The Ref

[jonno]

Now i am Hibee through and through, and i wouldny protect a Jambo, however with the refs performance today, is he Vlad right, do the old firm get more decsions than us and the rest of the SPL, well on todays peformance(the ref)i would i would say i agree 100 % with Vlad.

[ECKtheHIBEE]

Vlads an erse, i wouldnt agree with him if my life depended on it.

[jonno]

so you dinney agree the old firm get the decision in there favour mate ?

[Tibs]

Originally Posted by jonno

Now i am Hibee through and through, and i wouldny protect a Jambo, however with the refs performance today, is he Vlad right, do the old firm get more decsions than us and the rest of the SPL, well on todays peformance(the ref)i would i would say i agree 100 % with Vlad.

Apart from Jones's booking which looked harsh from where I was, I thought he was ok. didnt think our penalty claim was strong but didn't have that good a view of it

[ECKtheHIBEE]

Originally Posted by jonno

so you dinney agree the old firm get the decision in there favour mate ?

Of course i agree with that, its been said for years, It'll never change thats for sure.

[Hibee_Lisa]

thought the jones penalty was a stonewaller!

[jonno]

Originally Posted by Tibs

Apart from Jones's booking which looked harsh from where I was, I thought he was ok. didnt think our penalty claim was strong but didn't have that good a view of it

I didney have a great view of the penalty either mate, however, the free kick which lead to the goal, to me wasny a free kick, also there was other decsion which i canny remember went against us

Cheers for the reply mate.

[striker9]

Originally Posted by jonno

Now i am Hibee through and through, and i wouldny protect a Jambo, however with the refs performance today, is he Vlad right, do the old firm get more decsions than us and the rest of the SPL, well on todays peformance(the ref)i would i would say i agree 100 % with Vlad.

If you know your history !!! The refs have been against us all season !!! what for. playing free flowing football

[Gunnerhibby]

Dinnae normally subscribe tae conspiracy theorists angle that blames the blatant "refs in the back-pocket of the OF" but I saw something yesterday that made me think there might be something in it from the Masonic angle.

At the start of the match, after the toss for centre/choose ends, Richmond went over to the 4th official(Freeland) and handed him the coin, but it was the way he handed it to him that was unusual. Instead of just droping into his hand, he also gave him the Masonic handshake, not a full handshake more a fingershake, and rubbing his thumb between the knuckles of 3rd and 4th fingers, then bringing up his other hand to disguise it. I could see this clearly from where I sat and thought it was strange to say the least.

Anybody else see this?

[500miles]

Originally Posted by Gunnerhibby

Dinnae normally subscribe tae conspiracy theorists angle that blames the blatant "refs in the back-pocket of the OF" but I saw something yesterday that made me think there might be something in it from the Masonic angle.

At the start of the match, after the toss for centre/choose ends, Richmond went over to the 4th official(Freeland) and handed him the coin, but it was the way he handed it to him that was unusual. Instead of just droping into his hand, he also gave him the Masonic handshake, not a full handshake more a fingershake, and rubbing his thumb between the knuckles of 3rd and 4th fingers, then bringing up his other hand to disguise it. I could see this clearly from where I sat and thought it was strange to say the least.

Anybody else see this?

The Edinburgh Masonic Club sponsor Simon Brown - a coincidence? I think not!!!!

[Laughlan]

Originally Posted by 500miles

The Edinburgh Masonic Club sponsor Simon Brown - a coincidence? I think not!!!!

[jarko wiss]

The ref was equally poor for both sides. there seems to be no such thing as a 50-50 anymore, the player who comes out worse gets the free kick. It also seems that even if you win the ball fairly in a slide challenge but also knock the player of his feet it's a foul eg Rob Jones' booking. It makes me sick.

[Forzahibs]

Originally Posted by jarko wiss

The ref was equally poor for both sides. there seems to be no such thing as a 50-50 anymore, the player who comes out worse gets the free kick. It also seems that even if you win the ball fairly in a slide challenge but also knock the player of his feet it's a foul eg Rob Jones' booking. It makes me sick.

The linesman would have had a great view of the incident , Jones won the ball which deflected off Boyds shins as he fell . For me it was a great tackle but the ref would have seen it from behind and i can see why he thought Jones got nothing on the ball , the linesman however was about level , these clowns do bugger all to assist the ref no wonder refs get so much stick