Xman
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First of all, I was at this game which turned out to be quite an unpredictable encounter and I suppose when you factor out all the misery for myself it was an entertaining game. I thought I would start a thread on this. Despite the decision to send off Robert Snodgrass being the key moment in the game, I thought the referee Mr. Gautier done well and can be pleased with all of the decisions he took despite the fact that there were sufficient important decisions to call it a challenging match:
- Correct to award a foul for an infringement on Alan McGregor in the 1st minute when Robson-Kanu was about to put the ball in the net
- very good consistent cautions for really poor fouls by both Aaron Ramsey and Grant Hanley
- two terrible challenges by Snodgrass consistently dealt with to produce a red card (possibly straight red for the first one?)
- Done well for the penalty award to see if Wales had a suitable clear advantage before courageously awarding the spot kick (although difficult to tell whether he missed it and the assistant gave it?)
- Didn't bottle out of showing Ramsey a straight red card despite the "safe" decision being to show a second yellow - very important in the opinion of observers
In summary, from my point of view it was another painful result to take, and had the red card and penalty not happened, I believe we would've went on to win the game comfortably, just a sign that things really aren't going our way. However, for the purposes of this forum, I think it's fair to say the ref had a really good game. Thoughts?
- Correct to award a foul for an infringement on Alan McGregor in the 1st minute when Robson-Kanu was about to put the ball in the net
- very good consistent cautions for really poor fouls by both Aaron Ramsey and Grant Hanley
- two terrible challenges by Snodgrass consistently dealt with to produce a red card (possibly straight red for the first one?)
- Done well for the penalty award to see if Wales had a suitable clear advantage before courageously awarding the spot kick (although difficult to tell whether he missed it and the assistant gave it?)
- Didn't bottle out of showing Ramsey a straight red card despite the "safe" decision being to show a second yellow - very important in the opinion of observers
In summary, from my point of view it was another painful result to take, and had the red card and penalty not happened, I believe we would've went on to win the game comfortably, just a sign that things really aren't going our way. However, for the purposes of this forum, I think it's fair to say the ref had a really good game. Thoughts?
For me it's not a DOGSO, Ramsey does not have the ball under control, for me the Welsh keeper would have got there well before Ramsey. Agree with you that it should have been a second yellow