Crystal Palace - v - Leeds United *** Matchday Thread***

[spaldy]

After calming down from yesterday's match.

while it's super stressful..... It sure makes for maximum interest. Every game left is so important.

[Billyni]

Why did it take so long to show the picture of the ball almost crossing the line in the keepers hands?
Was someone making a drawing on the computer so that it matched the decision?

[UbiqueLUFC33]

Hopefully that referee will be reviewed and sacked. He obviously didn't even know that he had already booked Gudmundsonn. In addition, Johnson could easily have had 3 yellow cards - his challenge on (ironically) Gudmundsonn in the first half was worse than the second yellow and his 3rd bad foul (the trip) was basically assault.

[spaldy]

he won't get sacked. he'll get a bonus for doing such a good job and we'll likely have him for at least one more game.

I wish they would have given him a drug test. He looked impaired whenever the camera focused on him. He was also confused for large periods of the game.

[spaldy]

saw some retired has-been ref (dermot) that was also a jack off defending the second yellow because johnson didn't pull his shirt nor was it a "tactical foul". In the same sentence he also said that was why Gudmunsonn was sent off.

The only problem was that he didn't pull his shirt and it wasn't a tactical foul.

Is it any wonder why we get these ass hats for refs week in and week out? if that's the level of ref that "mentored and selected" them so they are so hapless that probably don't know what day it is. I am eagerly awaiting the head bootlicker hackets opinion on what a good job the clown did and how great the ref's union is on protecting the "integrity" of the game. it's like we start every game one man down.