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Kevin Friend Man Utd v Arsenal
DIR By: Carter
Date: September 30, 2019, 3:34 pm
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I think I am being kind in saying Kevin Friend has been average
in this game.
A lot of strange and incorrect decisions, Ok non game changing,
very inconsistent with yellow cards in my view.
The big decision so far the assistant got (badly) wrong but
finally VAR has awarded goal. I really can’t understand this
business of the assistant flagging, why not just wait to see if
he score as it will be reviewed anyway, as it just causes
confusion and there will be a time that players will stop
particularly the keeper and there will be hell on.
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Re: Kevin Friend Man Utd v Arsenal
DIR By: Tim Wills
Date: September 30, 2019, 4:04 pm
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He must be having a really good game because he's trending on
Twitter.
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Re: Kevin Friend Man Utd v Arsenal
DIR By: TheThingFromLewes
Date: September 30, 2019, 4:08 pm
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Shocking error from Ledger to flag for offside. I thought Friend
was a little erratic, and Xhaka should have been off as he
pulled back Lingard around the head when Utd broke in the first
half, which would have been his first yellow before he was
carded later.
A few other iffy decisions but the VAR over rule was excellent.
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Re: Kevin Friend Man Utd v Arsenal
DIR By: ajb95
Date: September 30, 2019, 5:12 pm
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Friend coming into thins game in form with some very good
appointments this season. However I Watched the game and thought
he was poor. When you’ve got our fifa referees wasted on the
likes of Sheff Utd v Liverpool and Leicester and Newcastle then
something isn’t right.
Felt sorry for him a bit by the end as massively out of his
depth. Foul detection was poor epitomised when he gave a free
kick in the first half for a foul by McTominay and then changed
his mind. Yellow cards very inconsistent - lingard and
particularly Xhaka lucky to survive being binned. Thought both
assistants equally poor especially when giving free kicks, some
very soft to non existent fouls being flagged for!
#Post#: 11421--------------------------------------------------
Re: Kevin Friend Man Utd v Arsenal
DIR By: Readingfan
Date: September 30, 2019, 5:15 pm
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I don't particularly have an issue with assistants raising the
flag (although a poor decision in this instance.) I think it
can cause just as much 'confusion' in uEFA/FIFA games when a
player is clearly offside and the assistant keeps the flag down
for an age before suddenly raising it. You can say that players
might not play to the whistle but then sometimes players lose
their marker at a corner - it's their fault if it happens and
they concede a goal because of it.
I didn't think Friend was especially good. I thought it was a
poor appointment. He was a long way below the elite officialsand
I think this would have been a good game to give one of the more
up and coming referees a test.
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Re: Kevin Friend Man Utd v Arsenal
DIR By: Readingfan
Date: September 30, 2019, 5:16 pm
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[quote author=ajb95 link=topic=1066.msg11420#msg11420
date=1569881552]
Friend coming into thins game in form with some very good
appointments this season. However I Watched the game and thought
he was poor. When you’ve got our fifa referees wasted on the
likes of Sheff Utd v Liverpool and Leicester and Newcastle then
something isn’t right.
/quote]
Well at least both of those games feature a team with a decent
chance of being in the top 4! ;)
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Re: Kevin Friend Man Utd v Arsenal
DIR By: Ref Fan
Date: October 1, 2019, 4:10 am
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Like others, I was somewhat surprised at the appointment and it
proved a difficult night for Kevin Friend. One thing that
struck me was the amount of dissent at times and I wasn't
convinced he was very good at dealing with it. Whether that's a
reflection of the players having less respect for him than say
Taylor and Oliver or thinking he's more prone to being
influenced, or just lack of confidence in his decisions, I'm not
sure.
Poor from the AR in flagging the Arsenal goal offside and I was
mystified by the free kick he awarded to Arsenal right at the
end. Might have been repercussions had a goal been scored.
Pereira and Lingard could / should have been carded earlier and
Xhaka seemed to get his usual number of chances not afforded to
some other players before he was eventually cautioned.
Gary Neville suggested that Rashford's challenge could have been
Red a few seasons ago. It was certainly late and rash and the
greasy surface ensured his momentum took him into the defender
at pace. Were studs raised? Perhaps the benefit of the doubt
was reasonable but he needs to cut out those sort of challenges
as it wasn't his first over the last couple of seasons.
The pundits on Sky reckoned United should have had a penalty for
handball. I don't see how Friend could have spotted it from his
angle but I wasn't expecting VAR to intervene given the track
record so far this season so wasn't surprised they didn't.
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Re: Kevin Friend Man Utd v Arsenal
DIR By: Hendo
Date: October 1, 2019, 4:28 am
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--- Quote from: ajb95 link ---
>
> Friend coming into thins game in form with some very good
appointments this season. However I Watched the game and thought
he was poor. When you’ve got our fifa referees wasted on the
likes of Sheff Utd v Liverpool and Leicester and Newcastle then
something isn’t right.
> Felt sorry for him a bit by the end as massively out of his
depth. Foul detection was poor epitomised when he gave a free
kick in the first half for a foul by McTominay and then changed
his mind. Yellow cards very inconsistent - lingard and
particularly Xhaka lucky to survive being binned. Thought both
assistants equally poor especially when giving free kicks, some
very soft to non existent fouls being flagged for!
>
--- End Quote ---
Mediocre ref for a match with 2 very poor teams. Enough said
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Re: Kevin Friend Man Utd v Arsenal
DIR By: TheThingFromLewes
Date: October 1, 2019, 5:32 am
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In the past the number of non FIFA officials would have handled
this game far better, Wiley being an example, who was the best
official IMO not to get a white badge by a country mile.
These days the cluster of non FIFA officials who could handle
this game who are approaching the end of their tenure in SG1 is
thin on the ground (Atkinson and the Wirral card shark as
examples)
Even some FIFA officials like Tierney and Attwell haven't
officiated this fixture.
It's no wonder the cream of the SG always pick up these games,
and when they don't, things go off the boil.
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Re: Kevin Friend Man Utd v Arsenal
DIR By: nemesis
Date: October 1, 2019, 6:17 am
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--- Quote from: TheThingFromLewes link ---
>
> Shocking error from Ledger to flag for offside. I thought
Friend was a little erratic, and Xhaka should have been off as
he pulled back Lingard around the head when Utd broke in the
first half, which would have been his first yellow before he was
carded later.
>
> A few other iffy decisions but the VAR over rule was
excellent.
>
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Excellence comes cheaply to some.
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