| Kevin Friend 18:00 - Oct 31 with 5892 views | dcd14 |
Absolutely abysmal.
Laughed and joked with Arsenal all day.
Gifted them a second.
Ashley Williams getting booked for a foul after Barrow was assaulted on the edge of their box pretty much sums Friend up.
Embarrassment. [Post edited 31 Oct 2015 18:03]
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| Kevin Friend on 12:42 - Nov 1 with 1551 views | waveydavey |
Look at the ref's position from the free kick. He is 8 yards away from Mertesacker and looking directly at him. Siggy appeals for handball, but as you say noone else has a good view (apart from the ref). Hounding refs is something the Swans don't do (and never have). |  | | |
| Kevin Friend on 16:23 - Nov 1 with 1466 views | Glyn1 |
Was Kevin Friend really as biased in Swansea's favour as Arsenal fans have made out? Serious question as I haven't seen the match yet, I'm just going by the torrent of abuse he's getting on the Arsenal forums for his allegedly pro-Swansea favouritism. |  |
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| Kevin Friend on 17:42 - Nov 1 with 1435 views | Dan_Swan |
I think saying the referee decided the outcome of the game is somewhat incorrect. Yes, he missed the handball which in itself is inexcusable, possible penalty with Gomis and also the 2nd goal for Arsenal did look a foul from where I was in the East stand.
Sadly not seen MOTD so can't really confirm all of the above but the still I've seen of Mertesacker it looked blatant. |  |
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| Kevin Friend on 18:35 - Nov 1 with 1406 views | dcd14 |
| Kevin Friend on 17:42 - Nov 1 by Dan_Swan |
I think saying the referee decided the outcome of the game is somewhat incorrect. Yes, he missed the handball which in itself is inexcusable, possible penalty with Gomis and also the 2nd goal for Arsenal did look a foul from where I was in the East stand.
Sadly not seen MOTD so can't really confirm all of the above but the still I've seen of Mertesacker it looked blatant. |
The angle I was coming from was that second goal was not a valid goal.
Therefore we are at 0-1 and still in the game, at 0-2 because of the goal we pushed and got punished for 0-3. | | | |
| Kevin Friend on 18:45 - Nov 1 with 1385 views | Highjack |
It is frustrating how friendly certain refs are with the big clubs players. As someone has alluded to he was laughing and joking with them for the entire match. Thought he was running over to celebrate Campbells goal at one point but just put his arm around him and gave him a bit of a hug. |  |
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| Kevin Friend on 18:49 - Nov 1 with 1381 views | dcd14 |
| Kevin Friend on 18:45 - Nov 1 by Highjack |
It is frustrating how friendly certain refs are with the big clubs players. As someone has alluded to he was laughing and joking with them for the entire match. Thought he was running over to celebrate Campbells goal at one point but just put his arm around him and gave him a bit of a hug. |
Exactly! Takes the piss! | | | |
| Kevin Friend on 18:54 - Nov 1 with 1377 views | Darran |
| Kevin Friend on 18:35 - Nov 1 by dcd14 |
The angle I was coming from was that second goal was not a valid goal.
Therefore we are at 0-1 and still in the game, at 0-2 because of the goal we pushed and got punished for 0-3. |
Great post that mate. |  |
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| Kevin Friend on 19:17 - Nov 1 with 1356 views | Dan_Swan |
| Kevin Friend on 18:35 - Nov 1 by dcd14 |
The angle I was coming from was that second goal was not a valid goal.
Therefore we are at 0-1 and still in the game, at 0-2 because of the goal we pushed and got punished for 0-3. |
I'm not disputing what you've said there because it was a big call by Mr Friend not to award a free kick and as a result we were heavily punished for not playing to the whistle, assuming it was going to be given.
But I think we should be concentrating more on what we did wrong. Referees make bad calls all the time but they don't make as many mistakes as the players. | |
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| Kevin Friend on 19:33 - Nov 1 with 1320 views | dcd14 |
| Kevin Friend on 19:17 - Nov 1 by Dan_Swan |
I'm not disputing what you've said there because it was a big call by Mr Friend not to award a free kick and as a result we were heavily punished for not playing to the whistle, assuming it was going to be given.
But I think we should be concentrating more on what we did wrong. Referees make bad calls all the time but they don't make as many mistakes as the players. |
I know where your coming from.
All I want like most fans is the same crack of the whip, if that is Cech under pressure from Gomis we all know that freekick is given. | | | |
| Kevin Friend on 19:53 - Nov 1 with 1301 views | Dan_Swan |
| Kevin Friend on 19:33 - Nov 1 by dcd14 |
I know where your coming from.
All I want like most fans is the same crack of the whip, if that is Cech under pressure from Gomis we all know that freekick is given. |
Absolutely, otherwise it's not a level playing field. | |
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| Kevin Friend on 20:08 - Nov 1 with 1288 views | lifelong |
| Kevin Friend on 19:33 - Nov 1 by dcd14 |
I know where your coming from.
All I want like most fans is the same crack of the whip, if that is Cech under pressure from Gomis we all know that freekick is given. |
I've seen the incident a few time today and I still think that Fab should have dealt with it better. |  | | |
| Kevin Friend on 20:30 - Nov 1 with 1265 views | Flashberryjack |
| Kevin Friend on 09:31 - Nov 1 by Pegojack |
I've seen the Gomis chance half a dozen times on MOTD and am still not sure if it was a penalty and red card, as I felt in real time, or if Gomis made a meal of poor finishing. He should definitely have shot when about four or five yards from the keeper, but I knew he'd try and walk it around him, its his favourite move.
The handball in the wall was very difficult to spot in fairness, I notice not one of our players appealed at the time, because they hadn't spotted it.
As for their second goal, a definite foul on the keeper. No excuse for that, and it knocked the stuffing out of our boys, you could see they all thought "no way will we get anything out of this game, we're playing 12 men". [Post edited 1 Nov 2015 9:42]
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| Kevin Friend on 20:34 - Nov 1 with 1255 views | jackal |
| Kevin Friend on 20:08 - Nov 1 by lifelong |
I've seen the incident a few time today and I still think that Fab should have dealt with it better. |
Yes he should, but when was the last time you saw a goal like that stand?
Maddely a Stoke fan and Friend an Arsenal fan. |  | | |
| Kevin Friend on 20:42 - Nov 1 with 1244 views | Jack_Kass |
Such is football, if we had scored in the manner of their 2nd then we'd be furious if it had been ruled out.
Koscielny stood his ground and Fab f**ked up, deal with it | |
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| Kevin Friend on 20:47 - Nov 1 with 1235 views | monmouth |
| Kevin Friend on 20:42 - Nov 1 by Jack_Kass |
Such is football, if we had scored in the manner of their 2nd then we'd be furious if it had been ruled out.
Koscielny stood his ground and Fab f**ked up, deal with it |
Indeed we were furious when Shechter (aye, incredibly) had the same type of goal ruled out against the Delias for Michu's 'foul'. The der der der dildo tune for the dipsticks even started up. Not sure who the ref was. Would be funny if it were Kevo. |  |
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| Kevin Friend on 20:50 - Nov 1 with 1134 views | Gh0st |
If all these refs weren't so biased, we'd be unbeaten and top of the league. |  | | |
| Kevin Friend on 21:02 - Nov 1 with 1123 views | Rancid |
I thought he was pretty good and fair. I enjoyed it when he pulled Arsenal up for a foul throw in.And for the Fabianski incident I was right in line with it and at the time thought he jumped too early.Haven't seen the replay. |  | | |
| Kevin Friend on 21:46 - Nov 1 with 1082 views | curleigh |
| Kevin Friend on 20:42 - Nov 1 by Jack_Kass |
Such is football, if we had scored in the manner of their 2nd then we'd be furious if it had been ruled out.
Koscielny stood his ground and Fab f**ked up, deal with it |
After seeing it several times now, i have to agree Fab should have flattened them two and punched clear | | | |
| Kevin Friend on 22:36 - Nov 1 with 1047 views | Stanners |
| Kevin Friend on 18:27 - Oct 31 by lifelong |
He made one or two errors but I didn't think it was a bad performance from him. |
Having seen the incident on MOTD last night I didn't think there was a lot in it
Reckon Fabianski should have dealt with it better
Why did our players stop? We should have played till the whistle
It was a daft goal to give away and it killed off any chance we had
The first goal was a soft one too, why weren't there any players by the posts?
I dislike refs more than anyone but pointing the finger at the ref is taking the easy way out | | | |
| Kevin Friend on 23:08 - Nov 1 with 1016 views | Treforys_Jack |
Giroud fouls Fabianski, end of!
Thought we played the best we've done for a few weeks, unfortunately Gomis is so short of confidence at the moment, the dilemma is whether to bench him and risk it dropping even further. He was looking a real handful in that 1st 45 mins, and a goal would have done him the world of good. |  | | |
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