Referee for Burton

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Tom Reeves

Another very inexperienced ref at this level

Only done 4 league 1 games so far

In his 14 various games this season he has dished out 54 yellow cards

[Catte]

Of the Referee's we have had this season not the worst and we have had some wrong uns, main gripe for me at this level is consistency.
Let a lot go including the challenge in the centre of the pitch, last season would have been a foul for Charlton this season not always (consistency) and then Bradley got on the end of the cross which on scrutiny went in finally off his hand, not easy to see and would have been disallowed if there was VAR in our Division.
Also after we had gone 2-1 up he missed a challenge in the midfield that should have been a card, but played on and I do not think he went back to it.

Middle of the road Ref with some potential, kind of what you get in this league.

[Gone_Shrimping]

Of the Referee's we have had this season not the worst and we have had some wrong uns, main gripe for me at this level is consistency.
Let a lot go including the challenge in the centre of the pitch, last season would have been a foul for Charlton this season not always (consistency) and then Bradley got on the end of the cross which on scrutiny went in finally off his hand, not easy to see and would have been disallowed if there was VAR in our Division.
Also after we had gone 2-1 up he missed a challenge in the midfield that should have been a card, but played on and I do not think he went back to it.

Middle of the road Ref with some potential, kind of what you get in this league.

Last Saturdays was a shocker. 2 huge decisions wrong. He disallowed a Morecambe goal for offside which was shown to be a yard onside. 2 penalties for Ipswich , no complaints about the first which they then missed but for the 2nd Bedeau clearly played the ball. Ipswich are a good side but the referee influenced the score.

[Keith]

Last Saturdays was a shocker. 2 huge decisions wrong. He disallowed a Morecambe goal for offside which was shown to be a yard onside. 2 penalties for Ipswich , no complaints about the first which they then missed but for the 2nd Bedeau clearly played the ball. Ipswich are a good side but the referee influenced the score.

To be fair, the linesman got the off-side wrong, the ref has to take the decision from him, and the other linesman probably gave the decision for the second penalty. I'm not sure that one was clear either way. Ive watched it a few times and I'm not sure if Bedeau got the ball or not. But yes, they were collectively poor. I'd also add, the ref gave us a poor decision too, Ipswich should have had a penalty in the first half, that wasn't given.

[Catte]

I can live with them being bad, the ones we had in League 2 seemed to have a vendetta, it and this maybe me seeing this through a supporters eye that the Ref's blamed Bolton for surviving Admin. and Bury not.
I know some fans still see it this way, but both clubs linked by nearby location are not linked financially.

This season and last they are slightly better, but there are some truly awful Ref's still, rushed up the pyramid without experience to control a game and the older Pro's spot this and manipulate them. Hence Ipswich players running round with the imaginary card.

Saw the highlights of the Morecambe game, thought the offside was a rough call made by the Lino but the Ref can over rule, and the second Pen is a tough one to call if he was not sure then could have been swayed by the Lino. I think at that point an experienced Ref calls it on what he saw and takes criticism afterwards if wrong.
Seen enough from that game to think DA is getting things and style under control, still think you will be ok. How long that is ok for the fans is another matter, teams can yoyo between 1 & 2 suspect you will need to survive with DA another couple of seasons before moving forwards.

[Gone_Shrimping]

I can live with them being bad, the ones we had in League 2 seemed to have a vendetta, it and this maybe me seeing this through a supporters eye that the Ref's blamed Bolton for surviving Admin. and Bury not.
I know some fans still see it this way, but both clubs linked by nearby location are not linked financially.

This season and last they are slightly better, but there are some truly awful Ref's still, rushed up the pyramid without experience to control a game and the older Pro's spot this and manipulate them. Hence Ipswich players running round with the imaginary card.

Saw the highlights of the Morecambe game, thought the offside was a rough call made by the Lino but the Ref can over rule, and the second Pen is a tough one to call if he was not sure then could have been swayed by the Lino. I think at that point an experienced Ref calls it on what he saw and takes criticism afterwards if wrong.
Seen enough from that game to think DA is getting things and style under control, still think you will be ok. How long that is ok for the fans is another matter, teams can yoyo between 1 & 2 suspect you will need to survive with DA another couple of seasons before moving forwards.

Our problem is that the big clubs like Ipswich last Saturday get most of the big decisions. Every time the ball was played up to Stockton , Keogh I think it was had his arms round Stockton's throat. Not one free kick for Morecambe but as soon as Stockton uses his strength on a defender he blew for a foul.