Leeds versus MIGHTY CLARETS

[clansman]

Glad we got to her at 1.0
Definitely still in it despite no fluency or control of the ball. Refereeing is Sunday league standard.

[huw.Y.WattfromWare]

Cummon guys. No slagging off our players mid-match. Save it for post game.

[Jimmymaccer]

Dyche better get in to the ref at HT.

I sense this ref would react rather badly to Dyche having a go.....

[diamondpocket]

as bad as the ref has been we've done absolutely nothing to deserve anything from that half.

[Top Claret]

Centre halfs along with Brownhill and Westwood having mares
Leeds should be out of sight by now missed loads of chances

Referee a disgrace though flagging our goal up

[RammyClaret61]

The ref is using the “use your left arm only” rule if he’s not sure what to do.

[THEWELLERNUT70]

The refs minced around the pitch so much 1st half anyone would think he's trying out for Mr Gay UK

Definitely bullied at school imo

[willsclarets]

Weirdly I still think we can win here

[Dark Cloud]

Totally agree re the ref. Absolutely appalling display by him. We weren't very good at all for 25 mins, but we've got better and the disallowed goal is an utter joke and the guy wants deselecting from future PL games on the strength of that alone. Mee looks strangely dodgy today and like there's more mistakes in him for some reason.

[BabylonClaret]

Whats the point of VAR when the two key moments in the game are called badly and not overturned? (Just seen that "penalty")

[tarkys_ears]

Cummon guys. No slagging off our players mid-match. Save it for post game.

They're discussing an ongoing match... On the match thread.

You go be a proper fan elsewhere

[Ptangyangkipperbang]

I never criticise refs often it a thankless task and mistakes can easily be made but this refs first half performance really does make me think if he is biased .Having said that I'm relieved we have kept it to 1-0 and an improvement is certainly needed in the 2nd half or this could be a 3-0

[fatboy47]

Mee having a mare.
Barnes needs to understand that all he's doing atm is winding the ref up against us.

[ElectroClaret]

The refs useless, but we can't do owt about that.
We've got to play it cool, use our heads and hopefully get something out of it. We've got better as the game's gone on and we're certainly not out of it.

[Gordaleman]

No he isn’t you clown. He’s as basic as they come.

Not one other premier league club would put him into their starting line up.

Does name calling make you right? No, it doesn't. I wish we had another ten Ben Mees, with his attitude. OK, he's not having his best ever game, but tell me who is?

[casualclaret]

Looks like Mee has been on the Sherry!

[aggi]

as bad as the ref has been we've done absolutely nothing to deserve anything from that half.

Is that apart from the perfectly good goal that we scored?

[joey13]

The refs minced around the pitch so much 1st half anyone would think he's trying out for Mr Gay UK

Definitely bullied at school imo

Who’d have thought its 2021 at the end of the week

[warksclaret]

What a weak starting 11 we have put out, and so many players, including our captain having stinkers. Lucky its only 1-0

Time for SD to earn his corn and change things round a little. Think we will see Jay coming on soon as the front two are very stereo typed today and detached from our play, but then we don't have a winger available. Leeds are actually there for the taking

[superdimitri]

I know it's mentioned already but 1. They reckon penalty was because Bamford got to the ball first. 2. Because ref blew early VAR couldn't assess the goal. Ref should have played on and even if he didn't VAR should have awarded a penalty to us.

[Tribesmen]

Hard to take as nothing out wide .
Now if we get anything out of this game it will be a massive plus

[boatshed bill]

Not sure if Benson's ready yet , he's leaving lowts exposed to often .

The lad is being asked to play out of position, plays centre-midfield fot the U23s, it's a big ask.

[BabylonClaret]

Let's be honest here we are without key wide players. We've done ok i think. Leeds haven't really opened us up too much ex eat for mistakes and without the crap ref we would be well in this.

[Stacky_claret]

You can't take the ball and man. Take your bleeding claret specs off. It was a penalty. The commentators thought the same. Oh don't tell me they're biased as well! If that was against a burnley player people would be crying. Some people on here must think we're playing with the same rules from 20 years ago.

So just let them score is that what your saying just dont attempt anything ?
He didn't take the man his foot was not high and he played the ball well before bamford would have got to it

[elwaclaret]

Everything wrong with the game in one half. Shocking

[ClaretTony]

If it was a foul how come Pope didn't get sent off?

Rules changed a couple of years ago - no double punishment if it is a genuine attempt to play the ball

[bfcjg]

Hopefully ref will have a look at his decisions and realise he is a homer and give us some benefits of the doubt.

[Stacky_claret]

I know it's mentioned already but 1. They reckon penalty was because Bamford got to the ball first. 2. Because ref blew early VAR couldn't assess the goal. Ref should have played on and even if he didn't VAR should have awarded a penalty to us.

He didn't get to it 1st did he ?

[Andreshotboots]

Surely J Rod on for Benson..

[conyoviejo]

We need to up our game this half and stop giving th ball way.Also we want this bellend of a ref to be fair with both teams and stop giving Leeds everything.

[Clarets4me]

Glad we got to her at 1.0
Definitely still in it despite no fluency or control of the ball. Refereeing is Sunday league standard.

This Referee makes Alan Hosker look like PierLuigi Collina ......

[conyoviejo]

Surely J Rod on for Benson..

Definitel,Benson is having a mare get him subbed.

[fidelcastro]

Probably for another thread, but was is the point of VAR if a decision like our disallowed goal isn't overturned?

[Stacky_claret]

How embarrassing is it that we have no wide players. None.

We also need better players than Mee he’s never a premier league player no other premier league club would have him in their side

Have you been on the sauce since christmas day

[Burtonwoodclaret]

The point of VAT is that it brings money into.the UK coffers. The point of VAR is that it supports the Refs Union. If VAR wa used as in Rugby League.the decision making would be transparent and Video refs could not collude with on field refs

[burnleymik]

The more you see it. The worse it gets...

https://twitter.com/SkySportsPL/status/ ... 5402679296

[texasbrit]

I bet the ref is an ex teacher or traffic cop

[NewClaret]

I sense this ref would react rather badly to Dyche having a go.....

We’ve got to say something.

Tbf, the PK was marginal. Pope got the ball then player. Not sure what the rules are in that scenario, but certainly the Pickford incident suggests there’s a consistency issue.

Having given that, you have to question why the ref blew so early for Barnes’ goal and then no VAR review for a penalty after he blew!

[superdimitri]

Probably for another thread, but was is the point of VAR if a decision like our disallowed goal isn't overturned?

It was refs fault for blowing before the goal. If he didn't VAR could overturn.

[Holmeclaret]

Weirdly I still think we can win here

Not weird, we’re still in this. Leeds haven’t looked like the pundit’s darlings they have recently become. As has been said, they’ve looked threatening when we’ve made mistakes.

[fidelcastro]

Really hope he proves me wrong, but Benson looks out of his depth.

[ralphc]

Only officiated 4 league games all season and now we know why.

[Colburn_Claret]

They're discussing an ongoing match... On the match thread.

You go be a proper fan elsewhere

Proper fans back their players, they don't slag them off. Proper fans understand you don't have a right to win every challenge or game.

[wilks_bfc]

The lad is being asked to play out of position, plays centre-midfield fot the U23s, it's a big ask.

I’m surprised Benson & Brownhill aren’t switched around

[Claretmisterg]

No he isn’t you clown. He’s as basic as they come.

Not one other premier league club would put him into their starting line up.

Are you a Burnley supporter ?

[fidelcastro]

It was refs fault for blowing before the goal. If he didn't VAR could overturn.

But it was foul on Mee.

[tarkys_ears]

Proper fans back their players, they don't slag them off. Proper fans understand you don't have a right to win every challenge or game.

Sorry love

Didn't realise people weren't allowed to discuss ALL angles of a game.

How dare they!

[Somethingfishy]

This is panning out how i thought it would. Leeds having the best chances but leaving us the chance to exploit them. We just don't have the creativity to do it though.

[SussexDon1inIreland]

COME ON SUPER BURNLEY

[SussexDon1inIreland]

Corner Clarets COME ON