He has to be sacked after tonight:
1.when the ball went out of play He made the Order of Malta guys walk the perimeter of the pitch(even though the ball was out of play) instead of letting them crossing the pitch to Jamie McKensie who was in a bad way after flying into the wall.
2. New Rule
If a player needs to put back on his boots - yellow Card
wont even go into some of the decisons he made as Im happy we got a point pats were the better team
same in the Limerick Vs Fingal Game Tuesday Scully Had A Few Words With Him
Wait, what happened here?Originally Posted by Trainee
I don't actually have much experience of Buttimer - I've heard horror stories but he's been OK every match I've been at.
Buttimer is a joke as are 90% of the referee's in this league, and I would include the mighty Alan Kelly in that.
Stupid thread realy,but could run to 16 pages!!
If there was a referee's observer at the game last night he has to be suspended, he's a complete lunatic. Made us wear our away kit and then wore a blue shirt himself that was a lot closer to Pats away shirt than our home kit. Making the stretcher go the whole way around the outside of the pitch instead of letting them cross the half way line to McKensie was really messed up and shows the frame of mind of this scumbag. Countless ridiculous decisions all night, he obviously had a vendetta after the club put in a complaint about his last appearance in Terryland. Ban this muppet now!
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He was getting treatment from the physio while the game was ongoing and the Order of malta walked around about 5 minutes after the incident. He's off the pitch so the game should be allowed continue
Pats got a corner. Player didn't go to tie his laces immediately. Then went down in the penalty box. was told to get up and carry on. Corner rresulted in goal kick for Galway and as barry ryan was talkinga kick out he took his boots off om the 6 yard line to change them. Buttimer told him to go off the pitch if he wanted to do it, and he didn't move. Yellow card was the correct decision.2. New Rule
If a player needs to put back on his boots - yellow Card
He's a fool because of the ersey thing (constantly) but he was OK last night. made a few small mistakes but didn't have a major decision to make.
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For the Limerick match he gave our young right full a second yellow for a slip which took down a fingal player. Even the fingal player couldn't believe he was sent off for it. 5 minutes later Shane Clarke was chasing a ball that was heading towards the box, it was between Clarke and the keeper for the ball as Clarke got across the front of the defender, the defender then took down Clarke as he got near the ball and the keeper cleared. The ref just said play away. How a player being last man back can't be sent off for a foul but somebody slipping can i'll never know. He made a few bad decisions the other way in the second half, not to mention missing loads of handballs for both teams.
Scumbag...Vendetta...Muppet....Seriously?
Id question who has the vendetta here!! Judging by Dodge's response the referee seems to have acted within the Laws of the Game
Yes!!
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This thread right here is why football is great!!
Two different sets of fans looking at the exact same thing and drawing completely different conclusions.
He actually got so bad we where starting to just laugh at the decisions he was making, whether it was for us or against us. It seemed at times that he would make some stupid decisions against Limerick and then would try and redress it by making them against Fingal and this is how the game went, favouring one team over the other at different points in the game. Your sending off seemed harsh (like the first game) and I remember him booking williams for winning the ball. Absolute joke
In saying all that, the majority of refs are terrible in the league. I thought when we got out of the first division the standard would improve. How naive was I
Last edited by Lamper.sffc; 04/09/2010 at 2:06 PM.
Yes, the refs make mistakes. The best refs in the world make mistakes in every single game. These refs aren't the best refs in the world so naturally, they will make a few more. Making a mistake doesn't mean a ref isn't good.
What seems more likely, that "90p/c of the refs in this country are crap" - the refs who have proved themselves through the years to be the most compotent and able to the FAI or that many football fans jump immediately to the conclusion that a ref is no good when a few decisions go against their team, a team in which they have a deep emotional investment thus negating any possibility of them having a neutral point of view?
The latter methinks.
This is their reputation on the line, their livelihood, their future. They are not biased, they do not have vendettas, they try their best. One of the worst experiences of my life came last year reffing a teenager's game. I gave two penalties to the same team soon after eachother and was subjected to the worst abuse I have ever endured from the opposition sidelines. I was accused of bias, incompotence and racism by parents and coaches all in front of the players to whom I was trying to display control and leadership. I was undermined and made feel genuinely fearful and intimidated.
The referee has been made out to be some sort of villain in football. The referee is not the villain, he is there to try and stop and punish any unlawful behaviour. He doesn't always get it right for any number of reasons but he will always try his best to.
If any of you spent a few months as a ref you'd probably understand a bit better what it's like. So get over it and start talking about football. Some of the stuff I have to hear in LOI grounds makes me sick.
"If you don't work harder I'll pull you off at halftime,"
“Crikey, at Manchester City all we get is an orange and a cup of tea,"
You know a referee is REALLY bad when you can't understand decisions that are going in your favour. Step forward Richie Winter and the Amazing Random Decision Generator.
Poor Richie is just showing intiative. He clearly feels that the LOI matches need a fun factor. It all adds to the matchday experience.
Good evening!
Is Buttimer the same ref who said "I will race you for your wages" to one of the Galway United players, earlier in the season?
Nobody knows us, we don't care
The c*nt must actually be colour blind.
I think the yellow for Conneely was correct, have a different take on it to Dodge - I think he was booked for leaving the field of play without permission - but nonetheless it was a yellow. As for the REd Cross, McKenzie was down injured but off the field of play, it wasn't a head injury so Buttimer didn't have to let them run across the pitch. A bit of common sense would have been nice, but strictly speaking, he was within his rights
There was a referee observer at the game. Nothing will come of that though, as it was Buttimer's fellow Cork man, Eddie Foley.
Yes it was Buttimer who challenged Anto Flood to a race for his wages. I thought the jersey thing was a joke as well
"Billy Corgan, Smashing Pumpkins."
"Homer Simpson, smiling politely."
He is refereeing tomorrow nights qualifier between Sweden and San Marino
He wasn't off the pitch when booked. Buttimer clearly instructed him to leave the field
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