It is the inconsistency that is the consistent problem with refereeing. I could accept all the yellow cards if she had been even handed, but I will protest Sibley’s, who’s shot at goal was inconsequential because a Wycombe player had already done a kuck-away without punishment, and they did 3 more before Vikes finally got a card - which shouldn’t have been his first. He dived in the area and did a Haaland at her when she turned his claim down, which should have been a card for simulation, and another for dissent. He also should have had a yellow for kicking Bradley in the face.
The penalty was a good call, as was ours bring turned down for NML. But the one where JJ was clattered off the pitch at the edge of the 6 yard box and the free kick given to Wycombe was a poor call, as was ignoring Bird being thrown to the floor in the area. I hadn’t seen the foul on Cashin that Mad Amster pointed out. She also missed a defender jumping into the back of JJ where his knees hit JJ’s shoulder blades.
I have said that we drooped the points because of poor play and poor tactics, because the ref effectively neutering our midfield would have mattered if we’d used them in the middle of the pitch. But we didn’t.
