Gary Monk vs Referees

jaspercabbage · October 31, 2014

Gary Monk is meeting old Mother Riley, who is head of the referee's association, to discuss a run of poor refereeing decisions that Swansea have suffered this season.

I remember Moyes doing this when Andy Johnson was routinely hacked down in the penalty area and was not given a penalty. The Ref's chief at the time agreed that of the 11 claims, 9 were definite penalties and the other 2 could well have been given. The outcome was that in the next season, we were not awarded a single penalty until the last 10 minutes of the last game of the season, when we had the game in the bag already.

So is Monk making a big mistake by publicly taking on the refs? I confidently look forward to at least 2 penalties in our favour tomorrow.

zirc · October 31, 2014

Respect to him for doing this instead of just making passive aggressive comments to the media. I doubt it will help though. Refs aren't bent, they're just cowardly most of the time.

Minimeister · October 31, 2014

Never did Brenda much harm last season.

moyeslovechild · October 31, 2014

i dont get how talking to the referee about decisions that havent gone your way helps at all

its not going to change how the next ref refs your game is it? they made poor decisions but its doubtful they made them on purpose

TheBlueGibbon · October 31, 2014

Crap decisions for us against them then

dublinbluenose · October 31, 2014

Only works when your Ferguson or Mourinho I'm afraid, I'm sure Reilly's first response to the request was "Gary Who"

Deleted member 28206 · October 31, 2014

Maybe he wants to go and see Ed Sheeran with him.

Huyton Layne · October 31, 2014

The referee system is broken as they're pretty much untouchable. Would love them to get fined for poor decision judged by an independent panel (of ex-RS players obvs)

royalblue66 · October 31, 2014

jaspercabbage said:
Gary Monk is meeting old Mother Riley, who is head of the referee's association, to discuss a run of poor refereeing decisions that Swansea have suffered this season.

I remember Moyes doing this when Andy Johnson was routinely hacked down in the penalty area and was not given a penalty. The Ref's chief at the time agreed that of the 11 claims, 9 were definite penalties and the other 2 could well have been given. The outcome was that in the next season, we were not awarded a single penalty until the last 10 minutes of the last game of the season, when we had the game in the bag already.

So is Monk making a big mistake by publicly taking on the refs? I confidently look forward to at least 2 penalties in our favour tomorrow.

So I will defo get on Leighton tomorrow.

quasi modo · October 31, 2014

Banker pen for them tomorrow.

Groucho · October 31, 2014

Either;

1/ the standard of refereeing is abhorrent these days.

2/ referees are under more scrutiny these days.

3/ referees are biased heavily towards certain clubs.

4/ referees are taking bribes.

One of the above is true, the question is, which one?

Donald Twain · October 31, 2014

I admire the way he's come out swinging this week.

ToffeeDan · October 31, 2014

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TheBlueGibbon · October 31, 2014

Groucho said:
Either;

1/ the standard of refereeing is abhorrent these days.

2/ referees are under more scrutiny these days.

3/ referees are biased heavily towards certain clubs.

4/ referees are taking bribes.

One of the above is true, the question is, which one?

Only one?