Cup final officials

[Colin Traive 22,871]

Nick Walsh with Frank Connor and David Roofe with Kevin Clancy as 4th official.

John Beaton on VAR.

Ah well, was good while it lasted

[KingKirk 25,695]

Wee prick will make it about himself can't stand that wanker 

[.Williamson. 82,603]

What was good while it lasted? Not acting like there’s a big conspiracy?

Can you list who were your preferred options please

[ForeverAndEver 71,647]

Walsh is arguably the best there is, and I don’t know why people care about who the 4th official is.

[theiconicman 2,992]

53 minutes ago, ForeverAndEver said:

Walsh is arguably the best there is, and I don’t know why people care about who the 4th official is.

Isn't the 4th official basically the sub for the referees? Oh and taking an earful from the technical areas...other than that do they have an actual job?

 

[BookWorm 4,157]

As long as we are better than them on the day and perform to our best we should be ok, regardless of inept Scottish officials.

[JimmyCR1 1,505]

I find it funny that according to both sets of fans there’s a conspiracy against each club.

It really needs to stop.

[The Specky Forum Organiser 65,062]

Who would you have preferred? 

Walsh us the best referee in the country.

[Brubear 2,927]

11 minutes ago, JimmyCR1 said:

I find it funny that according to both sets of fans there’s a conspiracy against each club.

It really needs to stop.

Add to that all tge fans outwith us snd them think the refs favour the big two. 

 

 

[stuart1994 4,304]

Let's not act like it'll make any difference, none of them are any good. Walsh might actually be the best out of a bad bunch.

[6superbarry6 14,162]

Connor is a stinking tarrier bastard thankfully we have VAR in place 

[RockwellGers 14,726]

Well that's me raging now. 

[bluenoz 30,945]

Isn't Roome (sp?) the one who missed three players offside in the 2019 final?

Do a bad job, get rewarded with the next OF LCF.

[Jamie0202 12,365]

5 minutes ago, bluenoz said:

Isn't Roome (sp?) the one who missed three players offside in the 2019 final?

Do a bad job, get rewarded with the next OF LCF.

TBF in real time that wouldn't have been that easy to confidently call offside. There were a lot of bodies all standing in a line IIRC and without the benefit of watching VAR replays about a dozen times would have been a huge call. 

[BlueboyG 5,255]

Frank Connor has a history of brutal decisions involving us, offsides that never were and offsides not given when they should be. Its reekin out him.

[Prso's headband 35,577]

Good to see Frank Connor running the line. His ineptness on display in a cup final will be glorious to watch with VAR

[East Enclosure Row N 2,824]

Threads like this are utterly pointless. No matter who oit is, or what you think of them - you cannot affect the outcome, so why spend time hand wringing over it?

Least of our worries.

[FlippinEck 3,708]

2 hours ago, .Williamson. said:

What was good while it lasted? Not acting like there’s a big conspiracy?

Can you list who were your preferred options please

Personally I think that David Dickinson is the real deal.

[hammer93 15,057]

2 hours ago, ForeverAndEver said:

Walsh is arguably the best there is, and I don’t know why people care about who the 4th official is.

I genuinely hated Walsh a few years back as I believed like Clancy he had an agenda against Morelos, over the last few seasons Walsh has gave me little concern when reffing our games...no doubt others will see different but for me there are plenty worse than Walsh these days

[hammer93 15,057]

1 hour ago, 6superbarry6 said:

Connor is a stinking tarrier bastard thankfully we have VAR in place 

I hope that last bit is tongue and cheek

[RFC55 109,196]

2 minutes ago, hammer93 said:

I hope that last bit is tongue and cheek

Simon Jordan made a good point, it’s not the var itself that’s the issue it’s those implementing it 

[SeparateEntityMyArse 53,813]

I think Walsh is the best of a bad bunch.

It seems like Frank Connor is never far from our games.

[6superbarry6 14,162]

10 minutes ago, hammer93 said:

I hope that last bit is tongue and cheek

Not at all, VAR makes it pretty much impossible for cheating linesman it’s the one thing it’s good for. 

[ayro 3,021]

As others have said VAR isn’t the issue, it’s the operators and the tweaking of things like the handball rule that leads to wider debates.

It’s certainly better than hoping that things balance themselves over the season.

Hopefully it gets swifter in the decisive moments and better communication for fans attending the game as the paying customer appears to be the last to know what is actually happening, again not VARs problem but the management of it.

[RFC55 109,196]

1 minute ago, ayro said:

As others have said VAR isn’t the issue, it’s the operators and the tweaking of things like the handball rule that leads to wider debates.

It’s certainly better than hoping that things balance themselves over the season.

Hopefully it gets swifter in the decisive moments and better communication for fans attending the game as the paying customer appears to be the last to know what is actually happening, again not VARs problem but the management of it.

That final we lost to them was the most sick I’ve ever felt after a game, had VAR been used their goal wouldn’t have stood