompetence or blatant cheating.

IMHO this type of thing happens too many times to us to be simply coincidental.

....said every football fan of every club everywhere...

I don't get why there's any confusion tbh. A referee makes a mistake. People make mistakes. Players make loads of f*cking mistakes. It sucks. It's unfair, but the levels of paranoia regarding bias towards us is crazy.

[Bobby Dandruff]

Referees make mistakes the same as players do. Time for VAR to be introduced in the Championship.

NB I was just as lived as the next person over the decision.

I actually think that the standard of refereeing in the Championship is alright (forget the disallowed goal against Coventry for a minute!) and can only think of that moron years ago who complete robbed us away at Millwall as being close to the injustice at QPR. Oh, and the ref away at Luton who bottled the Koumas penalty (not that I’m bitter or anything….)

What I mean is, I tend to ignore comments about refs spoiling games for the reasons that you mention, but in this case he really did.

[PhyllisStant]

I actually think that the standard of refereeing in the Championship is alright (forget the disallowed goal against Coventry for a minute!) and can only think of that moron years ago who complete robbed us away at Millwall as being close to the injustice at QPR. Oh, and the ref away at Luton who bottled the Koumas penalty (not that I’m bitter or anything….)

What I mean is, I tend to ignore comments about refs spoiling games for the reasons that you mention, but in this case he really did.

Completely agree. Yes we played badly against QPR but to say the sending off and penalty are irrelevant is crazy. It fundamentally and wrongly changed the game. Would we have got a result without it? Who knows. But refs shouldn’t be allowed to impact a game that much when they make a bad call