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Will Finnie: Portsmouth v Northampton Town
DIR By: QuoCob
Date: December 4, 2019, 5:03 am
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> [quote author=Skydank link=topic=1144.msg13219#msg13219
date=1574541063]
> Mr.Finnie another official who decided he didn't like the new
law at Peterborough today.
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> Allowed a Burton player to amble off from the far touchline
without a care in the world and got animated when players
pointed out he was 2 yards from the touchline
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> As pointed out above if they cannot enforce this simple law
what confidence have you about anything else?
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> In the case of Mr.Finnie not a lot of confidence as he seemed
to be manipulated by old pros from both sides, and although at
times he looked ok, never have the crowd the confidence he was
in control
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I had some sympathy with Mr Finnie on this occasion. Leaving
aside the security aspect, it was clear that the player was
injured (although probably only with cramp). As he was near the
halfway line, allowing him to limp the width of the pitch saved
him from having to travel an extra 100 yards. I was more
concerned when, a little earlier, the same player received an
accidental whack in the face but play was not stopped despite a
clear head injury which had drawn blood. When the player
finally received treatment this extended to him being allowed to
change both his shirt and shirts on the field of play before
leaving it. As an added time-wasting manoeuvre the physio
managed to find more than one of each in his bag requiring him
to decide which was the correct one.
Overall I was disappointed with Mr Finnie on my first look at
him. I found his decision-making rather puzzling on a number of
occasions. Burton's centre-forward Lucas Akins deserves a medal
for not losing his rag after being persistently battered all
afternoon by the Peterborough defence, especially Mark Beevers,
without ever getting a free kick.
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We had Mr Finnie at Pompey last night. My thoughts have some
similarity to the comments above.
He was puzzling at times, not endearing himself to either set of
fans by not blowing for or ignoring obvious nailed on
fouls/infringements with no advantage but then blowing for minor
infringements that either broke up a promising play or disrupted
the flow of the game when it was not necessarily required and
that could have allowed a good advantage.
A number of times he was very pedantic over restarts, not
allowing quick FKs because the ball was "not in the correct
position", then allowing them to take/be re-taken from exactly
the same incorrect position to an extent that it became annoying
to players and fans.
He also took a noticeably long time writing one of the cautions
into his book whilst standing over the ball, we thought that he
was writing an extra chapter to war and peace.
Overall, it was as if he was deliberately attempting to
continually slow down a game that was being played almost as a
glorified friendly anyway.
(we all know that it's an 'experienced/older' referee trick, but
does he have a fitness issue?)
#Post#: 13575--------------------------------------------------
Re: Will Finnie: Portsmouth v Northampton Town
DIR By: MichaelRef
Date: December 4, 2019, 12:14 pm
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Graham Coughlan most certainly wasn't a fan on Saturday either
in the Bristol Rovers Argyle FA Cup tie. 2 penalties given, both
argubly soft (in particular the 2nd one), and a Red Card given
also. Missed a stonewaller in the 2nd half also. Inconsistent.
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