Rovers v Blackpool - Carabao Cup- 28/8/18- Anthony Backhouse

[The Red Baron]

Referee: Anthony Backhouse
Assistants: Matthew Jones and Gary Hilton
4O: Tom Nield

[Filo]

Rubbish, didn't have a clue what to do after Blackpools first goal, and the West stand lino? I think that must have been the first game of football he's ever seen, i don't think he knew what that flag was for

[Donnywolf]

Somebody told him more that once in West Stand what to do with it and lets face it that would have uped the entertainment value of the Night

Seriously though a Muppet of the Highest order on the Line (not assisting) the Muppet of a Ref.

What the hell was all the long winded fuss about after their goal ? Just make a decision and f**k all the rest - just like you collectively did for the other 90 minutes

[Filo]

Somebody told him more that once in West Stand what to do with it and lets face it that would have uped the entertainment value of the Night

Seriously though a Muppet of the Highest order on the Line (not assisting) the Muppet of a Ref.

What the hell was all the long winded fuss about after their goal ? Just make a decision and f**k all the rest - just like you collectively did for the other 90 minutes

65 minutes before he gave an offside, by that time Blackpool had a free run in the first half

[The Red Baron]

I didn't think it would be long before I awarded my first zero of the season. He never struck me as having control over the game and seemed to lean on the Fourth official a lot.

On the Tom Anderson booking, maybe it was correct by the letter of the law (although the ball seemed to have crossed the line before he touched it) but a sensible referee would have let it go. As it was, he riled the Blackpool players who thought the goal was going to be chalked off.

The West Stand lino- least said the better. Hopeless!

[drfchound]

We gets lots of poor officials by jeez, this ref was the worst for some time.

[Donnywolf]

Average .266 and we thought D Drysdale was bad