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#Post#: 6176--------------------------------------------------
SG assistant referees
DIR By: Readingfan
Date: March 23, 2019, 1:27 pm
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Whilst there is a lot of discussion on here about the merits or
otherwise of SG1 (and often SG2) referees, there tends not to be
such a specific focus on assistant referees, aside from when a
particularly good/bad decision by an assistant is commented
upon.
Whilst I know a fair bit about the individual referees, I know
less about many of the assistants - I would probably be unable
to name all of the SG1 assistants for example. I have admired
the excellence of Darren Cann for a long time and there are a
few others, such as Scott Ledger, who generally strike me as
being reliable (not to say the rest aren't!)
What do you think of the current quality of the SG assistants?
Who would you consider to be amongst the best and who are you
less convinced by?
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Re: SG assistant referees
DIR By: greeny
Date: March 24, 2019, 9:10 am
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I would say Simon Bennett, Daniel Robathan, Sian Massey-Ellis
and Edward Smart are the strongest from the games I've seen.
The only 2 who I don't rate are Constantine Hatzidakis and Harry
Lennard.
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Re: SG assistant referees
DIR By: dave26
Date: March 24, 2019, 3:26 pm
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I think amongst the best are Eddie Smart ,Dan Cook , Sian
Massey Ellis , Scott Ledger and Darren Cann , middle I would say
Burt , Bennett , Child and Perry , I think at the end of the
season we will lose Garrett and Kirkup
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Re: SG assistant referees
DIR By: nemesis
Date: March 24, 2019, 4:35 pm
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--- Quote from: greeny link ---
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> I would say Simon Bennett, Daniel Robathan, Sian Massey-Ellis
and Edward Smart are the strongest from the games I've seen.
>
> The only 2 who I don't rate are Constantine Hatzidakis and
Harry Lennard.
>
--- End Quote ---
Hatzidakis tended to be a bit "busy" when on Football League
lines and Harry Lennard is never more than a flag wave away from
a disaster.
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Re: SG assistant referees
DIR By: RefObserver
Date: March 25, 2019, 7:29 am
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Dan Cook has had a really good first season for me as well...….
#Post#: 6252--------------------------------------------------
Re: SG assistant referees
DIR By: ClaretandBlue06
Date: March 25, 2019, 1:16 pm
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Mention to Ian Hussin. Don’t personally rate Marc Perry or Simon
Bennett or Andy Halliday but that’s just me.
#Post#: 6263--------------------------------------------------
Re: SG assistant referees
DIR By: guest18
Date: March 26, 2019, 5:10 am
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--- Quote from: ClaretandBlue06 link ---
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> Mention to Ian Hussin. Don’t personally rate Marc Perry or
Simon Bennett or Andy Halliday but that’s just me.
>
--- End Quote ---
Agree re Halliday, consistently poor at tight (and sometimes not
so tight) offside judgements.
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Re: SG assistant referees
DIR By: DublinRef
Date: March 27, 2019, 3:32 pm
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Great idea for a thread
Darren Cann was the best I've ever seen in any competition, lost
it a bit after he came off FIFA imo but still better than most.
Also like Smart, Beswick, Bennett, Ledger (amazing hes never
been FIFA) and Child.
Have never seen the brilliance others do in Sian Massey-Ellis,
solid PL assistant but no more atm for me, lots of time to
develop though.
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Re: SG assistant referees
DIR By: Readingfan
Date: March 30, 2019, 4:52 pm
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--- Quote from: DublinRef link ---
>
> Great idea for a thread
>
> Darren Cann was the best I've ever seen in any competition,
lost it a bit after he came off FIFA imo but still better than
most. Also like Smart, Beswick, Bennett, Ledger (amazing hes
never been FIFA) and Child.
>
> Have never seen the brilliance others do in Sian Massey-Ellis,
solid PL assistant but no more atm for me, lots of time to
develop though.
>
--- End Quote ---
Regarding Scott Ledger, I was looking at the list of officials
who have done the FA Cup final and his name didn't seem to be on
there - has his face not always 'fitted' for whatever reason?
#Post#: 6417--------------------------------------------------
Re: SG assistant referees
DIR By: Kopref
Date: April 1, 2019, 12:02 pm
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--- Quote from: Readingfan link ---
>
> [quote author=DublinRef link=topic=660.msg6310#msg6310
date=1553718770]
> Great idea for a thread
>
> Darren Cann was the best I've ever seen in any competition,
lost it a bit after he came off FIFA imo but still better than
most. Also like Smart, Beswick, Bennett, Ledger (amazing hes
never been FIFA) and Child.
>
> Have never seen the brilliance others do in Sian Massey-Ellis,
solid PL assistant but no more atm for me, lots of time to
develop though.
>
--- End Quote ---
Regarding Scott Ledger, I was looking at the list of officials
who have done the FA Cup final and his name didn't seem to be on
there - has his face not always 'fitted' for whatever reason?
[/quote]I Agree with the comments regarding Darren Cann and also
regarding Scott who has been very consistent over a number of
seasons. I beleive a glaring ommission when previous
contributors are nominating the best assistants has to be Adrian
Holmes. He has made some very brave tight calls and his accuracy
percentage is extremely high. He has also shown he is prepared
to assist when it comes to other incidents besides off sides. He
has had some critisism from pundits on occassions for being
"only just right" but we all know how stupid some of them are.
For me he is way better than some of our other asstistants
including FIFA badge holders over the last couple of seasons.
Interesting that the powers that be put out Holmes and Ledger
with Paul Teirney on Saturday following the Manchester City
Watford game, obviously they thought he would be well looked
after !!
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