Great game from the referee today - his two terrific interceptions to scupper Hibs attacks were textbook.
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Great game from the referee today - his two terrific interceptions to scupper Hibs attacks were textbook.
He certainly had a better first touch than some of our players.
His decisions were fine but to get in the way of play twice on the big hampden pitch is shocking.
Was John Beaton the Falkirk trialist. Thought he propbably did enough to win a contract. The second great interception wasn't too far before the Bairns goal so he can also put that on his CV.
One of the biggest parks in Scotland and he was makeing lung busting runs to get in the way and break up play.
He had a howler but never mind him
End of the day we had several chances we didn't take them....
Conveniently a ref has shocker and spfl dont have a fixture backlog. Just saying.
Not down to the ref that we didn't win - that's down to us, we didn't score from numerous chances.
Clown from the start to the finish
Was frustrating at the time, but at the end of the day whoever made the pass (Allan then Stevenson? ) should have just not hit him with it.
Obviously no malice intended, but just summed up our bad luck on the day.
you might see that happening once or twice in your lifetime but ive seen it twice in one game , we must be the unluckiest team ever . if it going to go wrong then just watch hibs .
Guard of honour?
Wasn't his fault we lost.
If you look at the lead up to mixu's third goal in the 6-2 game, the ball was played against the referee twice
Nothing really stood out about the ref today that made me think he had a bad game.
It looked like he was cringing as the ball hit him the second time and I actually felt a bit sorry for him. It wasn't his fault.
Worst ref I've seen in a long time, booked Forster after 1st challenge, ignored umpteen fouls by them and when their player slid in like Forster, gave the foul but no booking and what the **** was a ref doing standing 5 yards away from play where it was impossible for him to get out the way, just a truly shocking display, pretty sure I could see his orange sash under his top.
Didn't he give Falkirk possession that led up to them scoring? You can go a whole season without the ref doing that. He did it twice in one half and people are blaming Hibs players for it? No wonder we are seen as a soft touch
Thought his performance was shocking from where we were sitting in the south.
Mind you all you lucky bassas that got a burning in the North with the sun maybe couldn't see some of his dreadful decisions because of the sun. :greengrin
Thought their attack from the goal came from his first block?
Should be finishing off teams with the amount of chances we had.
His two "interceptions", just went to show how things are falling for us just now, but that said, when pundits question iffy refereeing calls, the fall-back statement is always, " the player is giving the ref a question to answer". Think that is a fair point in that it pushes the responsibility back to what players did or did not do. But it has to work both ways, and referees have to look at their own performances too.
The ref was poorly positioned both times the ball hit him. He has to be aware of where the players are, and make sure he's out of the way.
You could tell a mile off where the ball was going to be played.
His handling of Falkirk time wasting tactics was horrible. When the player sat down to stop McDonald taking a bye kick and refusing treatment was an obvious booking. Took two minutes to tie his laces a nd got away with it. Our own fault we lost but when all these poor decisions even themselves out someone is going to get a drubbing. I won't hold my breath.