Spot on Finchley i had a great view in the Holmesdale Long ran into Gabbidon and went over very easily another ref would've given Long a yellow.

At the match, I thought the ref was shocking.

At home, watching the highlights, he actually didn't have that bad a game.

Shows how different it can look a) when you're there, all fired up and into it and, b) when you've calmed down and get 5 different angles in slo-mo of the same incident.

Whatever, we got 3 points and one over on the flat-nose judas c*nt so all in all a good night

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The referee was average at the end fo the day but it was a terrific piece of judgement not to give Long the penalty. Watched it several times now and Gabbidon never veers from his line. Long was to his left and then cut across him, slowed down letting the ball get away from him and then put his right leg across DG and went to ground. He should have got a booking for that - it was cheating.

The handball from our corner was most certainly a penalty and the ref missed that. He also missed the clipping of Wards heels when he was clear through and their player should have been booked.

The sending off was correct. Whether the player made contact or not with O'Keefe, whether he pulled out of kicking harder is irrelevant. He had lost the plot and was just getting angrier and angrier - he should have received a yellow card along with Jerome fifteen minutes or so earlier.

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Don't see it as competent when you don't give a yellow for blatant diving, don't give a yellow for a deliberate hand ball (on the half-way line) and give a free kick the wrong way when the attacker baulks the defender. Amongst other things. Oh and don't get me started on the spat between Cameron Jerome and their goalkeeper. OK Jerome should have walked away but the keeper started it, carried it on and didn't get a yellow. I reckon the ref knew he had done wrong on that one, affecting his later red card decision.

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Lack of consistency - Delaney booked for a strong challenge on Long, then their bloke does the same on Chamakh and doesn't even get spoken to.