Worst Refereeing Decision I've Ever Seen

[Thirsty Lizard 3,215]

Waited till I got home so I could see it again.

What an absolute and complete and total utter joke.

A little bit of jostling - not even holding - in the box and the ref rules out Kenny's brilliant 25 yard equaliser.

They really don't want us to go up do they?

[GJL Mid-Norfolk Canary 2,035]

The only consolation is that he blew the whistle before we scored. If he'd have found a way to disallow it after we'd scored it would be all the more annoying

[Branston Pickle 4,149]

I was rather surprised- did it have any impact on the shot/goal? It seemed pretty odd for it to have been disallowed.

[canarydan23 4,761]

I haven't seen the replay but live it seemed like the correct decision. Hanley was a complete idiot, absolutely no reason to do what he did and it had not material impact on the goal, so totally and utterly pointless.

[AJ 1,358]

4 minutes ago, Branston Pickle said:

I was rather surprised- did it have any impact on the shot/goal? It seemed pretty odd for it to have been disallowed.

Unfortunately wrestling another player off the ball is still a foul. It was the correct decision.

[Mason 47 1,924]

This can't possibly be a serious take that its the correct call? I've bumped into people with more consequence in a busy Tesco

Anywhere else on the pitch, in any situation pretty much, that doesn't even get a second look. Every single corner ever taken would result in an automatic free kick or penalty.

It doesn't excuse us for managing to lose the game, you have to take that on the chin. Shouldn't have been in that situation. But taking that moment on its own, its a horrendous call.

[Branston Pickle 4,149]

I’ve not seen it and don’t suppose I will now. It is what it is - but it’s odd that the ref saw it and blew when they miss that sort of thing all game long at corners.

[hogesar 10,762]

Technically you could argue it was a free kick but if so you would have to give a penalty for every single corner taken. All a bit bizarre.

[Thirsty Lizard 3,215]

It's the sort of physical contact which literally happens hundreds of times in every game. An utterly ridiculous decision. 

[Hank shoots Skyler 2,094]

Most confusing to me is that it was a good 10 yards away from the actual play, it looked pretty innocuous watching live but I haven’t seen it back. Either way I can’t think of many times - if ever - where a ref has pulled back for such a foul against the team in possession, when the ball was that far away from the play. If the ball was rolling through to that area of the pitch then you could understand it more.  

Shades of the Derby 3-4 when the floodlights went out. A very strange event compounding a very strange game…

[Ken Hairy 4,272]

Meh, it was no Simon Hooper/Cameron Jerome 🤷

[Canary Jedi 610]

Just seen the replay. Anyone have the ref’s address please?

[Virtual reality 860]

That decision is bordering on corrupt . Couldn’t see anything in it at the ground and the replays show nothing 

[canarydan23 4,761]

1 minute ago, Virtual reality said:

That decision is bordering on corrupt . Couldn’t see anything in it at the ground and the replays show nothing 

I thought it was the right call at the ground, he needlessly had both arms up at the Preston player. Looks less clearcut on YouTube just now but it was a ****ing idiotic and pointless thing to do. Yes it happens all the time at set pieces but this wasn't a set piece.

Hanley owes McLean a goal bonus. Gave the ref the opportunity to be a ****, and football refs will always take them.

[Robert N. LiM 6,277]

Arguably his worst decision in the game was not sending Byram off

 

[Mason 47 1,924]

1 minute ago, canarydan23 said:

Yes it happens all the time at set pieces but this wasn't a set piece.

There aren't separate rules for set pieces though. There are hundreds of little physical tussles per game that are just part of the dna of the game, and this was no different. 

It's an outrageous decision. As I've said, it doesn't excuse allowing us to be in the situation where we need a last gasp equaliser. But objectively speaking it's absurd.

[AJ 1,358]

52 minutes ago, Robert N. LiM said:

Arguably his worst decision in the game was not sending Byram off

 

I think had the game been played with VAR he would have indeed seen red for that

[CANARYKING 707]

Just watched the highlights five times and I can’t see any foul

[GJL Mid-Norfolk Canary 2,035]

Whilst i cant see why the whistle was blown , it was clearly blown before McLean's shot and a couple of their players had stopped.

[Capt. Pants 5,008]

Would've been an interesting one for VAR, but the whistle had blown before McLean shot. It was probably the weakest freekick all afternoon.

Useless ref really.

 

 

 

[Well b back 3,603]

At the start of the season players were told any time wasting would result in a yellow card. To that end the first championship game of the season saw Burnley play I cant remember. However the ref branded a yellow card as soon as anyone wasted any time. Today as pointed out on radio Norfolk the first yellow card for time wasting was shown after 96 minutes and even that could arguably have been a red for 2 yellows, the Preston player kicked the ball away into the crowd and was then subsequently yellow carded for delaying the taking of the throw.

Give the goalies a yellow card ( as in that 1st game ) the first time they waste time and strangely they won’t do it again.

It was also agreed minimal contact would no longer be a free kick. 
Consequently I am struggling to understand the refereeing today.

[ricardo 8,034]

Get over it. Sometimes it goes for you sometimes it doesn't. I feel a bit sorry for Kenny there, because it was a great strike.

Had we been using VAR, Byrom would have walked so its swings and roundabouts.

Edited October 8, 2022 by ricardo

[hogesar 10,762]

3 minutes ago, ricardo said:

Get over it. Sometimes it goes for you sometimes it doesn't. I feel a bit sorry for Kenny there, because it was a great strike.

Had we been using VAR, Byrom would have walked so its swings and roundabouts.

To be fair, had we been using VAR we would have had minimum 3 penalties this season. Unfortunately that sort of thing hasn't levelled out for us yet.

[Thirsty Lizard 3,215]

8 minutes ago, ricardo said:

Get over it. Sometimes it goes for you sometimes it doesn't. I feel a bit sorry for Kenny there, because it was a great strike.

Had we been using VAR, Byrom would have walked so its swings and roundabouts.

Serious question Ricardo. You've been watching football a long time. Can you ever remember seeing a goal ruled out like that before? I can't.

[SwearyCanary 1,340]

Whistle clearly blew beforehand though. I’ve seen plenty of fouls that weren’t fouls given as fouls. They are ten a penny. The fact Kenny scored is irrelevant. He hadn’t even started his back lift before the whistle blew, it’s just he played on anyway and it happened to go in. He knew it wouldn’t count before he hit it, whether it should’ve been a foul or not 

[ricardo 8,034]

Just now, Thirsty Lizard said:

Serious question Ricardo. You've been watching football a long time. Can you ever remember seeing a goal ruled out like that before? I can't.

No it was rather strange but the ref bew up before the shot so i think he had already made up his mind to give the foul. Had the shot been saved or gone over the bar it wouldnt have been worthy of mention. Im as disappointed as anyone else but I don't  let it eat me up anymore. 

[Branston Pickle 4,149]

3 minutes ago, hogesar said:

To be fair, had we been using VAR we would have had minimum 3 penalties this season. Unfortunately that sort of thing hasn't levelled out for us yet.

Tbh I think we are still waiting for decisions from 2-3 seasons ago to “level out”?!  And 3 ref-missed pens this season is definitely a minimum.

  Maybe some think Byram got away with one but the ref was right on top of it, and I didn’t think so at the time…and of course it’s always ‘interesting’ to see a player who can’t even stand/walk one minute sprinting up the pitch the next.

[dylanisabaddog 6,133]

Strange incident at River End in the second half. Ref measured 10 yards and drew his line. A Preston player was standing 11 yards away and he tried to make him move forward a yard which he didn't want to do. The referee got quite heated about it. 

It was a poor game made worse by the ref who made numerous mistakes affecting both sides. 

[canarycop 232]

51 minutes ago, dylanisabaddog said:

Strange incident at River End in the second half. Ref measured 10 yards and drew his line. A Preston player was standing 11 yards away and he tried to make him move forward a yard which he didn't want to do. The referee got quite heated about it. 

It was a poor game made worse by the ref who made numerous mistakes affecting both sides. 

Yes I saw that and wondered what the hell he was doing. Another strange piece of refereeing which really doesn't seem to get any better

[sgncfc 1,330]

Every ref is poor at this level; it's just a fact we have to get used to. Would still rather have a poor ref than bloody VAR though. I actually thought yesterday's was better than most. He didn't book them for time wasting early enough but he also didn't red card Byram which he could easily have done. It was a foul by Hanley and he whistled before Kenny even struck the ball.