refs

Yep Tigers, you got that right. But did the rferees whistle blow a fraction before he scored??

Denis, no smoke without fire and there has been one constant this season. Yes our players mess up and yes we are the authors of our own demise but it doesn't help when we get about 5% of the 50/50 CALLS. and about 30% of the calls that really should have gone our way. The Players sent off against us got it because it was so blatent. Think about the number that should have gone but didn't. we're no angels either bt the card stats show we are getting our share of punishments too.

I'm certainly not blaming the referee for us losing. We weren't good enough, end of story.

Think it's a natural reaction tho', to look at big decisions which might have gone our way which may have had a bearing on the game and there were some talking points last night, the 'penalty', the disallowed goal, the Adelaide player not getting a second yellow for chopping Daniel late in the 2nd half.....

It's football, referees are an easy target to take your frustration out on.  Auckland Jag2007-12-01 13:10:54

efne the aussie commnetator just said, dead set pen for the foul on felipe!!

We cant lay all the blame on the ref but some of his calls were just bullsh*t.Like when he didnt give a 2nd yellow in the 2nd half after daniel was ripped down,looked  like he didnt want to reduce them to 9 men.
Just bloody annoying that for the 3rd week in a row we cant take advantage against 10.

When is a penalty not a penalty? when you have to awrd it to the Phoenix!

The disallowed goal was one thing, but missing the penalty for Felipe was worse.  I also have to seriously question the refereeing when two Adelaide defenders (one I believe was on a yellow) come across late in the game in injury game from memory for cynical late, professional fouls when the game was opening game - yet neither, despite being cynical professional fouls cops cards, I don't even know if they copped a warning.

We lost the game on our own accord, but that bloke really should consider refereeing rugby union.  He's about their standard.

this topics getting a bit heated the a league really needs to look at bringing in some more reliable refs there are some that are good and some that pull out shockers

correct me if i'm wrong (i haven't seen the replay) but didn't he get booked the 2nd time but not the 1st? or did someone else do it as well?

All I want is to see a referee who gives consistant decisions to both teams playing. Is that too much to ask for?

Plodder got booked FFS! PMSL

Was plodder booked for chatting to the linesman?

Think he was booked for gobbing off at the linesman. On telly it looked like the lino said it was the 4th time something had happened/been said. If so, Christie's a muppet for copping a stupid booking IMO.

No. We're Wellington. Hurricanes still get good crowds, and they lose heaps.

Yep I'm afraid I have to agree with some that ref bashing has sadly been justified some games. There are days (like yesterday) when you just know the ref seems anti-Phoenix.  I'm putting it down to one of those 'first season in the A-league' things. Hopefully the refs and others will get used to the Phoenix presence after this season, and won't seem so bloody-minded against us. To me it's pretty clear though that some of that exists. It's quite distinct from the gun the Phoenix keep re-loading and shooting themselves in the foot with. That's another matter entirely!!! 

agree that the referee's are terrible, altho coupled with there sheer incompetence is the way players go about there tackling and play in the a-league. I swear if a premier league ref came over here and did a few games each team would finish with 9 men everytime. The malicious tackling in the a-league is absurd, only beaten with the absurd referees who do nothing about it. Almost every game i watch i see players get hopped down with no intention to get the ball, yet half the time they don't even get carded. 

we have recieved the same treatmeant the past two weeks we have scored a goal in the last minutes and the referee has blown a free kick i tell u we were pissed off. agostino scored against newcatsle breeze disallowed it and then we scored aganist perth and o'leary disallowed it.  

I recently did a ref course i referee junior and hopefully next season in the south australian state league and maybe one day the a-league. yeah people r quick to blame the ref.  against central coast we faced the same problem we had lots more corners but could not make them pay for it.