All I can say is thank you Squash TV! What a game! Great squash, great fitness, great drama.

Ali ! Oh how I admire you both! Wonderful! Beyond human..

I wouldve been tilted off this planet if the ref ruled like that against me. Props to Ali for keeping his head on straight!😮😮

@SLDIKJF

Жыл бұрын

Twice Coll moved badly after drop shots. Both were clearly stroke to Farag, both officially decided no let. Horrible video ref!!

@antonybateson9060

Жыл бұрын

Imagine Coll ... hoping desperately for a let knowing it should really be a stroke, only to see a video no let decision 🤣

8:16 best thing to see in professional squash, Ali got 100% taxied and instead of being annoyed/embarrassed he fully commends his opponent, who returns him with a grateful tap on the back in reply as thanks

also, Coll! speak up yourself when you step on to your opponent's foot and he's only asking for a 'let' - especially with a player like Ali, who forwards you all the basic courtesies on a regular basis

Really enjoyed watching this! Thanks for the FGF, PSA! 😎

Astounding squash, appreciated for both players

I’m excited to see this match as the next christmas cracker. Great flowing squash

That No Let - Got to be one of the worst ref decisions I have seen at PSA level.

No let? Where should farag hit the ball? Between colls legs?

@filda2005

Жыл бұрын

That would have been a double bounce ;)

Took a picture with farag few weeks ago 😊

Those guys are just amazing. Such high level. Really questionable ref decisions, though.

I honestly think the pick-up from Farag is good

@georgekrumm1857

Жыл бұрын

Totally. Looks like he sneaks his racket underneath from an unorthodox position.

@TO-rf2li

Жыл бұрын

With you both. Seems to me well overdue PSA invested in high resolution/speed cameras. I've rarely seen one of those slowmo's clarify that type of situation.

@hugonam8839

Жыл бұрын

using the 0.25 speed to check, it was definitely good.

@jackieking1522

Жыл бұрын

Indeterminate.... play a let. Seems obvious... why so reluctant to just do a replay?

와우~~😊

Again a very good example when the ref wants to be the star of the match - NO LET 🤣

Coll not reviewing the last call probably bc he knew the video ref would somehow give it a no-let and felt bad for farag

@ulfvondelft5359

Жыл бұрын

haha. true

Absolutely shocking 'no let' decisions from the referees, those people need to be replaced, inept at what they're doing, never seen stupidity such as this.

In those decisions which went against Farag, I honestly felt as if Coll was not clearing the line to the ball after hitting it. I like both these players but that was my interpretation.

No let twice on real stroke decisions 😮😮

Farag vs (Coll+Ref+Video Ref)

Farag had to win that game 5 times over, I’m glad he did in the end but that ref and video ref need to be audited by PSA and retrained. Farag showed incredible composure and was an absolute gentleman throughout. The ref seemed to have forgotten yes let is always an option. Of course context is important, but if you see how good Farag moves and reads the plays, you should at least err on a let rather than straight out no let. This bad refereeing only promotes bad sneaky fishing dangerous play.

Farag is a squash god o,o

Fantastic player and great game still I feel like the refs decisions were a little tricky

@abidfarooqui-sla3301

Жыл бұрын

No they were not. They were quite straight forward. I am sorry but the ref is no good in this game.

Man such a great games. The video referee tried his best to ruin the game. Its like they are not educated on how to ref.

Poor reffing. This outcome could have been different. Regarding Coll at 18:00. Is there an understanding in squash that one must move away (in the direction of the T) after you've hit a shot? Him standing still is what's putting him in the line of the run to the ball.

I don't understand Joey's comment about the "naughty movement" at 18:21. Coll literally didn't even move from his spot, he wasn't trying to block Farag's line. I think it should have been a let since the drop wasn't a winner, but the ref might have seen that he had already cleared the interference but chose not to play it.

@TobyMurrayA

Жыл бұрын

I think he's referring to Coll's left leg. Usually when a player goes in with a lunge their next step is either pushing back out of the lunge or matching their feet. In this case, Coll stepped slightly back and to the left - exactly where Farag needs to go. When done maliciously that's exactly what blocking is, though this just looks like he was not totally balanced to me.

@Vinnizzz

Жыл бұрын

Completely true, but it seems unintentional. It the same move that Asal uses as part of his game upsetting his opponent by giving minimal interference instead of clearing properly.

Wow imagine these decisions against Asal and MoSho! They would bring the officials out

@Orbituation

Жыл бұрын

Why do you fanatics keep making every unrelated video/post/tweet/dirt about Asal?

@SLDIKJF

Жыл бұрын

Because Asal is still the worst behaving player ever

@shahg25

Жыл бұрын

@@Orbituation because of the reaction. Farag didn’t make that big of a deal of those horrendous decisions

@Orbituation

Жыл бұрын

@@shahg25 I still remember Farag's outburst in Grasshopper 2016 against Gaultier, but he's been very respectful of the referees and players since then. But we really shouldn't be giving Asal any more airtime and let him fade into the background (until his next theatre).

@shahg25

Жыл бұрын

@@Orbituation totally Yeah Farag has had his moments too but this normally he aint like that. I remember Farag once made Tarek replay the championship point

The ref seemed a bit one-sided.

The STROKE decision at 10:05 should have been a YES LET... Farag had straight in and the right corner...

@georgekrumm1857

Жыл бұрын

I think you mean the left corner (right from the front wall camera). Even though the angle appears to be there for basically everything besides a very acute cross drop, the refs probably felt there was no safe way for him to play a hard cross court there. The 2:28 decision is similar. The angles to the front appear to be available ultimately, but it would be very dangerous to make an attempt at that ball, so you couldn't really say their swing was free from obstruction.

A couple of shockingly poor decisions in there. One, a no let on review, should have been a stoke to Farag. The other was close too.

That wasn't double!

@elijahantony4300

22 күн бұрын

Exactly, looking for this comment

for God's sake, get your refereeing right - this is not a club match, these guys are making a living based off of these results, and with such close games, ridiculously bad decisions by the ref, especially upon video reviews, are just inexcusable - this is NOT professional in any aspect - just abysmal 😕😕😕

Paul Cole is about the least complaining, moaning squash player out there. My hats off to him.

fire those refs what the fk were these calls

That ref needs to be fired.. wtf.. such a bad call..😮

the no let at 16-16 seemed like the right choice to me. the shot was pretty bad since it popped out, but farag went the wrong way towards it. he was going tighter to the wall and didn't even show that he knew where the ball was going after it popped out. he also was asking for a decision before even stepping in.

@Prospaekt

19 күн бұрын

This is the only explanation that makes sense to. On the earlier no-let, I think the reasoning of the refs was the same. So I'm not outraged as some are but I must also agree with a lot of the comments that Coll was clearing poorly in both cases. Based on the reviews I would probably have opted for a let in both cases.

bro i js found out what squash was

And this video has only 6 likes

Great game…bad ending

This referee needs to simply retire from Squash. It was the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen in Squash in a while.

I loved watching this game, but I really don’t believe the refs are against Farag like the commentators are making out. I’d much rather watch a game without the bitching and moaning.

Good example when the referee is trying to be the star of the game👹

How can that not be a stroke. Go back to do your refereeing course. Unbelievable

Farag certainly deserved the second game, 1-1. Lousy job by the referee.

Why did you put this video on this public forum. Do you want to know what we think about your refs?

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This video is why Squash will never make it to the Olympics. There are people who will watch Skateboarding or Breakdancing, but with Official and REVIEWED decisions being so blindly wrong that everybody watching and the commentators can gasp in horror at just how wrong they are....we'll never make it to the ""big leagues""

Casters seem a bit off, and the male one is kinda annoying

Wow. Paul Cole has been watching Asal too much. The ref is as blind to Coll's obstructing movement too. If this is the new squash play, the sport is dead. Note to Coll: if Asal is your role model, be embarrassed.

gotta say psa needs to find new refs. people at my club can ref better. and also new commentators