John Beaton

[Carheenlea]

Great game from the referee today - his two terrific interceptions to scupper Hibs attacks were textbook.

[brianmc]

He certainly had a better first touch than some of our players.

[JimBHibees]

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Great game from the referee today - his two terrific interceptions to scupper Hibs attacks were textbook.

Yep a joke. 3 mins added time when Falkirk were kicking the ball away unpunished after the goal.

[wookie70]

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.

[Boyle89]

His decisions were fine but to get in the way of play twice on the big hampden pitch is shocking.

[Stokesy's on fire]

He had a howler but never mind him

[gegs70]

End of the day we had several chances we didn't take them....

[Mark79]

Conveniently a ref has shocker and spfl dont have a fixture backlog. Just saying.

[Greenwich_Hibby]

Not down to the ref that we didn't win - that's down to us, we didn't score from numerous chances.

[hibsfan7]

Clown from the start to the finish

[danhibees1875]

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.

[Carheenlea]

Obviously no malice intended, but just summed up our bad luck on the day.

[hibee62]

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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.

While there was no malice, I don't think, on Beaton's part, he was nowhere near the line of the pass when Allan/fyvie chose to make it. He ran across the line, the second even more so than the first. Not the players fault and utterly incompetent refereeing.

[eastterrace]

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 .

[Greencore]

Guard of honour?

[Dav1986]

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While there was no malice, I don't think, on Beaton's part, he was nowhere near the line of the pass when Allan/fyvie chose to make it. He ran across the line, the second even more so than the first. Not the players fault and utterly incompetent refereeing.

This. From where I was sitting for the second one he actually looked like he had a 5 yard sprint to get into the position where he ended up blocking the pass and I remember commenting on it at the time. Why he did that when it was obvious where the ball was going to be played to?!?!

[Callum_62]

[QUOTE=Shaft;4354184]This. From where I was sitting for the second one he actually looked like he had a 5 yard sprint to get into the position where he ended up blocking the pass and I remember commenting on it at the time. Why he did that when it was obvious where the ball was going to be played to?!?![/QUOTE]

My exact comment at the time....minus some sweary words....

[GreenLake]

It could all be summarized as Hibs hit the woodwork four times in the game.

[tanfield]

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

[Aldo]

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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

Why bring this up?? Plays absolutely no relevance at all unless your a yam!

Shocking ref today IMHO.

Let them away with just about everything and every 50/50 there way.

[tanfield]

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Why bring this up?? Plays absolutely no relevance at all unless your a yam!

Shocking ref today IMHO.

Let them away with just about everything and every 50/50 there way.

aye, good one. If I'm a hearts fan then get someone to ban me. Go on.........

I was just pointing out that these things do happen and have happened in the past.

[Kavinho]

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aye, good one. If I'm a hearts fan then get someone to ban me. Go on.........

I was just pointing out that these things do happen and have happened in the past.

Fwiw, I agree...... bloody annoying at the time, but it's hardly like he blocked the ball on the goaline. Other far greater reasons why we aren't in the final

[harry-hibee]

The big problem with this ref was not his decision making but his level of fitness for a young man (33) is appalling. He is clearly unfit, is overweight, can not keep up with play and his reaction time is severely compromised by his lack of fitness. Footballers are now athletes and refs should now be putting a lot of emphasise on fitness as a good few young refs are doing now. I had reservation about his appointment as i didnt think he is fit for purpose to handle a semi-final and the SFA should recognise this.

[MB62]

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Why bring this up?? Plays absolutely no relevance at all unless your a yam!

Shocking ref today IMHO.

Let them away with just about everything and every 50/50 there way.

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aye, good one. If I'm a hearts fan then get someone to ban me. Go on.........

I was just pointing out that these things do happen and have happened in the past.

Aye ok Tanfield, you've been 'outed'. I told you after the game on Saturday outside Dumpden that dressing yourself and your family up in Hibs colours AGAIN, wasn't pulling the wool over anybody's eyes.

Ban him I say ;-)

BTW, that ref was shocking on Saturday. Where was he when the ball went in to the box for Falkirk's goal? left McGoosh on his own to cover Sibbald, NOT GOOD ENOUGH REF!

[scoopyboy]

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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

I didn't realise that.

[The_Sauz]

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I didn't realise that.

What tanfield said is true, but what ha failed to mention was, Dallas was 2 feet away and in a group of 3/4 players when he got hit with the ball and it would be hard for him to get out off the way

[tanfield]

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What tanfield said is true, but what ha failed to mention was, Dallas was 2 feet away and in a group of 3/4 players when he got hit with the ball and it would be hard for him to get out off the way

That would have spoilt the point I was trying to make! :)

[Pete]

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.

[J-C]

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.

[LaMotta]

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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.

agree also booked Allan for a late challenge when he missed the Falkirk player, just a couple of minutes after failing to book a Falkirk player for a worse late challenge when he rattled Fyvie.