: Tue Mar 03, 2009 1:36 am
WVRLCMatt wrote:
Yeh mate take your black and white Specs off.
I thought he had an ok game, but was quite strict (for both sides) on technical offences. We seemed to get pinged for a high number of penalties, but yet I can't remember us putting in hardly any high or dirty tackles. I also thought in the 1st half Blackpool were pushing their luck with high tackles and Alcock in particular seemed to be getting away with a lot. I think its a shame when blatent dirty play goes unpunished but teams are hammered for minor infrigements.
So overall, didn't make any blunders, but like so many refs, got too involved instead of letting the game flow (and then get involved when he has to). I could be wrong but I would imagine the total number of penalties was quite high and yet it wasn't a dirty game at all really. I suppose its not their fault - if they dont keep the letter of the law, they'll soon be pulled into line.