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       Re: Fri 18th – Thu 24th APR 2025
       By: TVOS Date: April 20, 2025, 4:11 pm
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       [quote author=Boz link=topic=6907.msg91048#msg91048
       date=1745153074]
       [quote author=olliebcafc link=topic=6907.msg91046#msg91046
       date=1745148352]
       [quote author=Boz link=topic=6907.msg91037#msg91037
       date=1745095085]
       Tranmere Rovers FC v Doncaster Rovers FC
       Football League 2
       Referee: Tallis, Scott
       Assistant Referee: Amphlett, Marvyn
       Assistant Referee: Jarvis, Danny
       Fourth Official: Khan, Abbas
       I had been a little wary when this appointment was announced and
       it turned out to be another Scott having a poor Good Friday. His
       foul detection was erratic and he seemed to have some very fixed
       ideas about what does constitute a foul, in particular a
       defending player holding their ground as an attacking player
       runs into them, an interpretation which I am uneasy with. The
       opening Doncaster goal came from a free-kick, where there
       appeared minimal contact. The ball was whipped into the far post
       and converted, some home fans thought there had been a push on
       Lee O'Connor as the ball was crossed, but having re-viewed the
       footage, it's very hard to tell. In the second half, an award
       was given to Tranmere in roughly the same position for a similar
       challenge, which again looked like minimal contact, but
       unfortunately for the hosts no goal resulted. The second came
       from a penalty, where the ball appeared to be going out of play
       when Mr Tallis deemed Luke McGee the Tranmere keeper took the
       Doncaster player down. It was the opposite end of the pitch to
       me and the footage isn't clear, not enough to suggest a wrong
       call was made.
       However the main talking point was a Red Card to Tranmere Rovers
       manager Andy Crosby, which appeared bizarre. The ball was kicked
       out of play for a Doncaster throw-in and Crosby flicked out his
       hand making contact with the ball and the referee came over and
       brandished the red. It wasn't a situation where the manager had
       kept hold of the ball or kicked it away to delay the re-start.
       While it's unclear why the hand was flicked, , the hosts were
       trailing, with or without the contact the ball was going to end
       up in the stand, so why it required such an extreme sanction is
       puzzling. Even more so when Mr Tallis had failed to show a YC to
       a Doncaster player moments before who had kicked the ball away
       after the decision went against him.
       [/quote]
       The red card for Crosby is extremely harsh, if not totally
       wrong. I very much doubt there would even have been a
       conversation had he not sent McCann off a few minutes prior. The
       penalty looks clear to me though
       [/quote]
       Was McCann sent off in this game? I didn't notice at the time
       and couldn't find any reference on the Donny website.
  HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LKUhD3JcUM
       I've tried to link for anyone interested about 0:30 in.
       Our assistant manager had no issue with the penalty award in the
       post-match interview.
       Another thing I missed, during the seventh minute applause for
       ex-Rovers winger and Rochdale legend Joe Thompson, which was
       impeccably observed by the away fans, there was a spell where
       the ball was out of play and Mr Tallis joined in the applause. I
       don't know if there was a pre-match discussion about slwing the
       game down during that minute, which seemed to happen, but a nice
       touch of humanity from Scott Tallis there.
       [/quote]
       Neil Hair and his assistants did the same at Altrincham
       #Post#: 91119--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Fri 18th – Thu 24th APR 2025
       By: elbee94 Date: April 22, 2025, 3:51 am
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       Doncaster Rovers FC (First Team) v Colchester United FC (First
       Team)
       Football League 2
       Referee: Young, Alan
       Assistant Referee: Brown, Conor
       Assistant Referee: Woodward, Daniel
       Fourth Official: Newhouse, Paul
       Pretty smooth sailing for Alan Young, an average display in an
       average and fairly one sided game.
       Not lots of moments to mention, he got the yellows correct,
       including a first yellow for dissent for Edwards and a second
       yellow, which Alan took about 15 seconds to realise but got
       there in the end.
       I thought foul awarding was a bit inconsistent, with his
       assistants perhaps giving softer fouls and Alan letting more go,
       but nothing game altering or major. I thought we were poorly
       disciplined and could have seen Lisbie get booked for dissent
       too, as well as the home manager who seemed to animatedly be in
       4O’s ear quite often.
       My U’s clinging on to keep their season alive, must win next
       week at another hot playoff contender in Salford.
       #Post#: 91167--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Fri 18th – Thu 24th APR 2025
       By: Boz Date: April 23, 2025, 5:28 pm
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       Barrow AFC v Tranmere Rovers FC
       Football League 2
       Referee: Kirk, Thomas
       Assistant Referee: Graham, Jacob
       Assistant Referee: Cooke, Thomas
       Fourth Official: Jackson, Aaron
       I hadn't seen Mr Kirk in action since his first season on the
       FL, but he seemed have have picked up some decent appointments
       this season, so interested to see how he'd developed. In that
       first year, he let a few things go, which led to a loss of
       control. In this game, he adopted a different strategy and
       seemed to be very whistle-happy, penalising some very minor
       contact. It seemed like he came down harder on my team, the
       stats support this with a foul count of 18 as opposed to 12 for
       the hosts, but it really didn't feel like a 30 foul match. There
       were only one or two bad fouls in the game. The key incident in
       the game was a potential penalty when Omari Patrick ran into the
       Barrow box and seemed to be taken out by two defenders. I had a
       different view of the incident stood behind the goal and felt Mr
       Kirk's call of no penalty was correct, it looked like Patrick
       had run into a dead end and gone to ground too easily. His
       fitness and positioning was good, stopped play quickly for
       injuries, but came across as a little prickly when talking with
       the players.
       If this is a typical game for Mr Kirk, it may help his
       progression if he could a way of letting the game breathe more,
       while not reverting to over-relaxed style of his early days on
       the list.
       #Post#: 91181--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Fri 18th – Thu 24th APR 2025
       By: ECity77 Date: April 24, 2025, 1:56 pm
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       Does anyone know who has replaced Lee Swabey tonight at
       Stevenage?
       #Post#: 91182--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Fri 18th – Thu 24th APR 2025
       By: elbee94 Date: April 24, 2025, 2:24 pm
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       [quote author=ECity77 link=topic=6907.msg91181#msg91181
       date=1745521012]
       Does anyone know who has replaced Lee Swabey tonight at
       Stevenage?
       [/quote]
       I think it might be Sam Mulhall
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