Are Referees Against Us...

[Lineker's Left Foot]

Okay, no excuses for our 'inept' performances - of which I don't think we were too bad yesterday - but ever since I remember i.e. 25 years of watching City, have officials 'got it in' for us??? Again another goal ruled out, remembering back to dodgy penalties being given against us - at Cardiff in the playoffs - and from time to time sendings offs, are we getting 'short changed' by the officials???

Oh and I still think Paulo Sousa will definitley turn it around and we will get better. Keep the faith, it's only early doors yet!!

[ACF]

Yes.

Nobody likes Leicester. Except us. Sometimes.

[SystonFox]

Referring to yesterdays game I thought the ref was appalling and he was for both teams. So many blatant fouls went unpunished and he didn't signal advantage so to me this says he had no clue!

Cardiffs pen in the play off was blatant, Alex Bruce was lucky to be on the pitch!

On other circumstances we get our fair share of good and bad refs sadly.

Xxx

[The Doctor]

Referring to yesterdays game I thought the ref was appalling and he was for both teams. So many blatant fouls went unpunished and he didn't signal advantage so to me this says he had no clue!

Cardiffs pen in the play off was blatant, Alex Bruce was lucky to be on the pitch!

On other circumstances we get our fair share of good and bad refs sadly.

Xxx

I wouldn't say the ref was appalling for both teams, There wasn't a desicion he gave wrongly against them - he did however manage to miss a shove on dyer (blatant penalty), At least 2 handballs in the box (2 penalties), A foul on king in the build up to their second (if king is allowed to challenge for the header rather than being dragged away, does he score? I think not) and a perfectly good second ruled out for ??? So all of the game changing desicions were given against us, Very fishy.

I'd agree the penalty in the play-offs was a foul but the first infringment was by cardiff (offside) and we had at least 2 nailed on penalties not given in the first leg.

And i don't think we get our fair share of good refs, Almost every week they make a desicion that costs us (Look at 07/08 season - we had plenty of goals disallowed (probably more than we had allowed) and you see some of them and have no reason what for)

[Mack]

The referee yesterday was crap for both sides.

In general I find the standard of referees shit in general.

And seeing as most of them are frustrated footballers who couldn't pass a ball 2 feet but are looking for some limelight from the game in another manner it's hardly surprising.

Most of them love the attention, and I am sure they play up to it.

[davieG]

Leicester midfielder Andy King was critical of referee Colin Foster after the official ruled out what would have been a stoppage-time leveller in Saturday's 2-1 defeat by Reading.

Wales international King was convinced he had rescued a point for City when he headed home, only for the effort to be disallowed for a foul in the build-up.

King said: "We asked the referee and he said it was because of high feet by Matty Fryatt. But we have looked at the video and that was a ridiculous decision."

[Matt]

Queue DB11 claiming yesterdays referee was one of the best he's seen, did nothing wrong and that the refereeing stands in the country are one of the best.

What I will say which has already been said in the 1st post though is they can't be solely blamed for defeats/not winning - Especially on yesterday showing. If a referee disallows a goal (Albeit it last minute yesterday) tough we put ourselves in the position of losing let's go and get another goal moaning about it isn't go to change the man with authority's decision.

Like it or not unless referees are giving technology, or help they ain't going to get any better simple.

[Lineker's Left Foot]

Yep think you guys are right, I remember now it was a blatant penalty for Cardiff, but Chopra was offside.

[Thracian]

Something must have been wrong if Kingy was complaining. He hardly ever gets booked, rarely remonstrates even mildly with the referee and plays the game as fairly as anyone I can think of since Lineker.

But, as others have pointed out it wasn't just that incident. He was so selective in making so many important decisions and totally ignored some blatant offences.

King and City have been cheated of two goals already this season and the consequences could easily end up costing Sousa his job just as such things might have cost us relegation not long ago and might yet do again.

Yet again the whole scenario pleads for the use of electronic technology because referees clearly either can't get it right or choose not to get it right.

[Corky]

Still can't understand why he disallowed it.

High feet? It was an overhead kick for god's sake, of course his feet are going to be high.

Absolute joke.

[Lillehamring]

to be fair to the ref, for the missed peno on dyer, the replay showed that he was unsighted, and with the defender staying on his feet, probably wasn't going to make a judgement.

i actually enjoyed his refereeing for the main part, i hate to see ref's blow up for every little shove and i thought he dealt quite fairly.

but the disallowed goal was daft.

[The Doctor]

to be fair to the ref, for the missed peno on dyer, the replay showed that he was unsighted, and with the defender staying on his feet, probably wasn't going to make a judgement.

i actually enjoyed his refereeing for the main part, i hate to see ref's blow up for every little shove and i thought he dealt quite fairly.

but the disallowed goal was daft.

still, how did the linesman miss it as well?

[Bugg]

still, how did the linesman miss it as well?

To be fair to the linesman, From where I was in L1 it didn't really look like a pen to me.

[Thracian]

to be fair to the ref, for the missed peno on dyer, the replay showed that he was unsighted, and with the defender staying on his feet, probably wasn't going to make a judgement.

i actually enjoyed his refereeing for the main part, i hate to see ref's blow up for every little shove and i thought he dealt quite fairly.

but the disallowed goal was daft.

It's funny how often referees and linesmen seem to be unsighted at the same time ... and anyway if they can't even cope with seeing the incidents that offers even more argument in favour of electronic technology. In fact the case becomes ever more compelling the more you look at the failings of officials.

[DB11]

Do you not think that every team could go through all of the referee decisions and find loads that are against them

[ozleicester]

Of course not

[The Doctor]

To be fair to the linesman, From where I was in L1 it didn't really look like a pen to me.

hmm. I thought it was a penalty from what i saw but since i was at in the kop i couldn't really pass judgement. Still having seen the replay it is a definate penalty.

And so we return to the arguement for technology and FIFA's dinosaurish stance towards it.

[davieG]

Even the most ambitious ideas fro technology would not have been used for those incidents.

As for the ref he may have been half decent but when you get two of the most important result affecting decisions wrong then I don't see how he can be classed as being ok.

[Dylan]

Shocking decision yesterday for disallowing King's goal.

And we do generally get done over by refs. The whole Cardiff play-off tie's just one example- should've had about 2 peno's in the 1st leg, Bothroyd should've been off (, position of Whitts free kick, Chopra was offside for their peno.

But still this season our performances have been quite poor and need to improve.

[Corky]

Having seen a replay of the goal on the FLS I stand by my original feeling that there was nothing wrong with the goal or in the build-up. No foul or obvious infringement took place.

[DANGEROUS TIGER]

Okay, no excuses for our 'inept' performances - of which I don't think we were too bad yesterday - but ever since I remember i.e. 25 years of watching City, have officials 'got it in' for us??? Again another goal ruled out, remembering back to dodgy penalties being given against us - at Cardiff in the playoffs - and from time to time sendings offs, are we getting 'short changed' by the officials???

Oh and I still think Paulo Sousa will definitley turn it around and we will get better. Keep the faith, it's only early doors yet!!

I don't believe officials have got it in for us. Why should they? However, I do agree that last night, a number of decisions were dubious. This does happen , and always will, to all clubs. Time to use the third eye.

[CosbehFox]

Queue DB11 claiming yesterdays referee was one of the best he's seen, did nothing wrong and that the refereeing stands in the country are one of the best.

I did. I thought he was excellent, he allowed the game to flow, played excellent advantage ala Reading's goal. I'd rather see that than whistle happy nobbers like at Burnley who blew as soon as any player hit the deck. He was very leninent, esp. on Howard...another day he could have gone for three woeful tackles.

He's a question for DB11 though....Shane Long for Reading yesterday did about five pulls/pushes in five minutes, how could ref's seem recultant to give a yellow for persistent fouling in this manner. It's one of my pet hates...pushin and pulling, it's cheating where as the odd tackle is a miscalculation.

Now the bald linesmen couldn't keep up with play and the decision at the end was ropey (wasn't much a reaction off the Reading players).

To be fair to the linesman, From where I was in L1 it didn't really look like a pen to me.

Never a pen. Dyer was far too weak, a chance like that he should have hit the ball and took the keeper/defender with it. Shoulder barge onto an offbalance player.

[Webbo]

These things even themselves out over a season. there is no conspiracy against the city.

[Brainy]

Somebody needs to clear up this shoulder barge nonsense then. Whats the difference between a shoulder barge and the similar type of challenge which referee's dont allow? At first I didn't think it was a penalty but seeing it more and more he pretty much runs into Dyer as quick and hard as possible to knock him to the floor. I've seen free kicks given for a slight nudge into the side of a player, this was much worse.

[philce]

Now the bald linesmen couldn't keep up with play and the decision at the end was ropey (wasn't much a reaction off the Reading players).

I still dont get why the linesmen sometimes change ends and sometimes not, if one is crap (bald one) and they change its like an unfair advantage to one team?

The other lino didnt seem to be doing anything all game?

And I thought they were told not to flag offside until the player actually touched the ball?