That Fookin Ref!

[happyhippy]

Without wanting to put too fine a point on it, but Andy D'Urso is fucking useless, and always has been.

Der der der der.

Abominable decisions all day, or at least the bits when I could be bothered to watch.

 

[shorehamview]

D'Urso - "Hello, my name is Andy D'Urso. I'm the centre of attention, for I am a Premier League referee, and I am doing you mere mortals a big favour by descending to your level. I am fantastic, me. Look at me. LOOK AT ME! LOOK!!! AT!!! ME!!!"

Groundsman - "Yes, congratulations, now please will you get off the pitch because it's half nine at night and we want to lock up and go home. Nobody is watching any more. It's finished. Fuck off home."

D'Urso - " That's a yellow card for you sunny Jim. Look at me, I am D'Urso, I am magnificent!
LOOK AT ME AND COWER, MORTALS!!!"

Groundsman - "Fuck him. Turn the floodlights off, Sam."

 

[grafikhaus]

Groundsman - "Fuck him. Turn the floodlights off, Sam."

Do you mean Sam Ellis? I've always wondered what he did!

 

[shorehamview]

Do you mean Sam Ellis? I've always wondered what he did!

I wondered how long it would take somebody to spot that. Glad you're alert this fine morning.

 

[Santos]

The funniest was a handball out on the touch line on JS. The ball was about waist high. He shouted play on indicating the ball had hit the players chin!

The most annoying one yesterday was the free kick we were given in the first half which resulted in O'Neill & Quinn being booked. Had he played advantage we were continuing with the ball into their final third with (i think) Harper or maybe Williamson. As it was, he pulled it up and we were treeted to another amazing SUFC free kick.

 

[Foxy]

Another cracking display of consistancy was when he completely ignored Ched Evans who went down clutching his head, even to the extent that he never even glanced back his way after the passage of play and the ball had gone out... Not one measly effort to check his head injury was okay.

Then, slightly later, he holds up the game for the French doll to limp off after knocking his ankle in another attempt to jump at the man rather than go for the ball. Don't worry about young Jeremie though, he managed to walk smoothly again after he'd got his magic coat on.

 

[Trigger Blade]

Another cracking display of consistancy was when he completely ignored Ched Evans who went down clutching his head, even to the extent that he never even glanced back his way after the passage of play and the ball had gone out... Not one measly effort to check his head injury was okay.

Then, slightly later, he holds up the game for the French doll to limp off after knocking his ankle in another attempt to jump at the man rather than go for the ball. Don't worry about young Jeremie though, he managed to walk smoothly again after he'd got his magic coat on.

I was just about to post exactly the same thing, ignoring Ched's head, then stopping play for Aliadiere. He may have been fooled by the ineffectual Frenchman writhing on the ground holding his head and assumed that must have been the injured part. However, that smacked to me of a ref not understanding the game. We all knew he'd damaged his leg, as you say, in an attempt to play the man, D'Urso missed that, very frustrating.

We wished Aliadiere well and a speedy recovery, hoping he'd be able to play on, as they might have replaced him with somebody marginally more effective, or possibly a dustbin.

 

[MobileBlade]

D'Urso - "Hello, my name is Andy D'Urso. I'm the centre of attention, for I am a Premier League referee, and I am doing you mere mortals a big favour by descending to your level. I am fantastic, me. Look at me. LOOK AT ME! LOOK!!! AT!!! ME!!!"

Groundsman - "Yes, congratulations, now please will you get off the pitch because it's half nine at night and we want to lock up and go home. Nobody is watching any more. It's finished. Fuck off home."

D'Urso - " That's a yellow card for you sunny Jim. Look at me, I am D'Urso, I am magnificent!
LOOK AT ME AND COWER, MORTALS!!!"

Groundsman - "Fuck him. Turn the floodlights off, Sam."

Ex Premier League referee. Got kicked off a few years ago for being crap. Rest of leagues have to put up with him now.

 

[shorehamview]

Ex Premier League referee. Got kicked off a few years ago for being crap. Rest of leagues have to put up with him now.

I know that. You know that. We all know that. Except of course for Mr. D'Urso, who is, in his own head, refereeing World Cup Finals every week. Or Christians v Lions.

 

[rachyblade]

Foxy, you looked like you were out to get the ref when the players came out first half lol, why so serious and what were your doing with your mobile? lol

 

[Foxy]

Foxy, you looked like you were out to get the ref when the players came out first half lol, why so serious and what were your doing with your mobile? lol

Wasn't my mobile, was a little HD video camera (shhhh!)

No idea why so serious, was quite possibly my confusion at the inane ramblings of a person nearby I had of course already mentioned D'Urso plenty of times and continued to shout my disgust at his decisions for the following 90 minutes

The camera man must have thought I was a new signing

 

[CM14blade]

Whilst agreeing with all of the above, I cannot believe no-one mentioned the linesman on the South Stand.....he continued the fine tradition of being absolutely and utterly dreadful, which has been a consistent approach all season.

He could see fouls on Boro players which basically didn't exist, yet couldn't manage anything else whatsoever.....offsides, pens, scything fouls by them.....and managed to earn himself the ire of both Blackwell and Speed on many occasions.

One of these days, if you see a good-looking chap in his mid-30's hop over the wall, (with 2 kids in tow), take the flag and pop the lino into a comfy seat in the South Stand, whilst demonstrating a textbook example of how to run a line, you'll know who it is cos you heard it here first......