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Re: Sat 24th – Tue 27th APR 2021
DIR By: Hendo
Date: April 25, 2021, 1:13 pm
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--- Quote from: Whistleblower link ---
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> [quote author=Mackem ref link=topic=2375.msg30349#msg30349
date=1619302190]
> Just seen the Crewe penalty and it looked like a pretty poor
decision.
>
> In worse news, James Adcock was only able to last for 20
minutes before being replaced by Ben Toner at Scunthorpe this
afternoon. Desperately sad for him yet again
>
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One must applaud Adcock for trying so hard to make a come back
after his injury but as many good referees have found ( I am
thinking particularly of Michael Naylor ) there comes a point
where you just have to listen to what your body is telling you
and make the hardest of decisions. Let us hope that this is just
a temporary blip for Adcock ( and this latest incident may of
course be quite unrelated to his previous injury ) but it
doesn't look good.
i have seen Adcock referee live once after he came back from
injury. He ran a pretty central channel, didn't go out wide much
and appeared to he holding his sprints back considerably. It was
a straightforward match to referee and he did absolutely fine
but there will be very demanding matches where the referee
really does have to be consistently in absolutely the right
position to maintain control.
[/quote]
Michael Naylor was an outstanding referee and it was a great
loss to football when injury forced his early retirement. I have
absolutely no doubt that if he had stayed fit he would now be on
PL, the verge of FIFA (if not already on) and being talked about
for upcoming Wembley Finals.
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Re: Sat 24th – Tue 27th APR 2021
DIR By: Acme Thunderer
Date: April 25, 2021, 2:51 pm
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I agree. I saw Michael Naylor at Gresty Road when he refereed a
L2 playoff semi-final, Crewe v Southend, and he was good.
Russell Booth - like James Adcock from Notts - was another
promising ref whose career was cut short by injury. I would be
sorry to see James Adcock go, but I think it is inevitable now
after this latest setback. I hope he can manage one more full
game - a 'nothing' game in L2 perhaps - before deciding that
enough is enough and leaving top flight refereeing before he's
pushed.
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