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       #Post#: 98786--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Fri 19th – Sun 21st DEC 2025
       By: HChip Date: December 18, 2025, 6:18 am
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       Well, Natalie Aspinall as a 4th is something I didn’t expect to
       see, although I remember seeing Mark Scholes as a 4th at some
       point in the last few seasons.
       #Post#: 98789--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Fri 19th – Sun 21st DEC 2025
       By: ben Date: December 18, 2025, 7:23 am
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       [quote author=HChip link=topic=7500.msg98786#msg98786
       date=1766060287]
       Well, Natalie Aspinall as a 4th is something I didn’t expect to
       see, although I remember seeing Mark Scholes as a 4th at some
       point in the past.
       [/quote]
       Guessing someone selected the wrong one on MOAS, they've now
       changed it.
       #Post#: 98865--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Fri 19th – Sun 21st DEC 2025 
       By: PDMat Shav Date: December 20, 2025, 9:11 am
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       I would totally agree with the comments made regards the
       performance of Michael Barlow last night  he had three major KMI
       and for two he got completely wrong, i believe it his first
       season on the EFL , many more performances like that and it will
       be a short career, hopefully there was a referee observer at the
       game. The Crewe no29 was sent off for violent conduct and
       rightly so with the Bristol no6 cautioned.
       Has stated previously the Bristol no 6  then made  a reckless
       challenge which should have been a second caution, which would
       have resulted in him being sent off, he only had a word with
       him, he then a few minutes later pulled the Crewe attacker back
       by his shirt in the penalty area which he waved play on he did
       have a clear view of it, but bottled the decision. The Bristol
       goalkeeper caught the ball clearly outside the penalty area for
       which the assistant flagged for straight away, he stopped play
       and went over to speak to him which resulted in Crewe being
       awarded a direct free-kick, and the goalkeeper cautioned There
       were times when Bristol were not happy, when they should have
       decisions, but after the major incidents he appeared to lose
       some control of the game for a  period of time, i hate to think
       what would have happened if the game had turned nasty due to his
       performance.
       #Post#: 98877--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Fri 19th – Sun 21st DEC 2025
       By: elbee94 Date: December 20, 2025, 2:46 pm
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       Colchester United FC (First Team) v Newport County AFC (First
       Team)
       Football League 2
       Referee: Wager, Harry
       Assistant Referee: Read, Greg
       Assistant Referee: Wilson, Marc
       Fourth Official: Norton, Matthew
       A good debut for Harry Wager in the EFL today, he can be happy
       with how his maiden game went, with both the game not proving
       too much of a challenge but also allowing him to do everything
       he needed and oversee the game in a tidy fashion.
       I was immediately happy to see him give a clear yellow in the
       opening 90 seconds to Smith for tripping up Bishop as he was
       advancing quickly towards goal - a straight forward decision but
       showing a clear mind. I thought the bookings for Evans and
       Iandolo were a little on the harsh side, but they were very
       similar and he treated them equally so no complaints on his
       decisions. He was immediately on top of the 8 second rule and
       didn’t mess about with “slow counting”.
       Other than that, a short report for Harry, with little else to
       comment on and certainly no errors I can remember. The only
       errors that were made were AR2 missing a couple of balls that
       had gone out of play but weren’t flagged, but thankfully of no
       consequence.
       I can’t end the report without mentioning Sammy Braybrooke’s
       goal for Newport - I highly recommend seeking it out. The best
       goal i’ve ever seen live and I can’t remember a better halfway
       line goal, hitting the net flush after clipping the bottom of
       the bar. I’m glad the Newport fans got to see that on an
       otherwise terrible display by the EFL’s bottom club. My
       Colchester side didn’t have to try very hard to score 4 (albeit
       well worked) goals.
       #Post#: 98890--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Fri 19th – Sun 21st DEC 2025
       By: Ryanellis Date: December 20, 2025, 6:01 pm
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       [quote author=elbee94 link=topic=7500.msg98877#msg98877
       date=1766263600]
       Colchester United FC (First Team) v Newport County AFC (First
       Team)
       Football League 2
       Referee: Wager, Harry
       Assistant Referee: Read, Greg
       Assistant Referee: Wilson, Marc
       Fourth Official: Norton, Matthew
       A good debut for Harry Wager in the EFL today, he can be happy
       with how his maiden game went, with both the game not proving
       too much of a challenge but also allowing him to do everything
       he needed and oversee the game in a tidy fashion.
       I was immediately happy to see him give a clear yellow in the
       opening 90 seconds to Smith for tripping up Bishop as he was
       advancing quickly towards goal - a straight forward decision but
       showing a clear mind. I thought the bookings for Evans and
       Iandolo were a little on the harsh side, but they were very
       similar and he treated them equally so no complaints on his
       decisions. He was immediately on top of the 8 second rule and
       didn’t mess about with “slow counting”.
       Other than that, a short report for Harry, with little else to
       comment on and certainly no errors I can remember. The only
       errors that were made were AR2 missing a couple of balls that
       had gone out of play but weren’t flagged, but thankfully of no
       consequence.
       I can’t end the report without mentioning Sammy Braybrooke’s
       goal for Newport - I highly recommend seeking it out. The best
       goal i’ve ever seen live and I can’t remember a better halfway
       line goal, hitting the net flush after clipping the bottom of
       the bar. I’m glad the Newport fans got to see that on an
       otherwise terrible display by the EFL’s bottom club. My
       Colchester side didn’t have to try very hard to score 4 (albeit
       well worked) goals.
       [/quote]
       You’ve clearly never seen Shaun Smith from the half way line
       then!! 😉
  HTML https://youtu.be/E3aosjqjPWQ?si=-hJGxSPhbgNvHRGs
       A very impressive finish from the Leicester loanee. Very similar
       to one his Leicester teammates did last weekend albeit a bit
       further out!
       #Post#: 98894--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Fri 19th – Sun 21st DEC 2025 
       By: Ryanellis Date: December 20, 2025, 7:18 pm
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       [quote author=PDMat Shav link=topic=7500.msg98865#msg98865
       date=1766243500]
       I would totally agree with the comments made regards the
       performance of Michael Barlow last night  he had three major KMI
       and for two he got completely wrong, i believe it his first
       season on the EFL , many more performances like that and it will
       be a short career, hopefully there was a referee observer at the
       game. The Crewe no29 was sent off for violent conduct and
       rightly so with the Bristol no6 cautioned.
       Has stated previously the Bristol no 6  then made  a reckless
       challenge which should have been a second caution, which would
       have resulted in him being sent off, he only had a word with
       him, he then a few minutes later pulled the Crewe attacker back
       by his shirt in the penalty area which he waved play on he did
       have a clear view of it, but bottled the decision. The Bristol
       goalkeeper caught the ball clearly outside the penalty area for
       which the assistant flagged for straight away, he stopped play
       and went over to speak to him which resulted in Crewe being
       awarded a direct free-kick, and the goalkeeper cautioned There
       were times when Bristol were not happy, when they should have
       decisions, but after the major incidents he appeared to lose
       some control of the game for a  period of time, i hate to think
       what would have happened if the game had turned nasty due to his
       performance.
       [/quote]
       I’m not sure where my post has gone… I doubt anyone would have
       removed it.
       Anyway, my thoughts are exactly the same as this post
       #Post#: 98935--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Fri 19th – Sun 21st DEC 2025
       By: olliebcafc Date: December 21, 2025, 12:26 pm
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       Nigel Clough wasn’t happy with Alan Young, apparently he blew
       for half time a minute early!
       #Post#: 98951--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Fri 19th – Sun 21st DEC 2025
       By: Sean43211 Date: December 22, 2025, 12:55 am
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       Another poor performance from Paul Marsden to remember at
       Gateshead Sunday afternoon, missed a DOGSO in the first half and
       issued a yellow for it seen highlights back and for me it’s
       clearly a DOGSO player knocked off the ball, another incident
       which I was pleased he got was a midfield player went into a
       challenge with high boot going for the ball not reckless not
       force but yellow card was suitable in real time and then same
       player dived in second half the Eastleigh player was nowhere
       near him and it was right in front of The ref so it was
       simulation so that’s a yellow card which gave the Gateshead
       player his second and then a red card, Paul seem to be card
       happy in this game but maybe he will look back at learn from
       them but not hopefully he’s never had a great game at Gateshead
       int stadium when refereeing.
       Happy Christmas to everyone, we’ve got the might Carlisle United
       to Visit on Boxing Day
       #Post#: 99038--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Fri 19th – Sun 21st DEC 2025 
       By: Ryanellis Date: December 23, 2025, 6:22 am
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       [quote author=PDMat Shav link=topic=7500.msg98865#msg98865
       date=1766243500]
       I would totally agree with the comments made regards the
       performance of Michael Barlow last night  he had three major KMI
       and for two he got completely wrong, i believe it his first
       season on the EFL , many more performances like that and it will
       be a short career, hopefully there was a referee observer at the
       game. The Crewe no29 was sent off for violent conduct and
       rightly so with the Bristol no6 cautioned.
       Has stated previously the Bristol no 6  then made  a reckless
       challenge which should have been a second caution, which would
       have resulted in him being sent off, he only had a word with
       him, he then a few minutes later pulled the Crewe attacker back
       by his shirt in the penalty area which he waved play on he did
       have a clear view of it, but bottled the decision. The Bristol
       goalkeeper caught the ball clearly outside the penalty area for
       which the assistant flagged for straight away, he stopped play
       and went over to speak to him which resulted in Crewe being
       awarded a direct free-kick, and the goalkeeper cautioned There
       were times when Bristol were not happy, when they should have
       decisions, but after the major incidents he appeared to lose
       some control of the game for a  period of time, i hate to think
       what would have happened if the game had turned nasty due to his
       performance.
       [/quote]
  HTML https://x.com/crewealexfc/status/2003438826472263878?s=46
       A 4 min interview from Crewe manager Lee Bell, talking about his
       discussion with head of EFL refereeing Mike Jones after the
       performance of Mr Barlow on Friday night. It’s well worth a
       listen.
       #Post#: 99149--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Fri 19th – Sun 21st DEC 2025
       By: Boz Date: December 26, 2025, 5:33 pm
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       I note that Thibaut didn’t appear for Crewe at the Walsall
       Boxing Day match, so appeal against the red card either
       unsuccessful or hasn’t taken place yet?
       I am aware of two incidents in Rovers games last season where it
       was admitted the wrong decisions were made, although dont know
       if it was specifically Mike Jones they were discussed with
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