I honestly think it's fair to say that the ref was the biggest reason we lost. There were other reasons but the referee was no 1. Watching the Bournemouth player pick up the ball and throw it to the fans in the final minutes without a card was perhaps the biggest cherry on top. I honestly don't blame refs for results. It's very rare I say that.
Different perspectives are strange. I thought Stroud was our 12th man including not sending Willock off! No shame in that loss. Their keeper was a man possessed and had great luck with him tonight. A very hard combination to play against. Tough old games in next two and hope we can get some points from them.
Clives twitter feed..... please log in to view this image LoftforWords @LoftforWords · 6m Unlucky, big effort, thought Jordy/ Gray had both done it nr end. Never going to keep rescuing games so frustrating to give them a lead again (and we did give them it). Big up Keith Stroud as always. Another fun night on day release from the secure unit. Prick.
Disappointing result but with their GK inspired & bad misses that’s what you get **** all, to me it stems from Dickies bad mistake as Bournemouth wasn’t in it at the time & then their confidence grew, oh well we move to next match
Parker always seems to make his teams horrible to play against. Unfortunately I reckon they'll be promoted.
I mentioned it as it was happening; the ref did not protect Willock at all in this game. They hounded him with fouls, tugs, pushes. If the ref had actually protected Willock, he wouldn't have struck out. I sympathise with Willock.
It was probably a general comment about his ability to actually make the right decisions in those situations........agree Willock should have got a red card but they should have had a couple of red cards as well as he allowed players to make multiple fouls with just a warning...... But Stroud wasn't the sole reason we lost, their keeper was inspired last 20 minutes and their 2nd goal was well worked........ could have been 3 down when they hit the post before we scored....... Every reason to feel positive for the rest of the season........
Stroud missed a lot of their niggly stuff, but did seem to give us a lot in the last ten minutes that you wouldn't always get. Willock's little kick out was stupid, but I didn't think it warranted more than a yellow. He is a **** ref, though.
The ref was a useless ****. ( Again .. ****ing Keith Stroud. ) Along with the Sky commentators ( and a massive big up to the useless Lee Hendrie ) he helped **** Bournemouth off throughout that game! Horrible team and horrible manager. WWI hairstyle nonce. Although Dickie should've gone long asap, Dieng should've gone long instead of passing it to him. That was the start of the downfall. Clear your lines ffs! Kakay stranded in no man's land for the second goal. Shocking awareness and defending. I don't think he should appear for us ever again. Todd Kane for all his faults was a better option than him. His nan died last night.
Absolutely. I'm pretty sure we'd have equalised had Charlie been there, given the amount of balls we sent into the box.
This is what weak/**** referees do. They're too afraid or lazy to make hard decisions and give cards earlier in the game and only feel comfortable giving out consequences to players right near the end, when it feels safer to do so. An example: he had to give a yellow card for shirt pulling somewhat early in the first half. One minute later another player made a definite yellow card foul on a player who would have been through their back line. Ref didn't give that yellow because he had just given the one before.
Bizarre post Dickie was totally to blame, we don't play hoof it up football thank god and 2nd goal was whoever let Solanke get in front of him, and the Todd Kane comment is totally hilarious