EFL Refereeing Abomination Journal 25/26

[Blue-fox]

Very poor ref tonight 

[tylesta]

Booked carranza for diving when he was fouled

[PhillippaT]

32 minutes ago, FrankieADZ said:

the standard of officials in this country are frankly shocking

We have a standard?  

[reporterpenguin]

One of the worst in a long time, and that takes some doing. 
 

Don’t think he affected the result, but he really affected the game. Shockingly bad. 

[Chelmofox]

Just now, tylesta said:

Booked carranza for diving when he was fouled

Sh1t commentary on that as well. 

[Tuna]

Shocker again today. Obsessed with booking players.

[shilton_fox]

Proper Main character syndrome from that ref. All about him. Utterly abysmal showing 

[Simonb]

One of the worst weve had in a while 

[Harry the Cat]

He spoiled the game. Whistle happy. Got in the way of play. Made some quite ridiculous decisions 

[Will1981]

standard crap championship home team ref, could not cope with the home fans getting on his back.

[Filbert Fireworks]

The ref was the officiating equivalent of the chenobyl distater tonight. 

Like a walking traffic light when he lost the game at the end. 

[fox_favourite]

Absolutely atrocious! 

[hebangsthedrums]

Someone said it in another thread - knew he was on tv

[Stadt]

Hope if we get a fine for failing to control our players we contest it. Carranza and Abdul’s were totally wrong.

 

Chav twat.

[Bert]

Really poor. Horribly inconsistent. Gave them every foul when their player was touched. Didn’t want to give us a thing unless it was so blatant. 2 horrific bookings which he couldn’t wait to dish out. These dickheads really think they’re the stars of the show. 

[Lambert09]

To be completely fair both the yelows for diving I want to see given. Both were on their way down before any contact. 
 

However, it’s the consistency that’s the issue. They were getting all the light fouls and we were seemingly ignored for them. But that’s a lesson for both of our lads, stay on your damn feet 

[The Doctor]

7 hours ago, Lambert09 said:

To be completely fair both the yelows for diving I want to see given. Both were on their way down before any contact. 
 

However, it’s the consistency that’s the issue. They were getting all the light fouls and we were seemingly ignored for them. But that’s a lesson for both of our lads, stay on your damn feet 

Carranza didn't dive? He played the ball, the follow through ended up hitting against the defender and he went down (because that would have hurt). We were in possession and he didn't appeal for a foul. It's not a dive in any sense of the word and no reasonable person would suggest it was.

[CosbehFox]

WBAs two CMs got a free pass in the first twenty minutes to kick anyone without a hint of a yellow 

[justfoxes]

9 hours ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

How many professional fouls unanswered tonight? 

Plenty !

thought the ref lost the plot completely a very Amateurish display was so pedantic brings back the old adage of “gave away more cards than Clintons !!” 
Thought Monga was unlucky to get a yellow for apparently simulation the Baggies playing took his trailing foot  this is where VAR is useful but glad the Championship hasn’t enabled it as those officials couldn’t couldn’t ref a kids game let alone a foul right infront of them on a monitor !

So many cynical fouls shirt pulling was missed by the officials the PGMOL are just a pathetic boys club full of inconsistency worst in Europe !

[mod hero]

Couldn’t wait to get his cards out to show his new half sleeve tattoos, ‘oooh look at me everyone’ 

 

Cvnt

[Ed 1]

Abysmal ref.

 

I miss the days when football was refereed as a contact sport… 

[Ted Maul]

Whoever that **** was, send him back to the lower leagues.

[BKLFox]

The Carranza yellow was tough in that tv does show he was tapped and moved the leg across his standing leg which would have unbalanced him, how he goes down maybe needs working on yes, but what really gets me is commentators saying it was correct to give a yellow for simulation & yet let’s say it’s in the box and Haaland is Carranza in that situation it would be a penalty and the commentators would see he’s had his foot clipped 🤷‍♂️

 

Other thing was that their d’head CB wasn’t booked for just pushing Fatawu off the ball, no attempt to play the ball just pushed him, yes we got the foul but given where it happened and that Fatawu only had to skip past him he’s through on goal all be another defending coming in from his right but still, a foul but no yellow?

 

 

 

Edited 27 September 2025 by BKLFox

[Spudulike]

Not seen any incident yet where a corner has been awarded following a keeper breaking the 8-second law 

[Super_horns]

32 minutes ago, Spudulike said:

Not seen any incident yet where a corner has been awarded following a keeper breaking the 8-second law 

Probably been forgotten about already .