23 Sep 2024 17:44:54
I've sent myself into meltdown all day at work so please someone help.
GW 2nd yellow yes. Did ref give it no, even said won the ball and drew his imaginary ball.99% sure VAR couldn't review it.
So why did the 4th official get involved to over turn it? Need to know over the last season how many times a 4th official did that
Cast mind back everton away last season on one of the pens 4th official told the ref it was a pen but ref said no he won the ball
The ref was Anthony taylor
So on one hand as a 4th official he wants to take control over the ref yet other incident as a ref he ignores 4th official
Right decision in the end but the process just isn't right or consistent.
23 Sep 2024 18:59:19
Restore, there’s a very informative article by Michael Gallagher, a ref, on the BBC football website which explains that Jones the 4th official on the touchline had a clearer view of the MGW incident and advised Taylor that it was an illegal tackle. It happened just a couple of yards from Jones by the benches. So I believe that it’s in order for advice to be given but the final decision is the onfield ref. It’s a reffing team effort apparently.
It was just unfortunate with the Boly incident last season that it didn’t happen in front of the linesman. There was no VAR review in either case mate.
23 Sep 2024 19:27:12
Red stripe.
23 Sep 2024 19:29:09
Other way round mate Jones was the on field ref.
23 Sep 2024 19:48:32
Stokey I think in a round a bout way you've agreed
You just mixed up ref n 4th on the game.
23 Sep 2024 21:02:06
I’ve got a lot wrong there. The article is on NEP Forest page website and it’s Dermot Gallagher ( not BBC and not Michael Gallagher). Doh! It’s been a long day……. ????.
23 Sep 2024 21:21:21
Stokey, have you had a couple of whiskies tonight again my friend?!
24 Sep 2024 10:54:11
You don’t know the half of it Legless mate. Were having some work done on the house and instead of leaving it to the professionals I foolishly took it upon myself to work on the skirting boards. Anyway, my sciatica was triggered, took some Ibrufen then had a whiskey for medicinal purposes…… the rest is history as they say.
On a brighter note I’m reading Stuart MaConies excellent book, “The Full English” based on JB Priestley’s 1933 “English Journeys”. I’m particularly excited because today he reaches Nottingham in his travels……. so I can keep out of the way, rest my back and let the workman crack on! ???.
24 Sep 2024 11:41:59
That book sounds interesting stokie tell legless more about it I know he would enjoy that and sciatica a real pain in the arse, ?.
24 Sep 2024 15:47:18
Your excited Stokie?. You don't know the half mate. I'm besides myself with excitement can't wait to see how he gets on in Clifton ??.
24 Sep 2024 17:39:00
Skegs and Balloons I know you are both setting me up for a fall ……?????but here goes. ??
Stuart Maconie, to clarify, is the BBC TV and Radio presenter and NME music journalist. He also writes books which are perceptive and laugh out loud funny. I’ve read them all and this is his latest and first one since the lockdown. He’s a sort of English Bill Bryson.
I’ve discussed one of his previous books called “ The Long Road from Jarrow” about the 1936 marchers who following their route from the NE to Parliament with our top Geordie lad Bowie. They stopped at Nottingham at Sneinton with big crowds and speeches in Sneinton Market Place then slept overnight in the Alms Houses before bathing en mass at Sneinton Baths. Breakfasted by both Tories and Labour City Council and given clean clothes and underwear in the days when Nottingham had a hosiery industry. Then off to their next stop walking to Loughborough over Trent Bridge, past the WFCG and down the Loughborough Road.
My wife and I went to hear SM speak at Nottingham University and he talked about Nottingham’s long history of civil insurrection and riots culminating in the burning by a mob of Nottingham Castle in 1831. It was left derelict for 40 years until rebuilt as you see it now.
About a dozen people were hanged for the troubles and their bodies left to rot at the top of Mansfield Road where it joins Forest Road ( on the site of St Andrews Road). SC did full research by having a drink ( he likes his beer) at the present day Lincolnshire Poacher where the men about to die were given a last drink ( hence the expression “ one for the road). Their bodies eventually thrown into unmarked graves across the way at the Rock Garden Cemetery. But not before travellers using the busy road to and from Mansfield saw their hanging corpses as a warning. It was for centuries a place of execution because it was at a crossroads and our superstitious ancestors believed the ghosts of the dead would know which road to pursue the executioners down.
Anyway, it’s a great read and Maconie is very perceptive and extremely well read.
Also, Carlo you might like him especially as he’s been a member of the Labour Party since his teenage years and has remained to the left of centre in his views to this day…….
24 Sep 2024 18:17:50
I do love you posts Stokey and I did actually read all of this one for once!
I'm sorry mate, but a certain Blackadder quote springs to mind:
"Started poorly, tailed-off in the middle and the less said about the end the better".
25 Sep 2024 10:55:35
Legless, thank you for your kind words mate. I always set myself low standards which I consistently fail to attain. Admittedly, it’s a modest piece with much to be modest about ???????.