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Thread: Referee Greg Aitken

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    Referee Greg Aitken

    Got what he wanted today, affected the game directly, that was after giving soft bookings for us and avoiding dishing then out for Falkirk, United deserved the win today, didn't give a drop ball first half when it should have been, gives one right outside our box, Pawlett wins it and we break, paton scythes down Pawlett, gives them a free kick which they score from, they never looked like scoring until then

    This was at a time when we were breaking on them looking like getting another, unlucky today even after the goal not to score again

    Very good goal, Robson with a quick one two and put it on a plate for Cammy Smith

    Also he forced subs with the Frans and Bouhenna injuries made of difficult to change things, Bouhenna was excellent when he was on

    Still, 4 pts from those two away games is a good return, should have been 6 though, excellent utd support

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    Hmm, bit old-firmesque blaming the ref. If we can't beat bloody Falkirk the blame should lie squarely with our team and our manager, with a small percentage for the sh1t plastic pitch.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jjaflup22 View Post
    Hmm, bit old-firmesque blaming the ref. If we can't beat bloody Falkirk the blame should lie squarely with our team and our manager, with a small percentage for the sh1t plastic pitch.
    I blame the loss on our enforced changes and Siegrist! Yes their goal came from a contentious refereeing decision, but not having room to manoeuvre with our subs and the inability of our keeper to clear out everything in from of him cost us IMO.

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    Quote Originally Posted by snoots_no_more View Post
    I blame the loss on our enforced changes and Siegrist! Yes their goal came from a contentious refereeing decision, but not having room to manoeuvre with our subs and the inability of our keeper to clear out everything in from of him cost us IMO.
    spot on, wouldn't be speaking about it if the keeper had come and collected the cross. It was Alloa and Morton away all over again from 1 up, and the keepers flogging what should be straightforward free-kicks into box.

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    spot on m8

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    Quote Originally Posted by jjaflup22 View Post
    Hmm, bit old-firmesque blaming the ref. If we can't beat bloody Falkirk the blame should lie squarely with our team and our manager, with a small percentage for the sh1t plastic pitch.

    Don't think you can blame the manager or players today, they played ok, deserved to be in front until nonsense from the official who was terrible for us all day

    Neilson couldn't really make changes to manage the game due to the two forced changes, Bouhenna who was Frans really replacement himself having to go off x messing we had to put butcher at CB (where he hasn't played for 5 years) and bring on Gomis

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    To be fair to Seigrist it was the one lapse in judgement (if it’s confirmed on highlights that it’s his fault), he was excellent the rest of the game and I think he’s looked much more solid this past month or so.

    Could he have got more help from the defence?

    The ref was typical of the shi!e we get left with in this league. Poor for both teams to be fair and increasingly rash in dishing out the yellow cards for fun.

    His card for Sow showed he has no knowledge of the game - the player didn’t know the defender was there and went in with his foot not particularly high or in a reckless or dangerous manner. It was a foul, end of.

    I think just after that Smith or Seaman was fouled on the edge of their box as they were getting into a good position to cross. The defender had two goes at the player and no booking....good ane.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JUSTaway View Post
    spot on, wouldn't be speaking about it if the keeper had come and collected the cross. It was Alloa and Morton away all over again from 1 up, and the keepers flogging what should be straightforward free-kicks into box.

    Yea true but was it a fk? He was giving then fks for very little in dangerous areas, like the one in first half he gave against Clark that seigrist had to tip over, And why a drop ball then but not in the first half when the ball was in play abs he handed it to their keeper to boot back to us losing any attacking advantage we had

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    Harkes shot at 1-1 was going in all the way, some hit, great block from them

    Reckon we are quite unfortunate to have only came away with a point, not the end of the world though, and you have to credit County for winning from 2 down after playing extra time midweek, Partick obviously shat it as soon as County pulled the goal back early second half

    On the plus side keeps our recent run going, we gained in Ayr and still to play County twice, those two play each other Tues while we play Inverness

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    Quote Originally Posted by shedka View Post
    Yea true but was it a fk? He was giving then fks for very little in dangerous areas, like the one in first half he gave against Clark that seigrist had to tip over, And why a drop ball then but not in the first half when the ball was in play abs he handed it to their keeper to boot back to us losing any attacking advantage we had
    2 situations in exactly the same position that were handled so differently its insane! Even when it went to a contested drop ball, the ref couldnt wait to give Falkirk the free kick!

    Was actually questioning during the game whether it is worth it when so much comes down to the usually poor decisions of a ref who isnt even good enough for kids football!

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