[StandFree03]

I thought he was excellent last night. Really hit home how poor the standard of refereeing is in this country.

Mr Bernsten was firm and looked really confident when dealing with players and decisions. He refused to be conned by anyone and was bold enough to book a player (allegedly injured) for rolling back onto the pitch and refusing to leave after several tellings.

If only we had officials capable of handling games so well in this country

[SandyCromarty]

Did Ok for a codhead noggie.

[Lordofthewing]

StandFree03, on Sep 21 2007, 11:09, said:

I thought he was excellent last night. Really hit home how poor the standard of refereeing is in this country.

Mr Bernsten was firm and looked really confident when dealing with players and decisions. He refused to be conned by anyone and was bold enough to book a player (allegedly injured) for rolling back onto the pitch and refusing to leave after several tellings.

If only we had officials capable of handling games so well in this country

I was watching it in the house and thought he had quitee a good game as well, even letting a few more of the crunching tackles go, or only giving free kicks for them, whereas a more wussy ref would have been pulling the cards out left, right and centre. On the game you should have scored after creating a few decent chances.

[the jambo-rocker]

i agree, he didnt hand out yellow cards like hotcakes unlike most refs back home, i mean i thought nicholson would have booked for his tackle outside the box

[SteamingparBoz]

Best bit was the playeron the ground getting booked for rolling back on and staying there

[StandFree03]

XaaronPrimus, on Sep 21 2007, 11:16, said:

Totally agree. was a good performance by the ref with regard to the play acting. But why did Clangers try to get the Ref's attention to get the first one sorted? Should have just left the fecker to cry on the ground.

Aye and the ref told him in no uncertain terms to jog on, and Langfield did straight away.

I noticed that nobody tried to crowd round him or influence him either.

[Ric]

And what's the reason you didn't post this in the thread about the game where several people have already commented on the ref?

[StandFree03]

ricster, on Sep 21 2007, 13:17, said:

And what's the reason you didn't post this in the thread about the game where several people have already commented on the ref?

I put it in SPL chatter to provoke discussion about refereeing methods in Scotland and other European countries. For some reason it was moved.

[shetlandbairn]

Possibly just a coincidence but out of the two Norwegian league games I've been to, it struck me that the referees they had were actually good and knew what they were doing whereas the referees in Scotland almost seem like they are in that position because there's no-one else better than them.

This post has been edited by shetlandbairn: 21 September 2007 - 14:49

[Lordofthewing]

shetlandbairn, on Sep 21 2007, 15:49, said:

Possibly just a coincidence but out of the two Norwegian league games I've been to, it struck me that the referees they had were actually good and knew what they were doing whereas the referees in Scotland almost seem like they are in that position because there's no-one else better than them.

Maybe get some Norwegian ex-refs over to help coach our lot? If they are as capable as the one at Pittodrie last night then it might be a good shout.

[StandFree03]

Glasgowjag, on Sep 21 2007, 16:39, said:

one norwegian ref had one good game

fucks sake! doesnt mean the standard is any higher over there

its more about the difficuilty of the job, even refs at the highset level are not much better than our lot (ie they make plenty of ridiculous mistakes as well), its an impossible job

You're a bit special, aren't you....

[Leeds-Rover]

StandFree03, on Sep 21 2007, 22:21, said:

You're a bit special, aren't you....

They are a Partick fan so they would have to be

[North Stand Bairn]

Was it the same guy as last night? From what I saw of the game, he had a really good game.

[MiniCooler]

North Stand Bairn, on Oct 5 2007, 20:09, said:

Was it the same guy as last night? From what I saw of the game, he had a really good game.

[b]Ref: Olivier Thual (France).

This post has been edited by MiniCooler: 05 October 2007 - 21:30

[David W]

North Stand Bairn, on Oct 5 2007, 20:09, said:

Was it the same guy as last night? From what I saw of the game, he had a really good game.

Agreed. Had a dodgy couple of minutes in the second half but in general was excellent.