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"Rob Styles"

Whats he trying to do? Make a name for himself?

I can think of some names for him...

Bloody idiot. Worst ref in the premiership by a mile.

Aye. Although Scholes defintely deserved to get sent off for that. The ref reached for his pocket for a split second before he remembered he was already on a yellow.

AfroJoe wrote:
> No, because referees can become a lot more lenient if a player has
> already been booked.

Take Steve Bennett on Paul Scholes in the Man U v Chelsea game recently.

Clazon wrote:
> worst spelling e-var!

Ever? :)

No one remember that Champions League game?

Ilhan Mansiz I think it was, put the ball into the back of the net twice after the ref had blown for offside, and got booked twice and sent off.

It's the rules! What did you expect?

Neó wrote:
>unneccassary

worst spelling e-var!

however it is proven by opta stats and the FA second judgement system, that styles is indeed the worst referee in the prem.

Rob Styles was branding yellow cards all of the place yesterday for even the slightest body contact, for god's sakes it's a football match and ref's sometimes need to see common sense, the highlights on the premiership didn't show the full aspect of Rob Styles' refereeing yesterday but if you were at the game or caught it live on sky you would have.

Common sense needs to prevail in games, watching a game that's stopping and starting all the time is pretty boring and unneccassary when you take into consideration that many of the freekicks awarded yesterday was nitpicking from the ref.

The game was far from dirty, yet we had about 10 yellow cards and 2 sendings off.

Lil Bro wrote:
> So you're saying it was worthy of a yellow, just not if he was already
> on one...
>
> er....so infact you're saying he deserved to be sent off?

No, because referees can become a lot more lenient if a player has already been booked.

He wasn't dismissed for it, he was carded.

As he was already carded, that led to his dismissal.

Not quite...

I just do not see how a player should be dismissed for simply doing what Ronaldo did. They can call it "kicking the ball away" all they like, but it still wasn't as strong a second bookable offence as, say, the kind of dangerous lunge that Wayne Rooney has managed to escape with several times this season.

All he really needed was a firm, final warning. Although he did disrupt the continuation of play a little, you can hardly blame him for simply putting the ball in the back of the net. Players get away with it all the time - why should he have been treated any differently?

So you're saying it was worthy of a yellow, just not if he was already on one...

er....so infact you're saying he deserved to be sent off?