Bradford City v Cheltenham Town

[Jon Palmer]

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[Shade]

What a bloody dive. Yet another twat of a ref.

[Alf]

Run that back half a dozen times and 99% certain the player was never touched. Never a penalty. Very poor decision.

[Shade]

Says it all that Mark Halliwell thought it was a penalty.

[Shade]

At least FGR are 2 down at home to lowly Carlisle!

[Shade]

Ffs this ref is an absolute f#!$ joke

[Alf]

Oh dear. We have another ‘Everyman’ team against us. Theatrical dives every time we get near one of their players! Where the f#!$ do they get these referees from.

[Ben3]

Oh well, he's sent one of theirs off to make up for his incompetence

[Shade]

I think the refs handling of the game has lead to the sending off. Definitely two yellows though.

[Alf]

Oh dear. We have another ‘Everyman’ team against us. Theatrical dives every time we get near one of their players! Where the f#!$ do they get these referees from.

[Shade]

Absolute clown. Both sets of fans chanting you don't know what you're doing.

[ctfc-fan]

FGR 3-0 down at home! Ha ha ha ha!!

[Ben3]

0-4 at the circus on the hill hahahahaha hahahahaha

Cheerio mark

[Shade]

This is bad. 0-2 is good. We don't want the clown getting the sack.

[Shade]

Jesus ref...warning the keeper for time wasting by time wasting. Just give him a card, you pleb!

[Alf]

I’m getting worried. We haven’t really created a decent chance all game.

[Shade]

We've created a couple of good chances. May volleying wide at the back post and Long somehow missing the target on Ho's left foot. Our team isn't suited to this pitch.

This is the farce at Valley Parade. Ref is an absolute shambles.

[Ben3]

Yesssssss!!!!!!!

Let's win it!

[Ben3]

6 minutes added on....come on lads

[Hubert Parry]

Will nearly always take a point away to Bradford.

[Shade]

2 points dropped. Of course, if the ref hadn't bought such a blatant dive we would have won.

[Alf]

Referee was completely manipulated by the Bradford players, especially the keeper who should have been booked for time wasting early in the second half. The encouraging thing is we have games in hand over several teams above us.

[RegencyCheltenhamSpa]

Ref must be from the same FA department as the one who sent Finners off against Bradford in the Windass incident.

Unlucky tonight. We played well.

With our games in hand we are right in the hunt! Wembley beckons.

[Hubert Parry]

Forest Green with little over 1500 in attendance. Is the bubble beginning to burst?

[Robin]

Says it all that Mark Halliwell thought it was a penalty.

I sometimes wonder if Mark Halliwell says things to just try and be controversial.

[Robin]

Forest Green with little over 1500 in attendance. Is the bubble beginning to burst?

They've had 1800 home fans on several occasions this season on a Saturday so I wouldn't say so.

[drgm]

If Agent Cooper tries any harder he'll blow his cover

[RegencyCheltenhamSpa]

Forest Green with little over 1500 in attendance. Is the bubble beginning to burst?

Fewer than 1,500 after taking off away fans.

[Si Robin]

Ref must be from the same FA department as the one who sent Finners off against Bradford in the Windass incident.

In the ref's defence, Finners had just smashed Windass in the nose with his elbow, which was clear. The crotch grab from Windass however wasn't as clear.

I still remember John Ward at Jamie Victory's testimonial that evening confirming that Finners hadn't been fined and he absolutely didn't blame him for lashing out as he did.

[everyman]

Ref must be from the same FA department as the one who sent Finners off against Bradford in the Windass incident.

In the ref's defence, Finners had just smashed Windass in the nose with his elbow, which was clear. The crotch grab from Windass however wasn't as clear.

I still remember John Ward at Jamie Victory's testimonial that evening confirming that Finners hadn't been fined and he absolutely didn't blame him for lashing out as he did.

Windass claimed that Finners wasn`t much of a handful anyway ?

[asl]

Just seen the highlights: it certainly looked like a dive to win the penalty - but one thing's for sure, if it had been saved, it would have been retaken cos Hussey wasn't just inside the area when the ball was kicked, he was damn nearly ahead of the ball!

[Robin]

Any idea why Boyle's goal was disallowed? Looked very little in it but players didn't hugely complain.

[Shade]

Duff said it was a perfectly good goal and I'd imagine the players didn't argue because they assumed he had given a push somewhere in it.

[hEaLeR]

Any idea why Boyle's goal was disallowed? Looked very little in it but players didn't hugely complain.

Boyle's arm went across the defenders face as they battled for the ball. Ref blew before the ball hit the floor. Frustrating game as we dominated.

[Alf]

[quote="Shade"]Duff said it was a perfectly good goal and I'd imagine the players didn't argue

I think we’re a reasonably well disciplined compared to some other teams and don’t tend to chase the ref round the pitch every time he makes a decision against us, which may have been the case in this instance.
Another reason why I thought the earlier incident was a penalty, half a dozen of our players were clearly angry with the decision.