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Charlton v Bolton The Babbling Brook
DIR By: Whistleblower
Date: January 28, 2023, 11:23 am
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At The Valley today to see Charlton take on Bolton; a very good
advert for League One with two teams playing open and attacking
football. It occurs to me that this fixture has quite a historic
ring to it in that it will have been played so many times over
the decades thus giving it a somewhat old fashioned nature.
Today's referee Carl Brook, a silver fox hitherto unseen or
indeed known by me, officiated in a somewhat old fashioned way
also and I offer that as a compliment. Rarely have I seen a
referee have so much verbal reaction with the players, hence the
Babbling Brook, explaining his decisions both given and not
given and generally keeping a secure but not overbearing control
of the match.
He isn't the quickest mover but was always in a good position to
give a credible decision, team work with ARs and 4th looked good
and a proper amount of injury time played. Slow to caution but
eventually there were four, all nailed on and particularly good
to see a couple for blatant time wasting. Both sets of players
and management shook his hand warmly at the conclusion.
Brook certainly doesn't look to be among the younger cohort of
League referees, perhaps he has been around for some time but
has never come under my radar before. On this showing I would be
very pleased to see him officiate again.
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Re: Charlton v Bolton The Babbling Brook
DIR By: Hendo
Date: January 28, 2023, 11:50 am
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Found on another website that he is 46 years old. Only been a
league ref for a few years so late promotion seemingly.
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Re: Charlton v Bolton The Babbling Brook
DIR By: TheThingFromLewes
Date: January 28, 2023, 12:48 pm
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High praise from the learn’d Whistleblower for an official is
always a huge compliment!
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Re: Charlton v Bolton The Babbling Brook
DIR By: guest308
Date: January 28, 2023, 1:14 pm
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Saw him a few weeks ago and was equally impressed, liked his
smiling and chatting style and he was very accurate too. Am
surprised he is not mentioned more on here.
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Re: Charlton v Bolton The Babbling Brook
DIR By: Whistleblower
Date: January 28, 2023, 1:23 pm
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--- Quote from: charlieboy link ---
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> Saw him a few weeks ago and was equally impressed, liked his
smiling and chatting style and he was very accurate too. Am
surprised he is not mentioned more on here.
>
--- End Quote ---
I haven't done a statistical analysis but my feeling is that
what prompts many postings on RTR is overt criticism ( in the
negative sense of the word ) of a referee's performance.
Therefore Mr Brook's absence of posts may perhaps be taken as a
compliment.
I agree, he must be just about the most smiley referee on the
League.
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Re: Charlton v Bolton The Babbling Brook
DIR By: Whistleblower
Date: January 28, 2023, 1:58 pm
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--- Quote from: TheThingFromLewes link ---
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> High praise from the learn’d Whistleblower for an official is
always a huge compliment!
>
--- End Quote ---
As my dear late Nana used to say " speak as you find, tell the
truth and shame the devil ". Today I found Mr Brook to have
refereed the game extremely well and truthfully reported as
such. If that be high praise then so be it.
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Re: Charlton v Bolton The Babbling Brook
DIR By: Whistleblower
Date: January 28, 2023, 2:03 pm
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I don't know where Mr Brook hails from but if it were the same
County FA as a certain SG1 referee then he could quote Tennyson
and say " I come from haunts of Coote " though sadly, as all
referees come and go, this Brook will not go on for ever.
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Re: Charlton v Bolton The Babbling Brook
DIR By: Acme Thunderer
Date: January 28, 2023, 3:26 pm
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I saw Carl at Crewe Alex earlier in the season and thought he
was very good, and a considerably better performance from him
than from SG2 David Webb who also came to Gresty Road earlier in
the season.
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Re: Charlton v Bolton The Babbling Brook
DIR By: Boz
Date: January 29, 2023, 3:53 pm
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Don't recall seeing Mr Brook live, since last season's opener
Tranmere v Walsall. where he red-carded Chris Merrie. It didn't
look a that bad a challenge and in the context of what he'd let
go up to then, seemed an incredibly harsh decision. I didn't see
the game, but he was in the middle for Rovers' 3-4 win at Port
Vale a couple of seasons before featuring 2 penalties, a red
card and a 96th minute winner, where the home fans were very
critical. It may be the games mentioned were uncharacteristic or
he's progressed significantly since, would be interested in
seeing him in the middle again given the positive comment.
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Re: Charlton v Bolton The Babbling Brook
DIR By: MKRef
Date: January 29, 2023, 4:06 pm
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--- Quote from: Acme Thunderer link ---
>
> I saw Carl at Crewe Alex earlier in the season and thought he
was very good, and a considerably better performance from him
than from SG2 David Webb who also came to Gresty Road earlier in
the season.
>
--- End Quote ---
Saw parts of this game and liked Brook's style of refereeing,
which kept a lid on things. As you mention Webb, who I've seen
today, wait until you see his howler of a penalty decision! I
say howler despite it massively favouring my team.
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