Bohs Away

**Boo_Boy** · 04/08/2009, 6:31 PM

Stop making up names FFS, It was Xano.

18 games, 19 goals for the A-Team. Bout time Cookie brought him into the 1st team.

**brianw82** · 04/08/2009, 6:37 PM

No arguments from me on the officials. Absolutely beyond brutal, all night long. The most basic decisions wrong, time after time. Even the few decisions we got, like Keane slicing the ball out for a corner, and a goal kick being awarded! The Dublin ref thing doesn't wash with me - Winter is just an idiot, full stop. That was still no excuse for a so-called Rovers 'fan' throwing a coin at the officials as they walked into the tunnel. You're a big man. Well done, sir.

The team played well but the equaliser was inevitable. We were still carved apart too easily. Ventre's move to central midfield didn't give us the anticipated bite. Cash played well for once, and should've done better with one of those 2 chances he had. No qualms about the effort of the team though.

**SligoBrewer** · 04/08/2009, 6:39 PM

Originally Posted by ARooney28

And Oran Killoran

Oh my Gad.

**Well Red** · 04/08/2009, 7:48 PM

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Referee Winter is a disgrace and your comments should be addressed to Pat Kelly at the FAI. Winter should not be allowed referee another game at the level he operates at and tell Pat Kelly this, probably will do no good but better to highlight it to him anyway.

**Well Red** · 04/08/2009, 7:55 PM

Sorry about my last post which is somewhat jumpled up but what I was saying was to contact Pat Kelly at the FAI who is manager of Referees Department Email patkelly@fai.ie.

**rovers100%** · 04/08/2009, 8:36 PM

wrote to him ther i will wait eagerly for a reply !!! my message was as follows

Hello Pat, Pat i am an avid supporter of sligo rovers and follow them every week regardless of home or away, rain or shine but every week i seem to spend the car journey home talking about the same thing................ officials !!!!! i was at the bohs v sligo ea semi final and belive me i see Mr. Richie Winters as the most inept referee in our great league and i emphatise great league no matter what people think, as going following your local club is far more personal than your big english clubs and i have been in old trafford 22 times. the standard of officiating in the semi final was little short of atrocious. Mr. winters is, im actually struggling to think of how bad the poor man is !!! and the only thing worse than Sir Richie was the lineswoman. oh my god she did not get one decision correct for either team. she was afraid to make a decision and wanted to stay under the radar but in doing so only highlighted herself. i have nothing against women officials i was actually delighted to see a woman come out as tradionally women are the fairer sex !!! but it is unfair to blame just these two as it is rampant throughout the league, i firmly believe as our games are not live the bad decisions are going un-noticed. this is a plea from not only a sligo rovers fan but as an eircom league follower to review and continually assess the officials performances as it is getting to the stage that the game is being marred as all we talk about is how bad the officals are. believe me its not that we dont get the fair share of decissions as i believe it was a soft penalty we got monday nite and the week before john russell should never have been sent off but something badly needs to be done if you want the league to grow and improve because all your doing is turning current and potential supporters away. please come to a game sometime albeit undercover !!! and witness for yourself how bad thing have become. i hope you do not discard this message as if you take pride in your job and want the league to grow and prospour you will realise if a normal joe soap takes time out of his day to write to you take this as customer satisfaction review and things are not all good. i look forward to hearing from you.

**rovers100%** · 04/08/2009, 8:37 PM

now i may have exaggerated some things a small bit as nowhere near 22 times in old trafford but we need to make a point !!!!

**sligofan4ever** · 04/08/2009, 8:41 PM

Originally Posted by rovers100%

now i may have exaggerated some things a small bit as nowhere near 22 times in old trafford but we need to make a point !!!!

It dosent matter so long as you made the point clear about officials. Maybe everyone who was at last nights game should send in their own e-mail, just to show how serious and conerned we are over the standard of officials in this league.

Lads just out of curiosity, this wouldn't happen to be the same lineswoman who was at our home game against St.Pats last season ? I remember she could barely call one right decision all game and was calling offside alot for both teams, even when some players were battling for position when they were deemed offside!

**rovers100%** · 04/08/2009, 8:45 PM

exactly get 200 or 300 emails into him and suely he will take notice. lets stop airing our anger here and put it to someone who can actually do something about it !!!!!

**redtildead** · 04/08/2009, 8:47 PM

or we could all just not waste our time...
nice idea in theory but wont make a blind bit of difference. winters and the rest will be out makin the same mistakes this weekend and for the forseeable future. just somethin we hav to deal with no matter how hard it is to take

**rovers100%** · 04/08/2009, 8:50 PM

in theory your right but if we all said that then we know 100% absolute that nothing will get done. if it only makes pat kelly go to one game personally we have achieved something no matter how small

**sligofan4ever** · 04/08/2009, 8:51 PM

Originally Posted by redtildead

or we could all just not waste our time...
nice idea in theory but wont make a blind bit of difference. winters and the rest will be out makin the same mistakes this weekend and for the forseeable future. just somethin we hav to deal with no matter how hard it is to take

True, it might not work. But we need to get the message out there and what us, the fans think of the standard of officials in this league and see what the FAI will do (wouldnt hold my breathe) but the standard has well and truely gone beyond a joke in this league. The referee in our game against Vllaznia compared to any LoI ref, well, when you compare the standard, they are worlds apart and those are the kinds of referee's this league needs.

**srfc1928** · 04/08/2009, 9:41 PM

absolutley gutted.

R Winter was terrible,
but the woman lino was by far the worst offical i have ever seen.
it was embarrasing

**Brian Boru** · 04/08/2009, 10:44 PM

Originally Posted by sligofan4ever

True, it might not work. But we need to get the message out there and what us, the fans think of the standard of officials in this league and see what the FAI will do (wouldnt hold my breathe) but the standard has well and truely gone beyond a joke in this league. The referee in our game against Vllaznia compared to any LoI ref, well, when you compare the standard, they are worlds apart and those are the kinds of referee's this league needs.

Totally agree. The ref at the home Vllaznia game was excellent.

Pity about last night. Great Rovers support though.

**prodsc** · 04/08/2009, 10:58 PM

He will probably point out that the Eircom League doesn't exist and thank you for your comments that will be noted!

How many times have the officals been booed of the pitch at the Showgrounds this season, thought the St Pats game was brutal, then there is the lino that runs down the tunnel the sec the whistle blows- doesn't wait for the ref.

I did email in the past about this(and other matters) without response..but if there's a campaign...............

**sligofan4ever** · 04/08/2009, 11:00 PM

Originally Posted by prodsc

He will probably point out that the Eircom League doesn't exist and thank you for your comments that will be noted!

How many times have the officals been booed of the pitch at the Showgrounds this season, thought the St Pats game was brutal, then there is the lino that runs down the tunnel the sec the whistle blows- doesn't wait for the ref.

I did email in the past about this(and other matters) without response..but if there's a campaign...............

Drog's 3-3 last season when we should've had apenalty and Cork a few weeks ago just to name a few anyways, I remember those 2 occasions the darted down the line into the tunnel