26th of foot 6,221 Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 Steve Conroy has clearly changed his style of refereeing, why? Leaving the Moffat Stand yesterday, BBC Radio Scotland provided the following stats reference Conroy. This season thus far, Conroy has officiated at 4 SPL games and awarded 4 Reds, and 31 Yellows. Last season, he officiated at 37 SPL games, dishing out 8 Reds, and 80 Yellows. BBC Radio Scotland did not provide an extrapolation, but here it is, based on this seasons figures thus far : 36 Reds, and 270 Yellows. Compare and contrast : 4 Reds to a possible 36, and 80 Yellows to a possible 270. Clearly Conroy has changed his style in a most radical way, why? I suggest the South African World Cup might be wanting letter of the law Officials. Let's see if Conroy's new uncomprimising letter of the law style, survives a dose of refereeing his beloved green'n'grey hoops? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris Cole 0 Posted September 20, 2009 Author Share Posted September 20, 2009 While Mendes' sending off was out-and-out cheating by the former Parkhead season-ticket holder, his performance rapidly descended into farcical depths of incompetency yesterday. 11 yellows and 2 reds in a game that was niggly at worst, arguably his worst moment came when he booked a Kilmarnock player for leaving his team-mate to take a throw-in. Idiots like this have ruined our game for years. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyk 158 Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 While Mendes' sending off was out-and-out cheating by the former Parkhead season-ticket holder, his performance rapidly descended into farcical depths of incompetency yesterday. 11 yellows and 2 reds in a game that was niggly at worst, arguably his worst moment came when he booked a Kilmarnock player for leaving his team-mate to take a throw-in.Idiots like this have ruined our game for years. It must be just me but I hate timewasting from any club even ourselves and usually glad when the team wasting time gets nothing at the end of the game. The yellow card yesterday was a good one by the ref IMO, the ball was passed through 3 players with all of them looking to take the shy then pass it on to someone else. The ref had a nightmare but this one he got spot on for me......... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 Wonder how much Conroy made at the bookies yesterday. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 While Mendes' sending off was out-and-out cheating by the former Parkhead season-ticket holder, his performance rapidly descended into farcical depths of incompetency yesterday. 11 yellows and 2 reds in a game that was niggly at worst, arguably his worst moment came when he booked a Kilmarnock player for leaving his team-mate to take a throw-in.Idiots like this have ruined our game for years. I dont think he was wrong in doing that. It was blatant time-wasting and deserving of a yellow card. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 For all the refereeing ineptitude the one fact remains that we got exactly what we deserved from that game, NOTHING. We were shite before Mendes was sent off and shite after. I couldn't be convinced we would have won the game even with 11 men on the pitch and decent refereeing. The finger of blame for yesterday should be squarely pointed at our players and management team. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyk 158 Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 For all the refereeing ineptitude the one fact remains that we got exactly what we deserved from that game, NOTHING. We were shite before Mendes was sent off and shite after. I couldn't be convinced we would have won the game even with 11 men on the pitch and decent refereeing. The finger of blame for yesterday should be squarely pointed at our players and management team. I agree with you here Craig 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 I agree with you here Craig Lol, we dont disagree THAT often johnny. If you would stop wasting time and agree with me right away we wouldnt disagree over anything 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,870 Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 HUGH DALLAS has told Pedro Mendes he has no one to blame but Rangers and himself for his red card at Kilmarnock. The Scottish referees' chief launched a stout defence of whistler Steve Conroy after he booked 11 and sent off Mendes and Killie midfielder Manuel Pascali at Rugby Park. Conroy has booked 33 players and sent off four in four SPL games this season. Amazingly, that is just one yellow short of his total for the entire campaign last year when he took charge of 15 top-flight matches. Dallas is bristling at criticism of the man in the middle and claimed players must behave better. He ordered clubs such as Rangers and Killie to ensure their stars are better briefed to avoid falling foul of officials. Control Dallas said: "I've not spoken to Steve about the game because there was no reason. I didn't see him fouling anyone on the pitch or pulling anyone's shirt. "Referees are arbiters who are there to control a match and sometimes need help from players. It's a bit unfair to point an accusing finger at the official and occasionally games such as the one at the weekend come along. "Conroy is one of our top referees and will continue to be one of our top referees. "It's up to players to take on board the message from a referee. A yellow card is a caution and the word 'caution' means don't do it again or you'll be off the field. "If players continue to commit risky challenges or pull shirts after having picked up a yellow they are boxing the referee into a corner. "It's okay for people to say, 'Use more common sense.' But the first guy criticised by the opposition team if that player goes on to score the winning goal is the referee. "I've heard all the talk about how we'll soon be playing in slippers but the interpretation of the laws of the game are different now. "We had managers and coaches from every SPL club in at Hampden two days before the start of the season to show them exactly what players will not get away with in the new campaign. "Our examples included many of the offences committed at Rugby Park so we've got to ask, is the word getting back to the players? "It was a good meeting with a lot of great questions but the message must get back to the players." Conroy took charge of six SPL games in 2007-2008 and booked 18 players without once reaching for his red. But Dallas denied putting his whistlers under pressure to flash more cards this term. He said: "One radio station said the referee must be under instruction to issue more cards and I've never heard so much rubbish. "Referees are under no pressure to caution players or push the crime count up. "There also seems to be a perception referees should not reach for the card to punish the first bad tackle. "But if a referee ignores a tackle in the second minute and cautions a player for a similar offence after 15 he's accused of inconsistency." 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris Cole 0 Posted September 21, 2009 Author Share Posted September 21, 2009 Aye very good Hugh. We all know why your refereeing took a turn for the peculiar after May 1999 don't we? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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