Luton – To Blame Or Not To Blame That Is The Question As The Hatters Lose
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Trawling the social media sites available to me, it is interesting to see that our friend, the referee, in this case Jeremy Simpson, cops some flak.
Seemingly, most of the posts I stumbled upon, relating to the referee, seemed to indicate that it was his fault we didn’t take anything from the game.
It’s thought provoking to think that the posts reproduced below, echo the results of a poll we covered in a recent article – your-damning-verdict-on-the-state-of-refereeing:
I never want Jeremy Simpson being referee for our games again.
— Callum (@callumLtfc) February 18, 2023
I think we need to start shooting at arms instead of the net in future 😬
— MrLacksadaisy (@dublinhatter) February 18, 2023
The club needs to file a report about this referee performance
— Piers🇬🇧 (@Piersthepatriot) February 18, 2023
Obviously, any detrimental remarks made about the performance of Jeremy Simpson, are linked to the penalty he gave when he adjudged Gabe Osho to have handled the ball and then, a minute later showed Tom Lockyer a red card. Two decisions that did affect the outcome of the game.
But are the views expressed above biased?
Perhaps we should consider the views of Rob Edwards who, in his after-match interview with The BBC, remarked:
“It was a penalty. We are human beings and there are going to be mistakes.”
Indeed there are and, personally, I’d have jumped for joy if the referee had given us a penalty in similar circumstances.
But, continuing the refereeing debate, how did you rate the ref today?
Please feel free to have your say in the comment facility beneath this article.
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