Back from the game - S****horpe.

[Focher]

sorry to repeat a bit but the ref had absolutely no way of knowing that Thompson was onside when their player played the ball, irrespective of it hitting a Reading player. Although he made the correct call he was completely guessing and was very very lucky that he was right. He was piss poor all game for both teams.

[Royal Lady]

sorry to repeat a bit but the ref had absolutely no way of knowing that Thompson was onside when their player played the ball, irrespective of it hitting a Reading player. Although he made the correct call he was completely guessing and was very very lucky that he was right. He was piss poor all game for both teams.

Yes he was. He wasn't right up with play in any case, was he?

[ZacNaloen]

sorry to repeat a bit but the ref had absolutely no way of knowing that Thompson was onside when their player played the ball, irrespective of it hitting a Reading player. Although he made the correct call he was completely guessing and was very very lucky that he was right. He was piss poor all game for both teams.

Yes he was. He wasn't right up with play in any case, was he?

He was at the top of the box iirc

[Man Friday]

sorry to repeat a bit but the ref had absolutely no way of knowing that Thompson was onside when their player played the ball, irrespective of it hitting a Reading player. Although he made the correct call he was completely guessing and was very very lucky that he was right. He was piss poor all game for both teams.

Good point. As a matter of interest, did he consult with the lino? (I can't remember.) If he didn't, he needs shooting as he was taking a major risk.

[TBM]

sorry to repeat a bit but the ref had absolutely no way of knowing that Thompson was onside when their player played the ball, irrespective of it hitting a Reading player. Although he made the correct call he was completely guessing and was very very lucky that he was right. He was piss poor all game for both teams.

Good point. As a matter of interest, did he consult with the lino? (I can't remember.) If he didn't, he needs shooting as he was taking a major risk.

No he didn't consult as he knew the ball was played to the scunny man from a Reading player.....

[Royal Lady]

If that was the case TBM, why didn't the Ref explain that to the assistant referee who incorrectly flagged? It would be good to think that if a ref over rules his assistant, he might teach the assistant for the future, by explaining why.

[Ferris]

Wouldn't they have just communicated through their little headsets?

[Focher]

sorry to repeat a bit but the ref had absolutely no way of knowing that Thompson was onside when their player played the ball, irrespective of it hitting a Reading player. Although he made the correct call he was completely guessing and was very very lucky that he was right. He was piss poor all game for both teams.

Yes he was. He wasn't right up with play in any case, was he?

how can you see an offside whilst standing on the pitch looking forward at the play?

[Royal Lady]

Wouldn't they have just communicated through their little headsets?

Why do you see Refs walking over to his assistant sometimes then? Why don't they use their little headsets then? I'm just curious, not meaning to be argumentative.

[Royal Lady]

sorry to repeat a bit but the ref had absolutely no way of knowing that Thompson was onside when their player played the ball, irrespective of it hitting a Reading player. Although he made the correct call he was completely guessing and was very very lucky that he was right. He was piss poor all game for both teams.

Yes he was. He wasn't right up with play in any case, was he?

how can you see an offside whilst standing on the pitch looking forward at the play?

Sorry - the "yes he was" was in response to the ref was "piss poor all game for both teams"

[Hugo Boss]

Are people still going on about this??!!

[Ferris]

Wouldn't they have just communicated through their little headsets?

Why do you see Refs walking over to his assistant sometimes then? Why don't they use their little headsets then? I'm just curious, not meaning to be argumentative.

Dunno

[Hoop Blah]

Wouldn't they have just communicated through their little headsets?

Why do you see Refs walking over to his assistant sometimes then? Why don't they use their little headsets then? I'm just curious, not meaning to be argumentative.

Dunno

Probably because something like they don't have the sets on, they're not working, too much background noise, want to have a better chat or, most likely, to use the time to calm the situation down a bit more and get away from the players being in their face to make sure they make the right decision.

I wasn't sure if they were wearing the headsets on Saturday, but the pictures show that they were, which might explain why he didn't go over and consult the lino face to face.

[Man Friday]

Are people still going on about this??!!

Yes. It's called a "Discussion" Board.

[TBM]

If that was the case TBM, why didn't the Ref explain that to the assistant referee who incorrectly flagged? It would be good to think that if a ref over rules his assistant, he might teach the assistant for the future, by explaining why.

He probably did at half time.......no need to "teach" his assistant by stopping play for no reason. He probably indicated via the headset why he gave the decision - if the assistant had any issue with what the ref told him then he would have inform him to come over and discuss it further.

Refs go over and speak to their assistants when there is a disagrement, so the players/crowd/managers etc know something is being discussed...

[Royal Lady]

If that was the case TBM, why didn't the Ref explain that to the assistant referee who incorrectly flagged? It would be good to think that if a ref over rules his assistant, he might teach the assistant for the future, by explaining why.

He probably did at half time.......no need to "teach" his assistant by stopping play for no reason. He probably indicated via the headset why he gave the decision - if the assistant had any issue with what the ref told him then he would have inform him to come over and discuss it further.

Refs go over and speak to their assistants when there is a disagrement, so the players/crowd/managers etc know something is being discussed...

Well....you could argue there was a disagreement seeing as the assistant flagged for offside!

[TBM]

If that was the case TBM, why didn't the Ref explain that to the assistant referee who incorrectly flagged? It would be good to think that if a ref over rules his assistant, he might teach the assistant for the future, by explaining why.

He probably did at half time.......no need to "teach" his assistant by stopping play for no reason. He probably indicated via the headset why he gave the decision - if the assistant had any issue with what the ref told him then he would have inform him to come over and discuss it further.

Refs go over and speak to their assistants when there is a disagrement, so the players/crowd/managers etc know something is being discussed...

Well....you could argue there was a disagreement seeing as the assistant flagged for offside!

Not really - lino puts flag up, ref indicates it came off a Reading player - lino says ok and the goal is given

If the lino still didn't agree then he would have kept his flag up and told the ref to come over.

[coyrls]

sorry to repeat a bit but the ref had absolutely no way of knowing that Thompson was onside when their player played the ball, irrespective of it hitting a Reading player. Although he made the correct call he was completely guessing and was very very lucky that he was right. He was piss poor all game for both teams.

Totally agree. It is possible however that the referee asked the linesman over his headset if their player was onside when the original ball was played.

[glass half full]

Wouldn't they have just communicated through their little headsets?

Why do you see Refs walking over to his assistant sometimes then? Why don't they use their little headsets then? I'm just curious, not meaning to be argumentative.

Dunno

An arm raised in the Assistant's direction as acknowledgement should be enough but this seems to be seen more rarely recently.

[TBM]

An arm raised in the Assistant's direction as acknowledgement should be enough but this seems to be seen more rarely recently.

He raised his arm at his lino on Saturday........twice in fact