Ref Watch 13/02/2024 L1: OUFC v Wigan Athletic - Jeremy Simpson

[Northstandboy]

How did Mr Simpson perform today?

 

[Steve Gilbert]

I give him a 2, 1 point for putting his boots on the right way round, 1 point for turning up on time.
Other than that, a ref who spoilt the game with his stop start style and he was so inconsistent. Not just for us either, he was terrible for both sides.

 

[billyturleyscurlywurly]

Worst ref I’ve seen this season.

 

[WEYellow]

Absolutely tragic, abysmal, disgusting performance by the ref

Still not the worst we've had this season though, which says it all

 

[Northstandboy]

He certainly controlled the game, no time wasting! But some rash yellows!

 

[Sarge]

card happy, incompetant, inconsistant and his assistants weren't any better

does anyone tell these clowns they're in the entertainment business, NO-ONE has paid decent £ to watch them ?

 

[Foley]

Awful.
Stopped the game constantly, loads of Yellows with hardly a bad foul I'm the game

 

[Abingdon Ched]

He looked like Matt Hancock

 

[Manorlounger]

And shirt pulling is still not a foul? Thank goodness a football match managed to interrupt the fool from his one man show.

 

[OX14]

Awful ref but not the worst we've had this season.

 

[SouthOxonOx]

Another shambling incompetent. Well up there on the list of poor refs we have seen this season

 

[Oxford57]

I admire anyone who could be so poor for 90 minutes, he must work so hard to be that bad , not quite the worst , but heading in that direction

 

[Oufccraig45]

Very poor just to card happy 7 yellows in total half way through just waiting for a red that was the way that was going it's a 1 from me

 

[LowerSouth]

The most frustrating referee this season .
I didn’t understand any of his decisions .
His time management was awful

 

[andystroud]

It’s amazing that the second half was so entertaining as he seemed to be on a one man mission to ruin the game. It was so stop-start, random awarding of free-kicks and equally random issuing of yellow cards.
He gets two from me because we won and I’m in a forgiving mood.

 

[Essexyellows]

A very poor 3 from me, got involved far more often than he needed too and stopped the flow of the game far too often.

 

[sideshowrob]

Very irritating generally. There was one bad habit I noticed. He made a big fuss of precisely where the ball should have taken from for a free kick in the first half, marking the spot with a blob of foam. Then he turned his back and marked the position for the wall. At no time did he look back to Branagan who moved the ball to a slightly better position before taking the kick. Wigan noticed this and did exactly the the same in the second half.

 

[stokeu]

Blob of foam for afree kick but a throw in could be taken up to 20 yards from where the ball left play.

 

[ZeroTheHero]

If a player stayed in their feet despite being fouled, being obstructed or in a bear hug, then it wasn't a foul.
If a player fell over, no matter what had actually happened, then it was a foul.
Was desperate for throw-ins to be taken from the relatively accurate place, but not bothered about where free kicks were taken.
Didn't know what 10 yards looked like.

I don't think he was the absolute worst we've had recently though - which is saying something in itself!

 

[Osei Yaw]

Matete was fouled in the second half and it should've been a yellow card. The ref didn't give one to the Wigan player so I downgraded him to a -10. But then he did let us take the free kick further up the pitch and then we scored, so I gave him a +20 for that, resulting in a score of 10 overall for me.