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Newcastle v Bournemouth FAC R3 - Thomas Bramall
DIR By: magpie1892
Date: January 10, 2026, 3:04 pm
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Now i have thawed out from the match which finished 3-3 and
Newcastle won on penalties.
I'm not a fan of Thomas style, he appears to be one of the new
breed of referees who seems a bit robotic.
First half he seemed to leave his cards in the changing rooms in
the first half and both sides should have had a yellow each
side.
Correctly penalised Ramsdale for holding the ball more than 8?
seconds and gave a Bournemouth corner.
Seemed to miss quite a few fouls from where i was sitting so not
sure if he had areally high bar or just didn't think they were
fouls
Also wore yellow for bmb ;)
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Re: Newcastle v Bournemouth FAC R3 - Thomas Bramall
DIR By: Mr Castilli
Date: January 11, 2026, 4:40 pm
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As Iv stated on numerous occasions those new breed robotic refs
are imo not good enough for SG1 status, a trend seems to happen
where by first half minimal cautions happen, then in the second
half we see 4/5/6 all the time, it’s far too lobsided, on
contrib/panal go back 7-15 years ago, if you had 0 first half
and 5/6 second half majority of time the observer would focus on
the lob sided balance and how could you of prevented that in the
2nd half.
Bram I personally don’t like as a referee, one would hope people
develop their own style
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Re: Newcastle v Bournemouth FAC R3 - Thomas Bramall
DIR By: TA_Ref
Date: January 11, 2026, 4:54 pm
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Maybe I’m missing something when it comes to watching Tom
Bramall officiate then because I really like his style.
I think, more often than not, he tries to let a high level of
contact go and allows the game to breathe. He also sets a higher
bar for cautions for general tackles as well. I’d agree
sometimes he’d miss a few but I wouldn’t go as far to say he
looks robotic and manufactured as I always enjoy watching him
referee.
I would tend to agree that some developing officials can come
under the description of robotic and manufactured. Without being
negative, Duckworth is an official who I’d say fits that
category and I don’t think him and Bramall are similar at all.
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Re: Newcastle v Bournemouth FAC R3 - Thomas Bramall
DIR By: Charlieboy
Date: January 11, 2026, 5:06 pm
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--- Quote from: Mr Castilli link ---
>
> As Iv stated on numerous occasions those new breed robotic
refs are imo not good enough for SG1 status, a trend seems to
happen where by first half minimal cautions happen, then in the
second half we see 4/5/6 all the time, it’s far too lobsided, on
contrib/panal go back 7-15 years ago, if you had 0 first half
and 5/6 second half majority of time the observer would focus on
the lob sided balance and how could you of prevented that in the
2nd half.
> Bram I personally don’t like as a referee, one would hope
people develop their own style
>
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If you have said it numerous times then you have added nothing
new to the discussion by repeating yourself, in addition I have
read your post several times just so I’m sure I’m not missing
something and unfortunately I’m struggling to see anything
constructive in your post , may I suggest in future posts you
read the forum rules before posting and refrain from repeating
your persistent criticism of younger officials (with the
exception of Thomas Kirk)and instead offer some constructive
comment on their performances. I look forward to your future
posts.
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