Can we get more "savvy" at dead ball situations ?

[Donnywolf]

Yet again (with the assistance of a muppet posing as a Ref) I watched a masterclass in cynicism from a visiting Team who were kicking the ball away from the first minute
It is not pleasant to watch but aided and abetted by said Muppet they killed time at every opportunity and stole yards and yards EVERY time they got a Free kick. One in particular just before they scored was a full 12 yards in front of where the offence was commited.
You dont need me to tell you how easy it is but they worked as a Team to pull this off and not one of our Players picked up the ball or called the Refs attention to it. HOWEVER every time we get a free kick in similar positions they worked as a unit and kicked the ball away sometimes twice in the same movement AND got in the Muppets face to ensure we went back exactly to where the foul or offside happened and sometimes even further back
Sometimes as in this game we voluntarily take a kick behind where the free kick was awarded to us even if we DONT take it quickly - and we dont steal yards at throw ins. Remember this Muppet could not help being hit by the Ball twice in 5 minutes - he didnt see their bloke ram his head into Gomes's chest after that foul so you can bet he didnt notice when they got throw ins in SW Corner and yet took the throw half way to the dug outs
So much as I hate what "they" did yesterday we need when the need arises to take the same advantage

[Colin C No.3]

The worst referees‘ performance’ I’ve ever witnessed bar none.

[Donnywolf]

No - staistically he has been much worse at least twice at The Keepmoat lol

[roversdude]

He is consistently shit
I don’t know what wound me up more the cynicism shown by the opposition or the (and I use this term very loosely) referee allowing them to get away with it

[since-1969]

It’s a game where results determine the out come and the muppet referee just didn’t realise that he was being played like a fiddle and was certainly dancing to Stanley’s tune .
We on the other hand lacked any punch or grunt in midfield as I think Copps is losing his influence in games recently , but without a natural replacement DM is left selecting him hoping he can change the pattern of games where teams pressure high up .

[Chris Black come back]

Is he the guy that Ferguson wanted taking out and shooting?

[bobbymax]

It’s a game where results determine the out come and the muppet referee just didn’t realise that he was being played like a fiddle and was certainly dancing to Stanley’s tune .
We on the other hand lacked any punch or grunt in midfield as I think Copps is losing his influence in games recently , but without a natural replacement DM is left selecting him hoping he can change the pattern of games where teams pressure high up .

While I agree with everything you say about the ref I don't think anyone can complain about Copps' contribution yesterday. A class apart in my humble opinion and the assist for the goal was a pearler.

[Donnywolf]

Is he the guy that Ferguson wanted taking out and shooting?

Absolutely and he has never been any good EVER

[Donnywolf]

Back to the OP

Cant we get more savvy. Can we take Free Kicks 10 yards in front of where they were awarded

Can we force the oppos to take their kicks 10 yeards behind where they were awarded - as was done to us yesterday ?

Personally I dont want us to become like they were - but why dont we give it a shot ?

[i_ateallthepies]

I too don't want us to become like they were DW.  Perhaps the attitude of our team in this is down to the manager's influence, decent man that he is. I don't like players protesting to the ref for every decision given against - as Accy did yesterday - but we certainly should bring unsportsmanlike behaviour to his attention when it happens.  In the end though, it's the responsibility of the ref to control. 

There was so much gamesmanship from Accy yesterday it was boiling my blood seeing what he was allowing them to get away with.  [size=78%][/size]Then that foul on Copps in the 2nd half when he skinned their CB and was on a breakaway only for the lump to grab him by the arm and bring him down... the most blatant yellow card possible and the ref didn't even speak to the player.[size=78%][/size]

Then after letting play continue through a run of three blatant fouls , the moment we gained advantage he blew and pulled play back.

To say this ref is incompetent would be undeservedly charitable, by the end of the game I had become convinced that this ref actually is corrupt, and I don't say that lightly.  The final straw came when he did finally bring out the yellow card, it was for a Rover's player FFS!  I couldn't even work out what it was for.

[drfchound]

The worst referees‘ performance’ I’ve ever witnessed bar none.

You can’t have seen the “performance” by Mick Russell then against Portsmouth.

[StocktonRover]

The worst referees‘ performance’ I’ve ever witnessed bar none.

You can’t have seen the “performance” by Mick Russell then against Portsmouth.

That wasn’t an inept performance though, it could possibly have been perceived as a corrupt one?

[drfchound]

The worst referees‘ performance’ I’ve ever witnessed bar none.

You can’t have seen the “performance” by Mick Russell then against Portsmouth.

That wasn’t an inept performance though, it could possibly have been perceived as a corrupt one?

No one mentioned “inept” though Stockton.
Colin said “the worst performance”.

I do agree though that Russell could have been corrupt, I have said so previously.