Mark Robins makes emphatic point on referees as Stoke City move on
Stoke City, according to figures shared between Championship clubs, are top of the table when it comes to big decisions being called wrong against them this season.
But Mark Robins, even if he drew a deep breath when reminded about it, is pulling a veil over the controversial injury time penalty winner at Millwall last time out, when Ben Wilmot was accused of holding Josh Coburn by underfire referee Andy Davies.
It added to a long list of complaints – and subsequent apologies from the referee’s body – this term topped by a Bae Junho winner for Stoke at Queens Park Rangers for alleged handball and not spotting a blatant foul by Millwall’s Jake Cooper on Wouter Burger in the reverse fixture that should have resulted in a red card and penalty.
But Robins, now preparing for a home match against QPR (3pm), doesn’t want to waste his energy on things he can’t control.
He said: “There are obviously reasons for things but we’ve got to help ourselves too. Decisions have gone against us, there’s no two ways about it, but there’s no point dwelling on any of that because it doesn’t help. Whatever we can do that is in our control to help us get the required points that we need, then we’ve got to try to do it.
“If we were dwelling on things that have not gone quite right we could be here for ages and we’d just be wasting time so let’s focus on the positives.”
Tony Harrington will have the whistle at the bet365 Stadium this afternoon.
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