Rovers v Barnet - 8/10/16- Whistling Trevor Kettle

[The Red Baron]

Referee: Trevor Kettle
Assistants: Duncan Street & Nigel Smith.
4th: Robert Atkin

[1879Rovers]

0 - Totally useless. Just saving time for the weekend.

[robchester]

It was Kettle. We knew what to expect and we got it. Useless is too kind for his performance.

[glosterred]

Piss poor all day a big fat ZERO from me

COYR

[RedJ]

What the f**k was that? 'our' dropped ball being taken from the centre spot when the infraction occurred about 15 yards inside our half and off to one side? the contested dropped ball for no apparent reason? the man amazes me every time I see him in action.

[nortikorner]

why all the premier refs not working why oh why do we have to have T Kitson

[RobTheRover]

The last 20 minutes were as clueless as I remember him being.

[roversontheup]

Agreed Rob....the last 20 minutes were Bizarre!!

[jonnydog]

A good first half performance which got my hopes up...

Followed by a horrendous last half hour.

[Donnywolf]

A good first half performance which got my hopes up...

Followed by a horrendous last half hour.

Up to 16 minutes he had made a liar of me as I told my mate he was utter s***e. Then he gave the foul to Barnet after their player did the vault over our Player (?) near their dug out. Then for the rest of the half he was ok ish BUT  once he "goes" he goes big time.

The 2 drop balls were as bizarre as I have ever seen not forgetting the free lick he gave them after the first one just so they got the ball back ! I was right - overall he WAS S***e and its 0 points from me

[IDM]

Total f**kwit..  came across as clueless and apparently was swearing at the players too..

Won't call him w**ker as that belittles the fact that like most blokes I'll rub one off occasionally..

Spoilt the enjoyment of our win.. big fat round zero from me..

[The Red Baron]

What can I say? Handled the first half ok but lost the plot totally after half time. Ignored a lot of the pushing and shoving by Barnet but then completely "went" after the drop ball incident.

It was clear that we didn't want to give them an opportunity to launch the ball upfield again (their only tactic). Instead of allowing a contested drop ball (which he is mandated to do by the LOTG) he seemed to take it as a personal affront that we wouldn't allow Barnet to just lump it upfield. So he invented a non-existant free kick.

He then failed to act when Butler was elbowed in the face and booked Rowe for pointing this out. Then Williams is pulled down in the box and he's booked for diving!

Finally, in the dying moments, Middleton committed a nasty foul on their 4 (a yellow at least) and he ignored it completely.

He clearly can't cope when a game gets tasty. Should have been demoted years ago.

[IDM]

And no card when Marosi took a kick when clutching the ball.  That's a yellow for dangerous play, at least.

Several Barnet fouls in the second half were easy yellows too, as was the Middleton challenge.

Williams' wasn't a dive either,,

[drfchound]

Agree on how bad Kettle was, especially in the second half.
I also thought the foul on AW was a pen and to book him was a travesty.

[Filo]

A good first half performance which got my hopes up...

Followed by a horrendous last half hour.

Up to 16 minutes he had made a liar of me as I told my mate he was utter s***e. Then he gave the foul to Barnet after their player did the vault over our Player (?) near their dug out. Then for the rest of the half he was ok ish BUT  once he "goes" he goes big time.

The 2 drop balls were as bizarre as I have ever seen not forgetting the free lick he gave them after the first one just so they got the ball back ! I was right - overall he WAS S***e and its 0 points from me

Not just content to give them everything, he was also offering them sexual favours, the dirty bas**rd!

[The Red Baron]

Incidentally, did anyone see when Middleton absolutely creamed the big No. 4 near the end? I thought it was a nasty challenge and should have resulted in a card. Kettle just seemed to ignore it. His foul detection was random, to say the least.

[IDM]

Incidentally, did anyone see when Middleton absolutely creamed the big No. 4 near the end? I thought it was a nasty challenge and should have resulted in a card. Kettle just seemed to ignore it. His foul detection was random, to say the least.

Yes, this was virtually right in front of us.. Was off the pitch but was at least a Yellow card.  Mind you he didn't give them a card when Marosi got a kick either...

[darren61]

This is getting better!! now DF has said Kettle was swearing at our lads.

[Donnywolf]

So he score 0.3 points on average which is pretty low but totally deserved to be !

It was 0.3 more than I gave him though.

[bobjimwilly]

own up.... who gave him a 2?

[IDM]

own up.... who gave him a 2?

His mum??