Not seen the replay but on first viewing it didn’t appear as bad as Taylor’s tackle late on against Wycombe. The other tackle (in the loose term) that immediately sprang to mind, given the personnel involved, was McDonald’s attempt a few years ago whilst playing for us against the Swindon keeper. Win some, lose some.
With the memory of the Wycombe ref still being fresh, I thought Mr Drysdale wasn’t too bad in comparison. He at least showed some authority early on when Gillingham did that thing most teams tend to do in the first 15 mins (“let’s test the water and see how much can we get away with today”) and wasn’t shown to be a complete fool with some of the delaying tactics later on (on one occasion telling a downed player to get up). True that he didn’t do us any favours with the penalty decision (given more often than not?) and failed to play a critical advantage (inexcusable).
I was reminded of his attack on a player during the game, then later whilst walking back through the car park spotted his car due to a personalised number plate. Neither are good ideas for a ref and suggest there’s someone with an ego.