A competent referee & no VAR

[boots60]

as well as a 3-0 win

 

Have not enjoyed a game of football so much for ages.

[Gillies Apprentice]

Credit where it’s due , I thought she was a quality ref .The way she let the game flow and ignored the now familiar overreaction to challenges ,was a breath of fresh air - in total contrast to the fussy , card happy officiating we had in our CL league campaign and are accustomed to seeing in European competitions 

[Pliskin]

Also thought she was very good. Like you say allowed the game to flow when possible, didn’t seem to get drawn into any antics either. Decent performance. 

[RowlattsFox]

She was alright, no complaints but it wasn't a difficult game. Let a few things go which were borderline fouls but she was generally consistent with that so no problem.

Female refs will instantly get a bit less dissent from players and that has to be a positive and does make the game run better.

 

VAR would've looked at Maddison involvement in the second. It was great not to have to wonder if VAR will find something when the ball hits the net.

[mozartfox]

She puts the likes of Coote and Moss to shame.

[foxpleasure]

Stood no nonsense of players pretending to be fouled. Would love to see her with Grealish. Best ref I've seen in years.

[TiffToff88]

7 minutes ago, foxpleasure said:

Stood no nonsense of players pretending to be fouled. Would love to see her with Grealish. Best ref I've seen in years.

It makes me laugh when I see people on here bashing Grealish for diving. James Maddison is no different.

[coolhandfox]

Good performance and she let the game flow.

 

However it was a pretty easy game to ref.

[HighPeakFox]

5 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

Good performance and she let the game flow.

 

However it was a pretty easy game to ref.

Maybe it was easy to ref because she made it easy. 

[Lcfc82]

Definitely nice to watch a game with no VAR involved. 
Ref did ok, allowing the game to flow but wasn’t a difficult game to handle really.

[Les-TA-Jon]

What did VAR have to do with anything? 

[lanefox]

Sian Massey-Ellis made her debut last night, donkeys at the f.a won’t give her chance though

[coolhandfox]

16 minutes ago, HighPeakFox said:

Maybe it was easy to ref because she made it easy. 

There wasn't really a single tough call to make. 

[Lcfc82]

9 minutes ago, Les-TA-Jon said:

What did VAR have to do with anything? 

For me it was more enjoyable watching a game without it. 
when a goal / decision is given on the pitch you know it’s going to stand instead of waiting for it to be confirmed 

[Les-TA-Jon]

10 minutes ago, lanefox said:

Sian Massey-Ellis made her debut last night, donkeys at the f.a won’t give her chance though

As a ref? 

[nnickn]

get real folks

Of course the ref was good we won 3-0

[Manini]

The standard really. That’s how ALL top level referees should be. These are UEFA listed officials, these guys and girls SHOULD be at the very top of their game. 
 

I don’t think anything changes in this country with regards to officiating until the boys club who run the PGMOL are taken out of the picture. How are we ever going to make progress with our referees when the body that represents them is fronted by Mike ****ing Riley?! He was one of the worst I’ve ever seen so what can we expect really?

[HighPeakFox]

32 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

There wasn't really a single tough call to make. 

That doesn't stop plenty of refs finding decisions to make though, does it? 

[CosbehFox]

46 minutes ago, Les-TA-Jon said:

What did VAR have to do with anything? 

First goal in particular with VAR would have been poured over by the man in the box. 
 

Or when Maddison collided with their defender for Barnes goal. Putting the decision into someone else subjective hands.

 

Or when offside was given and it was given or the other way around. 

[jmono84]

I gotta admit some of the challenges I thought she was going to blow for a foul but I was amazed and delighted she continued play. These players are strong lads and go down way to easily so fair play to her. She was consistent for both teams as well

[jmono84]

1 hour ago, TiffToff88 said:

It makes me laugh when I see people on here bashing Grealish for diving. James Maddison is no different.

Maddison is a little boy compared to Grealish plus he ****ed up Ricardos knee so seems he can dish it out but can’t take it. He dives a hell of a lot more than Maddison in my opinion.

[Ted Maul]

1 hour ago, TiffToff88 said:

It makes me laugh when I see people on here bashing Grealish for diving. James Maddison is no different.

She was having none of Maddison going down too easily in the first half to be fair. Wish we had more of that in the PL, our refs buy absolutely everything.

[Paninistickers]

1 hour ago, foxpleasure said:

Stood no nonsense of players pretending to be fouled. Would love to see her with Grealish. Best ref I've seen in years.

You dirty dog!

[Lambert09]

There was a period of okay with us blatantly being fouled, then us blatantly fouling then another suspect challenge and she just let it flow.

 

It was like a ref from the 80’s 

[Guest Fktf]

43 minutes ago, Ted Maul said:

She was having none of Maddison going down too easily in the first half to be fair. Wish we had more of that in the PL, our refs buy absolutely everything.

Said in the match thread, that was the first contact game of football I've watched in a long time. Superb to see players be allowed to tackle.