YorkshireRam

Yeah I mean there is absolutely no reason why all professional referees should but be full time employees to improve the quality out there. 
5 days a week work, up to 2 games, 3 days of reviewing decisions made, communication and working on fitness.
Take a couple of million out of each Premier League clubs prize money at the end of each season, that would more than cover the costs.
The PGMOL currently have just 22 full time referees and 79 match officials in total, thats just not enough.
Things will never get better until this is addressed and we have our referees working as post men during the week. Like many issues in the game, it’s insane that the PGMOL appear to be only interested in the Premier League.
 

I agree and I made sure to consider confirmation bias before I posted. Ask any Derby fan and they could have told you over a decade ago that Stuart Attwell isn't a particularly good referee, and yet he's considered one of the best in the country now and was put in the position to really mess up the Spurs Brighton game. It's a problem that's plaguing every level of the game at the moment, it's not exclusively an 'us' problem.
However, even with that context, it just feels like we're on the wrong side of more bad decisions than most. We've had the most penalties given against us than any other team in the league (9), but the disallowed goal the other week due to miscommunication is the one that really stings- completely ruined the game through sheer incompetence. Apologies after the fact mean nothing, I'd just like more consistency. At every level this needs investigating now, as the standard of officiating does seem to be, as Darren Bent put it on talksport last night, at an ''all-time low''...

I agree and I made sure to consider confirmation bias before I posted. Ask any Derby fan and they could have told you over a decade ago that Stuart Attwell isn't a particularly good referee, and yet he's considered one of the best in the country now and was put in the position to really mess up the Spurs Brighton game. It's a problem that's plaguing every level of the game at the moment, it's not exclusively an 'us' problem.
However, even with that context, it just feels like we're on the wrong side of more bad decisions than most. We've had the most penalties given against us than any other team in the league (9), but the disallowed goal the other week due to miscommunication is the one that really stings- completely ruined the game through sheer incompetence. Apologies after the fact mean nothing, I'd just like more consistency. At every level this needs investigating now, as the standard of officiating does seem to be, as Darren Bent put it on talksport last night, at an ''all-time low''...

Isn't the issue that the reverse does seem to happen, but inconsistency means we never seem to get them give our way? Lincoln (A) had arguably less contact, Plymouth (A) is another example. Those 'soft' penalties seem to regularly be given against us, but never for us. 
While I don't personally buy into the conspiracy, it's very easy to see where it comes from. We were treated unfairly by the EFL, with the ramifications of their decisions still being felt, and this perceived bias in officiating did seem to begin alongside that whole debacle, hence why I imagine people are linking the two. 
We're just seemingly always on the wrong-side of officiating inconsistency, and that's really frustrating. 

I mean, they did retrospectively punish us for something that wasn't explicitly against the rules until last year... The dogmatic manner in which they pursued it will have contributed to the narrative that we are 'villains'. Add to that the fact that the leaks to the media came directly from Trevor Birch's office, and I don't think it's unreasonable to say they heavily contributed to that rhetoric

I mean, they did retrospectively punish us for something that wasn't explicitly against the rules until last year... The dogmatic manner in which they pursued it will have contributed to the narrative that we are 'villains'. Add to that the fact that the leaks to the media came directly from Trevor Birch's office, and I don't think it's unreasonable to say they heavily contributed to that rhetoric

I mean, they did retrospectively punish us for something that wasn't explicitly against the rules until last year... The dogmatic manner in which they pursued it will have contributed to the narrative that we are 'villains'. Add to that the fact that the leaks to the media came directly from Trevor Birch's office, and I don't think it's unreasonable to say they heavily contributed to that rhetoric

I mean, they did retrospectively punish us for something that wasn't explicitly against the rules until last year... The dogmatic manner in which they pursued it will have contributed to the narrative that we are 'villains'. Add to that the fact that the leaks to the media came directly from Trevor Birch's office, and I don't think it's unreasonable to say they heavily contributed to that rhetoric

It's got to the point now where I'd hope the club are in dialogue with the FA about the sheer level of incompetence present in the officials they provide. That's 2 apologies issued before the game has even finished in the last month- that's simply unacceptable. Apologies from officials are uncommon as it is, to say sorry DURING the game implies it's a ridiculously blatant mistake... That should be 1 a season, not bi-monthly ffs. 
Ultimately the ineptitude of the officials is now repeatedly impacting the integrity of our games, that needs addressing. Couldn't care less whether it's a conspiracy or just incompetence, the outcome remains the same.

It's got to the point now where I'd hope the club are in dialogue with the FA about the sheer level of incompetence present in the officials they provide. That's 2 apologies issued before the game has even finished in the last month- that's simply unacceptable. Apologies from officials are uncommon as it is, to say sorry DURING the game implies it's a ridiculously blatant mistake... That should be 1 a season, not bi-monthly ffs. 
Ultimately the ineptitude of the officials is now repeatedly impacting the integrity of our games, that needs addressing. Couldn't care less whether it's a conspiracy or just incompetence, the outcome remains the same.

It's got to the point now where I'd hope the club are in dialogue with the FA about the sheer level of incompetence present in the officials they provide. That's 2 apologies issued before the game has even finished in the last month- that's simply unacceptable. Apologies from officials are uncommon as it is, to say sorry DURING the game implies it's a ridiculously blatant mistake... That should be 1 a season, not bi-monthly ffs. 
Ultimately the ineptitude of the officials is now repeatedly impacting the integrity of our games, that needs addressing. Couldn't care less whether it's a conspiracy or just incompetence, the outcome remains the same.

Roberts is out of contract at the end of the season, so good chance he could sign permanently- if we've been smart he'll have already signed a pre-agreement

Slightly rogue XI to shake things up:

                                  Wildsmith
                   Chester    Cashin     Forsyth
    Knight                                                         Roberts
                  Smith           Bird       Hourihane
                          McGoldrick  Dobbin
 
Warne's preferred 5 at the back, but attacking wing-backs. We've rarely dominated in midfield in the second half of this season so maybe a 3 would help. Dobbin and Didzy with free roles to drift as neither are traditional 'play off the shoulder of the last man' strikers?

I really hope the restrictions get lifted at the end of the season. I know they're due to be reviewed, and we must be operating fairly above our means currently. Leaving them in place would feel borderline vindictive if it stops us even picking up young players on free deals, especially since they were the reason our squad was decimated to such a massive extent.
Continually stopping us properly rebuilding just doesn't seem right at all.

Didzy looking dapper 

Martin went down easily, but I don't remember much outright diving?
The incident I do remember, conversely, was him being fouled in the box and consequently getting sent off for simulation against Burnley... 

Martin went down easily, but I don't remember much outright diving?
The incident I do remember, conversely, was him being fouled in the box and consequently getting sent off for simulation against Burnley... 

Martin went down easily, but I don't remember much outright diving?
The incident I do remember, conversely, was him being fouled in the box and consequently getting sent off for simulation against Burnley... 

Martin went down easily, but I don't remember much outright diving?
The incident I do remember, conversely, was him being fouled in the box and consequently getting sent off for simulation against Burnley... 

Martin went down easily, but I don't remember much outright diving?
The incident I do remember, conversely, was him being fouled in the box and consequently getting sent off for simulation against Burnley... 

It hadn't been on Saturday. The section we play has a constant accelerando (gradually speeding up), but we've removed the first half, so the first 4 beats are a lot slower than when it jumps forward to halfway through the chorus... (not entirely sure why it needed shortening anyway)
They need to go back to the longer length version as if something is gradually increasing in tempo, you can't take sections out without the rest just sounding 'off'.

It hadn't been on Saturday. The section we play has a constant accelerando (gradually speeding up), but we've removed the first half, so the first 4 beats are a lot slower than when it jumps forward to halfway through the chorus... (not entirely sure why it needed shortening anyway)
They need to go back to the longer length version as if something is gradually increasing in tempo, you can't take sections out without the rest just sounding 'off'.

Hat-tricks this season:
McGoldrick- 2
Shef Wed- 1
?

Hat-tricks this season:
McGoldrick- 2
Shef Wed- 1
?

Hat-tricks this season:
McGoldrick- 2
Shef Wed- 1
?