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MickaelDebevePhenomenal said:
She was really poor, gave some very questionable decisions both ways, and booked plenty when there was probably only one bookable challenge in the game (Aylings).

Not that the standard of male officiating has been much better this season. It's not a question of gender, it's a question of capability, and she was poor.
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Malaguena said:
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Such a ridiculous response. If it was a male referee everyone would be saying what a silly decision. Because it's a female, the narrative becomes that you can't criticise the decision.

I will happily debate footy all day long on here, why people resort to insults is beyond me. Probably because the are defending the indefensible
 
Linny said:
She’s got no chance of knowing for sure from there. 30 yards away and behind the ball. Not looking down the line. She’s be guessing to give it so played on.
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She has direct line of site, the ball is on the line, and the keeper is still miles away from it. If she is deferring to the lino, in that scenario, she is gonna struggle
 
MickaelDebevePhenomenal said:
Such a ridiculous response. If it was a male referee everyone would be saying what a silly decision. Because it's a female, the narrative becomes that you can't criticise the decision.

I will happily debate footy all day long on here, why people resort to insults is beyond me. Probably because the are defending the indefensible
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You can criticise and debate the decision, no one is stopping you. It was an incorrect decision but she can’t make it for sure from where she is, she can’t clearly see the curvature of the ball over the line. You need to be able to see down the line to make line calls not 30 yards and at a 90 degree angle.

She made a few poor decisions that she did see clearly. The foul she gave against Jones when he got up the ball first, the good tackle by Barlaser, the Ayling dive.

No one is saying you can’t criticise her decisions. People just have different opinions.

She was ok, we’ve had worse.
 
TeaCider said:
She can't see the line from 30 yards away.

The official who's actually meant to judge these things said it wasn't out.
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This incident happened just in front of me. The ball was a good 12 inches over the line. The lines man was at 5 yards behind the play. By the time he had reached the corner flag the keeper had dragged it back into play.. Refs view was probably obscured by the keeper and other players.
 
She was fine. No better or worse than her male colleagues. It wasn’t an easy game to referee as there was loads of stupid little fouls. The type a ref has to give, but would prefer not as it really stops the game gaining momentum.
 
Decent ref.

For the corner incident, which too much is being made of, the TV camera in the east stand didn't pick it up, the behind goal camera did. It wasn't an easy spot by any means.
 
Caesium137 said:
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Doesn't look it, but as said above harder to see square on than across the line, and if she wasn't sure she couldn't give it.
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Ball is clearly still in play in this shot, what do you think it proves? After this the keeper lunges across and with his right hand pulls the ball to his chest. Short of X-ray vision the ref cannot possibly see the ball over the line. The big giveaway is the body language and behaviour of the Swans players who drift towards the goal before realising that the keeper has got away with it and move up the field.
 
There was barely a decision I disagreed with all game (except the obvious corner, which is clearly the linesman's call because of the way vision and depth perception work).

Should have booked Thomas for his pull back when beaten.

I suspect she is much better than the equivalents at this level because she will have been fighting against prejudice the whole way.
 
Muttley said:
Ball is clearly still in play in this shot, what do you think it proves? After this the keeper lunges across and with his right hand pulls the ball to his chest. Short of X-ray vision the ref cannot possibly see the ball over the line. The big giveaway is the body language and behaviour of the Swans players who drift towards the goal before realising that the keeper has got away with it and move up the field.
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I was simply showing she had a good view as the ball was traveling towards the line. I wasn't trying to show that the ball was out of/in play. A few people have said she had no chance of seeing it, or that the linesman had a better view, I don't think he did.

What do you think me stating 'if she wasn't sure she couldn't give it' 'proves' on the matter?
 
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