Last Night's Referee

[SeasiderMac]

Who was the referee last night? Was down as Dean Whitestone but looked more like the fourth official Jeremy Simpson

 

[Dougz]

Jeremy Simpson according to match report on BBC. Hope we have him Sat too !!

 

[L’étranger]

After that performance he will forever be known as Homer Simpson .

 

[tangysider]

After that performance he will forever be known as Homer Simpson .

It was a penalty and the goalkeeper was not fouled for the 3rd goal.
We won on merit not down to dodgy decisions. Many refs have treated us unfairly this season, so a referee who was mainly impartial is a rarity

 

[Dave62]

The penalty decision and the non foul on the keeper could have gone the other way. Everything just seemed to go our way in that first half (well apart from them getting away with their elbowing) for a change.

I think the ref favoured the attacking side consistently throughout the game. QPR got the benefit of several decisions in the 2nd half when they had the majority of the possession in a few spells.

 

[dave1772]

I thought the pen was pretty clear. Arm raised away from the body and charged the ball down.

 

[BFC_BFC_BFC]

I thought the pen was pretty clear. Arm raised away from the body and charged the ball down.

It’s not even questionable.. Cast iron Penalty

 

[SeasideMac]

Was definitely Jezza Simpson.
He was the PE teacher at my lads school before he moved to reffing full time.
Usually gives us nothing.

 

[tangerine_neil]

I’ve seen more of those given, than not.
Also, the ref seemed to be in a great position to spot it.

 

[Ginge]

It’s not even questionable.. Cast iron Penalty

And for Nelson's goal, my view was the keeper dropped the ball because he thought he would have travelled outside the box with it.
Nothing wrong with it.

 

[Tangerinemoss]

The only thing he got badly wrong, IMHO, was that shocking elbow

 

[SeasideKurt]

He definitely went into protect QPR from 7/8/9 in that second half.

 

[Joemil]

I used to play football with Jez at Carnforth Rangers, hard to believe he was a goalie, not the best tbh, far too small. Always easy to be critical of a Ref, but credit where its due, spotted the handball & rightly gave us a penalty, & I was convinced the 3rd was going to be ruled out, just because anyone goes near a keeper & Refs give a foul, so credit for not blowing up there.

 

[CAGU]

Makes up for the shite decision last season when our goal was disallowed

 

[Dougall]

It was a penalty and the goalkeeper was not fouled for the 3rd goal.

100% - not even sure why both were considered contentious - other than at many stages this season we wouldn't have been awarded either!

 

[Wizaard]

It was a penalty and the goalkeeper was not fouled for the 3rd goal.
We won on merit not down to dodgy decisions. Many refs have treated us unfairly this season, so a referee who was mainly impartial is a rarity

He should have sent off Dickie long before he was booked for pulling back Carey late on.

At least 3 bookable offences unpunished.

 

[TangeinBurnley]

It was a penalty and the goalkeeper was not fouled for the 3rd goal.
We won on merit not down to dodgy decisions. Many refs have treated us unfairly this season, so a referee who was mainly impartial is a rarity

We had same ref a while ago. On that day he was absolutely dire. Soooo. About time we had ‘the rub of the green’