Ref again — tackle on Latte

[Jedi boro]

I spotted the hand fall at the time and wondered why more wasn’t made of it by us.

It was so blatant

 

[Norfolkred1]

Their forum were all in agreement that they should have been down to 10 for the foul and a hand ball for 2 penas. Thanking that VAR had a day off.

 

[Merrykoala]

Worst Ref since escape to victory

 

[Alzi]

Is Riverside not setup for VAR yet ?

 

[1finny]

They wouldn’t have mentioned it. Fouls don’t count when you’ve already managed to shoot, it seems. Said it for years. It’s mental.

I started to count the number of fouls given after a player got clattered just after releasing the ball - at least 7
All outside the box

 

[RK8610]

I was up the other end so it was difficult to see and I haven't seen a replay. Was it hamstring for Lathe or ankle?

 

[TeaCider]

Is Riverside not setup for VAR yet ?

It was, we used it against Chelsea in 2022, but for some reason we've now decided we can't.

Whether that's because of changes to VAR, I'm not sure, but it's odd.

Hoping it doesn't cost us in the 2nd leg.

 

[redjohnnie]

All day and every day with VAR. Both our injuries came as a result of sneaky follow through’s.

I think Bangura's injury may of been caused with him standing on the ball with his right foot and it sliding away. He immediately grabbed the back of his right leg.

 

[Way_Out_West]

Strange commentary yesterday, seemingly there's a higher bar to give fouls to us.

A few times, including the one on LL, it was "contact, but not enough to wipe him out so no foul".

 

[MichaelDebeve]

Unpopular opinion, but I actually didnt think it was a pen.

 

[B_G]

The strangest one that got totally ignored was at the end when Crooks got dragged down by his neck, ref waved play on

Yeah that one and Hackney getting wiped out right in front of the assistant and neither him or the referee gave it.

Josh was fouled all night and didn't get anything.
It would have only taken the ref giving 2 or 3 of them against thiago on Josh and it would have changed the dynamic of the game because he would have had to find a different way to defend him.

 

[Malaguena]

May have been some penalties, may have been some cards, but I'll take that every day rather than have VAR ruining the flow of the game (as it's being used now, not the principle of it overruling clear and obvious errors)

Like Saturday, I thought the game had a great flow to it and personally I like the "robust" challenges

 

[viv_andersons_nana]

You see these incidents almost every game. It’s a definite penalty. If a player did it in the middle of the field, was that late and got nowhere near the ball, it would be a free kick and almost always a yellow card. And yet inside the box they’re never given.

 

[Laughing]

Just watched the highlights and I'm not sure what everyone is smoking but the challenge on ELL at the very start is never a penalty, not in a million years

Care to explain why it wasnt a penalty kick?

 

[TeaCider]

It's a stonewall penalty, watching it back.

Wipes him out, injures him, and doesn't even get close to the ball.

 

[Pak_Doo_Ik]

Just as a side note, we didn’t commit a single foul in the 2nd half. Not sure what that means other than how disciplined we were and didn’t go diving in.

 

[HolgateCorner]

Just as a side note, we didn’t commit a single foul in the 2nd half. Not sure what that means other than how disciplined we were and didn’t go diving in.

That is an amazing stat and one that makes me convinced that Carrick will be England manager in the not too distant future.

 

[MichaelDebeve]

Just as a side note, we didn’t commit a single foul in the 2nd half. Not sure what that means other than how disciplined we were and didn’t go diving in.

Is that true?? Wow ... that is a brilliantly disciplined performance

 

[Corcaigh_the_Cat]

Unpopular opinion, but I actually didnt think it was a pen.

Me neither, had he not shot and kept control it would have been. I felt the same for Glover's challenge on Palmer.

 

[Pak_Doo_Ik]

Is that true?? Wow ... that is a brilliantly disciplined performance

2nd half stats according to FlashScore