Great responseQuit yer whinging.
No it wasn't.Great response
no he didn't, unless you count friendlies.Jeff Winter used to ref Middlesbrough matches.
He’s from the Wirral Its the equivalent of somebody from Hartlepool refereeing a Boro match.
Exactly this.I admired Mike's decision to let play go on. It's becoming boring that so many players go to ground and hold their heads regardless of where their injury is, knowing the ref will stop play. Wasn't the Newcastle player treated for a leg problem eventually ?
Besides, it's a bit rich of Eddie Howe, the former manager of Bournemouth, the diving kings, to moan.
Personally I’d say too local for there to be a question of being biased. He didn’t do himself any favours last night.is that a good thing or bad?!
Or someone from Sunderland refereeing a Newcastle match?He’s from the Wirral Its the equivalent of somebody from Hartlepool refereeing a Boro match.
Part of the issue I suppose is that it's unsporting to pretend you have a head injury, or any injury really, with the intention of stopping the other team or having the game stopped. Unless the referee is certain it's a head injury then I don't think he should blow his whistle. I also think the FA should retrospectively punish players who pretend to be injured. You see players all the time, going down holding heads, knees and ankles when there has been little or no contact. There just isn't the will to do it, unfortunately. We had Ched Evans do it to Paddy McNair at the Riverside a few weeks back. He went down pretending he had a head injury, trying to get McNair sent off. The referee did nothing. He appeared to know what Evans was up to but didn't even speak to him about it. Instead we just had another 40, 50, 60 seconds of the game wasted while he laboured to his feet.Or someone from Sunderland refereeing a Newcastle match?
I thought it was unsporting to continue playing when a player appeared to have a head injury. But par for the course these days.
Still doesn't compare to the Derby vs Boro game many years ago, when we kicked out the ball because I think Cooper was injured, and when Derby threw in we stood around expecting the ball while they ran in and scored. 3-0 up and they took Boksic off with 15 minutes to go is my memory - ended up 3-3. Brilliant management decision. It was a while ago so perhaps my memory is wrong.
Not sure there’s that much rivalry between Tranmere and Liverpool.Or someone from Sunderland refereeing a Newcastle match?
I thought it was unsporting to continue playing when a player appeared to have a head injury. But par for the course these days.
Still doesn't compare to the Derby vs Boro game many years ago, when we kicked out the ball because I think Cooper was injured, and when Derby threw in we stood around expecting the ball while they ran in and scored. 3-0 up and they took Boksic off with 15 minutes to go is my memory - ended up 3-3. Brilliant management decision. It was a while ago so perhaps my memory is wrong.