: Sun Mar 29, 2009 5:24 pm  

just_browny wrote:

Offsides - ref.
Forward passes - touchjudges.

Of course either the ref or the touchjudge can make any call if they see fit to do so.

Actually, the touch judges are the ones that should be checking for offside.

The referee's job is to patrol the ruck area.

: Sun Mar 29, 2009 5:26 pm  

The level of competence shown by Mr Smith today was nothing short of shocking, and I hope that when he gets to sit with the other refs and see his performance he is suitably punished by his next game being an Under 10's (no disrepect to U10's).
His management of the game was non-existant, and his decisions were tragically inept.
There are bad days at the office, and then there are performances like today, truly shocking.

: Sun Mar 29, 2009 5:29 pm  

Well he missed a few things, but im glad it's more free flowing compared to this time last year, when it was penalty after penalty.

: Sun Mar 29, 2009 6:21 pm  

Southstander05 wrote:

The level of competence shown by Mr Smith today was nothing short of shocking, and I hope that when he gets to sit with the other refs and see his performance he is suitably punished by his next game being an Under 10's (no disrepect to U10's).
His management of the game was non-existant, and his decisions were tragically inept.
There are bad days at the office, and then there are performances like today, truly shocking.

Spot on

: Sun Mar 29, 2009 6:25 pm  

Who was the whippet of a linesman? He looked really young.

I thought the ref was poor, getting several decisions wrong.


I didn't get to see it myself, but my dad thought a couple of the Celtic players were doing 'chicken wing' tackles, or at least trying them. Anybody else notice? Or's it him just his old eyes playing tricks on him...

: Sun Mar 29, 2009 6:30 pm  

Robbie Rotten wrote:

Who was the whippet of a linesman? He looked really young.

I thought the ref was poor, getting several decisions wrong.


I didn't get to see it myself, but my dad thought a couple of the Celtic players were doing 'chicken wing' tackles, or at least trying them. Anybody else notice? Or's it him just his old eyes playing tricks on him...

Yeah, a few of us noticed a couple of chicken wing tackles being made by some of the Celtic players.

: Sun Mar 29, 2009 7:02 pm  

yeah smith went bad to worse his second half was dire seemed like he was making it up as he went along

bad calls for both teams

: Sun Mar 29, 2009 7:37 pm  

H53a wrote:

Was it me or was the first Celtic try 2 yards offside?

I thought it was too. Was suprised that, between 5 officials, none of them saw it. Very very few calls should be wrong with 5 people officiating.

: Sun Mar 29, 2009 7:42 pm  

WireFanatic II wrote:

Yeah, a few of us noticed a couple of chicken wing tackles being made by some of the Celtic players.

WOTT?

: Sun Mar 29, 2009 7:53 pm  

WireFanatic II wrote:

Ian Smith was the referee, Joe Cobb and Clint Sharrad were the touchies.

I have seen smith give absolutely nothing to us and everything to cas in an 18-0 defeat for us there a few years ago worst ref perfomance i have ever seen.

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