Anthony Taylor

emb · January 6, 2015

domingo77 said:
But that supports my point - A player reacting - or as is the case tonight - not reacting proves nothing and is actually and unreliable indicator of a foul.

It is unfortunately a reliable indicator of which way the referee points. Shouldn't be, but while that's the game, we need to be playing it.

domingo77 · January 6, 2015

Chang Elephant said:
I also support your point

Excellent - lets riot! David James can be our first target.

Chang Elephant · January 6, 2015

domingo77 said:
Excellent - lets riot! David James can be our first target.

What a bankrupt knobhead that chap is

Chang Elephant · January 6, 2015

davek said:
No coincidence these refereeing howlers. They KNOW there's a problem with the team and team spirit, and they KNOW they can expect little reaction from our players.
They smell our vulnerability and are furiously exploiting it.

Definitely a weird psychology behind this.

Most referees seem to be blatantly recruited from a Tory operated pool of social inadequates and would otherwise be swept up by ongoing Yewtree arrests etc. They crave acceptance from those they believe superior in hierarchy, and put the boot into any team they view as weaker and submissive.

Benjoaceo · January 6, 2015

Ref was awful so were we ...... But we stopped the rot which was hugely important......The end......

Dario Terracotta · January 6, 2015

That free kick he gave against naismith by the corner flag after he'd worked his trolleys off to win the ball.....what an absolute whopper,Taylor not naisy!!

emb · January 6, 2015

Benjoaceo said:
Ref was awful so were we ...... But we stopped the rot which was hugely important......The end......

Did we? Snatching a replay in injury time against West Ham at home might be not be the fourth horseman, but it's not indicative of a lot else, either.

Knees can jerk in both directions.

Andy McGurk · January 6, 2015

Hate to say it, but my old man said "Teams close the the relegation spots don't get refereeing decisions"

The Mighty Quint · January 6, 2015

You can say West Ham are crap but the table never lies, we are 13th for a reason, and they are 7th 11 points better for a reason too.

They are much improved this season, and to be fair it was 2-1 tonight, Lukaku's header was a perfectly good goal.

composter · January 6, 2015

Ref'd like he had a bet on, comical at times

PITA · January 6, 2015

FTY said:
His advantage won us the game lads.

Swings and roundabouts.

KevMirallas · January 6, 2015

We had a perfectly good goal disallowed and everyone just walked back to their positions. Not a breath of complaint.

And we wonder why it keeps happening.

Coach · January 6, 2015

I haven't had the benefit of TV replays but I thought the ref (and his Bullens Linesman more so) had a shocker tonight. Didn't get the disallowed goal decision at all.

Did the TV cover what looked like Mirallas' off the ball elbow / punch on Cresswell(?) in the 2nd half down by the Bullens / Park End corner. I might be mistaken but at the time I thought he could be in trouble if the retrospective panel look at it.

Lockie · January 7, 2015

He gave what he saw. Didn't give what he didn't. He was fine. We suffered the rub of the green but any idea that he "gave every decision to them" or "seemed to be getting a kick out of it" is reminiscent of RedShite conspiracy bull crap. He refereed the game as best he could and he only cares about whether them upstairs think he got it right. No premiership ref is biased. I mean that.