gettingjaggy Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 I won't lie, I missed half an hour of the first half as I was on a turnstile. Felt robbed by poor, poor refereeing, but know we should have taken our chances in the first half. Â Great attendance, though. Â Gutted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camallain Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 Agreed! We should have had them buried by half time. However that has to be one of the worst, and dare I say it, most biased, refereeing displays I have witnessed in many a year. It was almost as if he was on a mission to win the game for Morton. The goal he chopped of for Thistle in the first half - Wrong!, the free kick and booking he gave Morton that led to their equaliser - Wrong! the sending off - Wrong! Just an appalling display of double standards an ineptitude. What a horrible way to lose our 100% home league record 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p12tfc Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 Forbes first booking was probably soft but the 2nd was a stupid tackle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
its4nothing! Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 Should have been out of sight, but wasted great chances to kill them off. I thought the ref for the Raith games was poor, however today's official hit a new low of officiating. How he never booked the defender blatantly holding back Sinclair when on one of his runs, or the Morton player standing less than a yard from our freekick in the last couple of minutes is beyond me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peagreenboy Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 That so-called referee owes me personally £12. And I want it back from him.  I can't afford many games, but when I do go, I'm paying for a football match. Not to watch one person consistently cheat one team to a victory.  There was no second half played today, just a succession of decisions given to Greenock Morton. The players knew we couldn't win, you could tell. Everyone in the crowd knew it too.  If that referee wasn't consciously biased against Thistle, then he needs to quit, because he does not know his job.  And to have to wade through the Morton fans after the game, big smiles on their faces, "oh, we came back in the second half..." I'd be keeping well quiet if my team had to resort to victories like that.  Only one note on the team: thanks very much Smith, but your services are no longer required. We could prop a dead cat up between the sticks which would be just as effective - save the wage; or maybe collect it and pay a bigger bung than the other team, the next time that tosser ref's one of our games.  Clearly I'm raging. The most abject performance by someone getting paid to referee I've witnessed in a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pie Of The Month Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 The substitutions cost us IMO. Yes the ref was dreadful but at 1-1 and with 11 men still on the pitch taking off Lawless and Erskine seemed the wrong move even at the time for me. O'Donnell clearly wasn't fit and I don't really know what Welsh was expected to do after not playing for so long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macjag Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 Should have been out of sight, but wasted great chances to kill them off. I thought the ref for the Raith games was poor, however today's official hit a new low of officiating. How he never booked the defender blatantly holding back Sinclair when on one of his runs, or the Morton player standing less than a yard from our freekick in the last couple of minutes is beyond me. I dont mind losing fair and square but that referee was the worst ive seen hes even worse than cassidy when we won the second div i am so pissed off that we didn;t do that mob with all those chances they offered nothing till the ref took over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewarty Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 I'm furious with the refereeing of this match. Furious. I'll have to revisit this thread once I've calmed down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uberteeb Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 Referee was shit. Â Substitutions were shit. Â Weather was shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norgethistle Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 Referee ruined that game, blatantly favoured Morton, but Jackie got his subs wrong too, why erskine went off and Craig stayed on is beyond me, never chased back looked knackered and should have passed for erskine to strokeinto an empty net instead of trying to hog the glory. Â Big Archie was fantastic today, Smith was very poor sooner Fox is back the better. Â Still raging over the ref the bookings for the jags players were a joke, and Moron would commit the exact same tackle and he'd play it on, total waste of skin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pie Of The Month Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 Only one note on the team: thanks very much Smith, but your services are no longer required. We could prop a dead cat up between the sticks which would be just as effective - save the wage; or maybe collect it and pay a bigger bung than the other team, the next time that tosser ref's one of our games. Â Clearly I'm raging. Â Smith has been fine since the Hamilton game. I'd much rather have had him in goals for the past month than Scully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little_miss_jag Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 Only one note on the team: thanks very much Smith, but your services are no longer required. We could prop a dead cat up between the sticks which would be just as effective - save the wage; or maybe collect it and pay a bigger bung than the other team, the next time that tosser ref's one of our games. Â Clearly I'm raging. The most abject performance by someone getting paid to referee I've witnessed in a long time. Â I thought smith was good today and made a few good saves. I suppose we lost so we need to blame someone - why not Smith? Easy target I guess. Â We should have been winning by more than 1 by half time that is for sure. The 2nd half the refereeing was dreadful and everything seemed to go against us. But we didn't help ourselves. Forbes was on a booking so would have made more sense to take him of and bring on Welsh. O'Donnell wasn't ready to play and was too slow when down to 10 men. Jackie was still in the stand for this game so it was down to Donnelly for the subs! Dreadful game and always a bit annoying to lose. Jackie was still in the stand for this game so it was down to Donnelly for the subs! Â Gutted? Nah, I thought I would be. But we will lose at home from time to time, Dunfermline lost today, Morton wont keep this up and we still have a game in hand and are top of the league. Not too bad really! Onward and upwards! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lin1876 Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 We should have been out of sight by half time, and we showed a worrying collapse in the second half which culminated in Morton winning when they should have been buried. Archie was excellent all game, Smith was suspect, everyone else was mediocre. Â The referee was appalling, I wouldn't like to wish him on a Sunday league. They ask for respect, but performances like that give referees a bad name. Inconsistent, far too keen to put his hand in his pocket, and didn't seem to have a grip on an important match. It seemed every 50/50 decision went Morton's way (including the disallowed goal early on) and Forbes should never have been sent off. His first booking wasn't a free kick let along a booking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watties wallies Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 Morton came out second half and just simply upped their game They played the second half like a cup game a goal down at ht and just went for it  The ref was really really baaad  Spoiled the whole game most of his decisions totally baffling  However looking at our performance First half controlled the game Morton looked really average We should have been two up but didn't take our chances Thought erskine again was not at the races Forbes ran the show in the first half  Good to see odonnell and welsh back but still not fully fit  Next week away to airdrie Dunfermline away to Morton  Onwards lads and lassies  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peagreenboy Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 I suppose we lost so we need to blame someone - why not Smith? Easy target I guess. Â The referee is why we lost today, not Smith. But whatever he was doing for their second goal, only he knows. And he doesn't appear to be able to take a kick. We're skint, and I refuse to believe Scully, or the under 12 goalie for that matter, is any worse. So why bother with the wage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagscast Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 How can you blame the substitutions when Forbes stupidly dived in to that challenge? Â Shape of the team was completely gone thanks to him. Â Both bookings were soft, but when you're on a yellow and have a terrible ref you just don't dive in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lin1876 Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 The referee is why we lost today, not Smith. But whatever he was doing for their second goal, only he knows. And he doesn't appear to be able to take a kick. We're skint, and I refuse to believe Scully, or the under 12 goalie for that matter, is any worse. So why bother with the wage? Â I'd say it's harsh to blame Smith for that. On a day when the whole team (except Archie) wasn't at the races he was no worse than anyone else, and he's had some good displays this season. I say keep him as back-up until May, as hopefully Scully/Wightman will have improved by then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peagreenboy Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 When their goalkeeper flops over for a laugh and the ref books our player you know you're absolutely scunnered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Willjag Posted December 26, 2012 Members Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 Bit like Muray's sending off against Morton earlier on in the season. Thought the scream from the right back got Forbes carded as I thought the ref had turned away when the challenge came in. Poor tackle from Forbes when he was already on a yellow with the ref making many bad decisions all over the park. Â Craig was also lucky not get a red for that challenge on their Keeper near the end. Thought Smith made some 'camera' saves that ended up putting us in trouble on a couple of occassions. Â We need to get Muirhead's height back in the centre of defence because we're strugling with high punts at the moment. That's all Morton had today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peagreenboy Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 (edited) I say keep him as back-up until May, as hopefully Scully/Wightman will have improved by then. Â What if the choice is paying his wage until May, or using that money to keep someone like Erskine at the club instead of him being nicked by twits like Hibs? Edited December 26, 2012 by peagreenboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan100 Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 We should have had the game won in the first 30 minutes. Ref was inconsistent, but we blew it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lin1876 Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 What if the choice is paying his wage until May, or using that money to keep someone like Erskine at the club instead of him being nicked by twits like Hibs? Â What if Fox gets injured again? No-one ever thinks it'll happen until it does, and you need to be prepared. He's not a patch on Fox, but he's a good back-up who probably doesn't cost us very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pie Of The Month Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 How can you blame the substitutions when Forbes stupidly dived in to that challenge? Â Shape of the team was completely gone thanks to him. Â Both bookings were soft, but when you're on a yellow and have a terrible ref you just don't dive in. Â Neither played looked remotely fit enough and with us taking off our 2 biggest threats we were getting nothing better than a point from the game from the moment they came on. Forbes sending off had nothing to do with Willie Dyer being able to outpace O'Donnell after playing 70 odd minutes of football or Welsh being nowhere near fit enough to both track back and then break forward any time we did have the ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggyman Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 After totally dominating the first half and only being 1 up with missed of loads chances i just had a feeling it wasnt going to be our day. Awful refereeing and bad decision making cost us the game. Morton did up their game in the 2nd half but it really shouldnt have mattered 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p12tfc Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 On a side note im almost certain doolan must have signed/agreed to sign elsewhere. Have to think he would have come on even for the last 5mins when we needed a goal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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