The Real Buh 3,423 Posted January 30, 2021 Get the digs in here lads! What can we do to cool his Latin fire and tenacity!? Maybe send him to Ipswich for a week to depress him a bit? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Petriix 2,834 Posted January 30, 2021 Obviously Emi's been a wally. But the ref has been abysmal, letting them get away with everything from Colin's dirty playbook. Foul after foul off the ball not given. They are playing rugby while we're trying to play football. It's 12 against 10 out there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Real Buh 3,423 Posted January 30, 2021 Just now, Petriix said: Obviously Emi's been a wally. But the ref has been abysmal, letting them get away with everything from Colin's dirty playbook. Foul after foul off the ball not given. They are playing rugby while we're trying to play football. It's 12 against 10 out there. Another short ref you can plot a graph on referee height vs effectiveness. The shorter they are the more embittered they are generally about life and therefore refereeing. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Branston Pickle 3,635 Posted January 30, 2021 (edited) It was always going to be given - when you see the challenge again it does look harsh but in real time no one would have given a second thought. Edited January 30, 2021 by Branston Pickle Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ken Hairy 3,759 Posted January 30, 2021 Not really, both yellows are harsh. Stroud has had a shocker. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
horsefly 4,287 Posted January 30, 2021 He was clearly pushed before the first yellow which is why the ball got away from him. Ref was appalling Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Making Plans 936 Posted January 30, 2021 Ref had a bad game but so did we. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NFN FC 1,123 Posted January 30, 2021 Emi gets yellow, take Emi off, replace with another player. Keep 11 men on pitch. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thirsty Lizard 3,155 Posted January 30, 2021 9 minutes ago, Ken Hairy said: Not really, both yellows are harsh. Stroud has had a shocker. He can have no complaints about the first yellow card. Second yellow is border line, but there was absolutely no need for him to be sliding in like that in an uncontrolled manner. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hogesar 9,618 Posted January 30, 2021 32 minutes ago, The Real Buh said: Another short ref you can plot a graph on referee height vs effectiveness. The shorter they are the more embittered they are generally about life and therefore refereeing. This is a fact. Stroud is a p*ss poor referee. Weirdly, the Emi sending off was one of his lesser bad-decisions today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keelansgrandad 6,679 Posted January 30, 2021 A second yellow was always likely as Emi wasn't orchestrating things as normal. I think D F could have replaced him at half time and it would have made no difference. They weren't looking to score and we were incapable of doing it ourselves. We now have to do without him for a whole match instead. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coneys Knee 941 Posted January 30, 2021 Might be a blessing in disguise. A one match ban gives him a rest for the Swansea game and allows us to mix it up with what’s available on the bench. didn’t help us today but with or without 11 on the pitch today I couldn’t see us scoring. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Newtopia 517 Posted January 30, 2021 I do not understand some of the decisions today. Boro players regularly slid into challenges, often after the ball had gone and it was not a foul, and there were cases where they blocked runs off the ball, and they were not given as fouls. I do not understand why Emi’s challenge was worse than a number of other tackles, although it was clearly coming. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Smith 2,314 Posted January 30, 2021 Boro players just screamed every time we tackled them and were rewarded with free kicks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A Load of Squit 5,128 Posted January 30, 2021 11 minutes ago, Coneys Knee said: Might be a blessing in disguise. A one match ban gives him a rest for the Swansea game and allows us to mix it up with what’s available on the bench. didn’t help us today but with or without 11 on the pitch today I couldn’t see us scoring. It's a 2 match ban. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coneys Knee 941 Posted January 30, 2021 2 minutes ago, A Load of Squit said: It's a 2 match ban. Really? What for two soft yellows? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ron obvious 1,499 Posted January 30, 2021 4 minutes ago, A Load of Squit said: It's a 2 match ban. I thought it was 1 match for 2 yellows & 3 for a straight red? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A Load of Squit 5,128 Posted January 30, 2021 2 minutes ago, Coneys Knee said: Really? What for two soft yellows? Probably as it's his 2nd red of the season. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GJL Mid-Norfolk Canary 1,735 Posted January 30, 2021 2 games apparantly....not quite so clever now, especially as one os vs swansea ..all for a challenge he pulled out of and a card we apparantly cant appeal. A fortnight off now for Emi.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canary Wundaboy 1,358 Posted January 30, 2021 One thing that has infuriated me is that Emi made 2 fouls and got booked for both. Game after game we have players fouled, pushed off the ball, hauled to the ground etc and get nothing, not to mention players booked against us who then commit multiple fouls and get “warnings” instead of the 2nd yellow. The moment it’s Emi that 2nd yellow is instant, it isn’t even thought about. That’s why Farke HAS to take him off when he gets booked. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Christoph Stiepermann 1,131 Posted January 30, 2021 (edited) I hate how teams and managers with more of a reputation for playing dirty get given more leeway by refs. It's something I've been noticing for years, like how refs are afraid to give out loads of cards every game against physical teams because it will reflect poorly on them as if they can't control the game so they let them get away with things that teams like us can't. You get different rules for bigger and smaller players aswell. If theres a coming together and the bigger player knocks the smaller one over it's using his strength, if the same challenge occurs and the big player falls over they always get a free kick because it's assumed the smaller player must have cheated, it's why Emi is constantly penalized for his 50/50 duels (not that his challenges today were mind you). Really annoys me when refs set different standards for certain teams and players. Edited January 30, 2021 by Christoph Stiepermann Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smooth 114 Posted January 30, 2021 Never should have been sent off, there were a few highlights of him tacking in our box. That was the problem, I dont want him tackling, Aaron's was pushed backed and our threat was diminished. Vrancic had that chance in the first half and I wish we had taken it. We will play well without Buendia but we need players to genuinely step up. Today they did not. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Foxy2600 297 Posted January 30, 2021 Stroud - short version of Wiggy Clattenburg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mutley 73 Posted January 30, 2021 Two game ban apparently? Why? It’s normally one isn’t it for two bookings in a game Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
K Lo 221 Posted January 30, 2021 I don't think that Emi is suited to these physical games... horses for courses and all that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KeiranShikari 1,409 Posted January 30, 2021 Just now, Mutley said: Two game ban apparently? Why? It’s normally one isn’t it for two bookings in a game Second red of the season. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mutley 73 Posted January 30, 2021 3 minutes ago, KeiranShikari said: Second red of the season. Thanks for explaining.....that’s worrying as the likelihood is EMI will get another two yellow red before the end of the season. Will that mean a three game ban? Farke will be needing to always take him off after a yellow in future games now if he’s smart. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cantiaci Canary 556 Posted January 30, 2021 Gutted to lose him for Swansea but he's not been at his best recently ... perhaps the wee rest will be a blessing in disguise and we have a deep squad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Feedthewolf 4,844 Posted January 30, 2021 6 minutes ago, Mutley said: Thanks for explaining.....that’s worrying as the likelihood is EMI will get another two yellow red before the end of the season. Will that mean a three game ban? Farke will be needing to always take him off after a yellow in future games now if he’s smart. Yep. And if he got a straight red, it'd be five matches (three for the offence, plus an extra game for each of the two previous reds). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites