FA Cup Semi- Finals Match Officials

Tudor

Tudor

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The Football Association has appointed Martin Atkinson to officiate Chelsea v Tottenham Hostpur and Craig Pawson takes charge of Arsenal v Manchester City.

http://www.manchestercity.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=580357
 
As far as i can see, Pawson has only reffed our game at Anfield this season. We were dire so I've wiped that from my memory, so can't remember if there were any controversial decisions :006:
 
John have you ever heard of the 'Wars of the Roses'? no love lost between Lancastrians and Yorkshire Folk in sporting events
 
^ Yes, Richard 111 was the last house of York King of England to die in battle, now buried in Leicester and as Leicester City are now out of the CL maybe that is a good omen for us vs Arsenal on Sunday?
 
I hope you are right about that, I hope the ref has a good game and that he does have the bottle to make hard decisions but that he also makes it clear to his assistants that they are not their just to decide on who gets a throw in or who is offside.

I think we all recognise that they get one view of incidents and we as the viewing public get several views both in normal and slow motion for years now, it is way behind other sports which use technology on important decisions and I think that is what we all want, even if the result may be against our own team, their would be no debates on referees at the end of the day.

We have this season experienced a large number of decisions which have been justified in post match debates, but a moral victory after the event is worth nothing when at the time it could be sorted and we would have a few more points in the bag
 
Richard was buried in a car park, perhaps not a great resting place was it!
Bet he feels a lot better now he has been dug up and put in a more appropriate place.
I believe he now has a permanent smile on his royal clock! :095:
 
Buzz Lightyear - 19/4/2017 13:12

I hope you are right about that, I hope the ref has a good game and that he does have the bottle to make hard decisions but that he also makes it clear to his assistants that they are not their just to decide on who gets a throw in or who is offside.
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It would probably be a huge benefit if the responsibility was shared out more evenly - maybe lines(wo)men are wary of treading on the ref's toes - or are there primarily to speak only when spoken to?

 
If I remember back to the game at Anfield, he got it pretty spot on, so should be a good choice for the game this weekend. I've seen that we're priced at 5/6 to win here - https://sports.ladbrokes.com/en-gb/betting/football/english/fa-cup/ so I think we will be comfortable.

Of course the nerves will start to kick in on Sunday like always, and Arsenal are coming into the game with confidence after an away win on Monday against Boro, however I'm pretty confident we will see this out.
 
Hi and welcome to VMC Tony :005:

My nerves aren't as bad as they usually are when it comes to games like this. Having said that I expect i'll be a nervous wreck come Sunday morning.
 
kennyclementstache - 20/4/2017 10:28

Buzz Lightyear - 19/4/2017 13:12

I hope you are right about that, I hope the ref has a good game and that he does have the bottle to make hard decisions but that he also makes it clear to his assistants that they are not their just to decide on who gets a throw in or who is offside.
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It would probably be a huge benefit if the responsibility was shared out more evenly - maybe lines(wo)men are wary of treading on the ref's toes - or are there primarily to speak only when spoken to?
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Used to be that the officals would operate on a 'diagonal' system - that is the referee would run a diagonal path from one corner to the other with the respective assistants (aka linespeople) covering a 'triangle' from the halfway line to the penalty area on their side of the pitch. This was supposed to reduce the pressure on the referee to rry nd keep up with play across the whole of the pitch. No idea whether it is still used but it was brought to mind by the discussion after the penalty appeal last weekend ewhen Sane was up-ended = Graham Poll commented that Swarbrick ought to have been running more diagonally to get a better angle on the play.

Let's just hope there are no controversial calls for Mr Pawson
 
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