{"id":28186,"date":"2021-02-01T20:11:51","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T20:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.staging28.planetswans.co.uk\/?p=28186"},"modified":"2021-03-08T10:50:42","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T10:50:42","slug":"the-refs-watch-brentford-rotherham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp\/2021\/02\/01\/the-refs-watch-brentford-rotherham\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ref’s Watch – Brentford & Rotherham"},"content":{"rendered":"

My observations for this report is for the Brentford game & Rotherham game.\u00a0\u00a0I would call this a tale of 2 managers.<\/p>\n

For Brentford there are some\u00a0 talking\u00a0 points for discussion.<\/p>\n

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  1. There was a lot of needle in this game with both sets of players going down easily & making a drama of every challenge.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I don\u2019t like players doing this & it becomes hard to ref.<\/p>\n

    2:-Kyle Naughton:- Brought down player through on goal.<\/p>\n

    In my opinion he got very, very lucky.\u00a0 The nearest Swans player was 5 yards in front of him and he was last man. I think he just got away with it at was just past the halfway line. You could tell by his body language that he knew he was in trouble. After getting away with that he had to be whiter than white with every challenge.<\/p>\n

    When he made the challenge for 2nd yellow.<\/p>\n

    The Brentford player certainly made a meal of it.<\/p>\n

    3:- The ref gave us 5 yellow cards (2 to Naughton) yet none to them. I don\u2019t see how this could be.<\/p>\n

    4:- I honestly thought to give the goal was brave & correct decision, as it seemed the keeper got it wrong. The defender from Brentford seemed to push Swans player into the keeper. Also the keeper seemed to catch Fulton\u2019s arm.<\/p>\n

    Most ref\u2019s would have automatically given the free kick to defending team.<\/p>\n

    What I really didn\u2019t like was Thomas\u00a0 Frank\u2019s remarks about VAR.<\/p>\n

    It\u2019s poor management and no class. It was nothing but sour grapes.<\/p>\n

    Onto the Rotherham game.<\/p>\n

    There was very little to talk about in regards to decisions. The ref was for certain consistent by letting the game flow & not give any yellows to either side. Yet the game did seem quite physical, especially with the use of the long ball by Rotherham.<\/p>\n

    What I did notice was the amount of fouls Matt Grimes made. It seemed he got away with a lot.<\/p>\n

    However, what impressed me most was the Rotherham manager\u2019s remarks by being gracious in defeat. It\u2019s a refreshing change to hear this from a manager. As many times that I\u2019ve mentioned before. Manager\u2019s will hide behind a ref\u2019s decision than on the performance of their team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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