Sheffield United fan Craig Pawson ref tonight

SuperStu said:
Missed what looked like a definite pen for them.

Have the rules changed re: players raising their hands to one another? I feel like years ago their player judo throwing Steffen from behind would have been a red.
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Didn't the Swansea player, think it was cabango, get a straight red for that this season? or was it a second yellow?
 
Didn't affect the result, which should be the lowest bar a ref should clear.

I would echo that he let too many fouls go before reaching for his cards, I don't think it would have made a difference to the result though.
 
It wasn't a dirty game and we did our fair share of using our arms and bodies to block players.

The challenge in the box went with us, could have gone either way, it wasn't clear cut.

Akpom's challenge on Pearson for the goal was allowed, so why not similar challenges from their players?

The spotlight certainly shouldn't be on the ref.
 
Watched the highlights just there, there is no chance that it was a penalty for them, the Stoke player actually barged in to Ramsey to try and create contact.

The referee got it spot on.
 
Thought the ref was good and probably should've given them a penalty first half for Ramseys challenge. Lenihan was also lucky to get away with his elbow second half.
 
BoroMart said:
VAR would not have overturned that challenge by Chuba, the guy ran into him and crumpled looking for a foul that never was
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I agree it wasn't a foul, but we'd still have had the nervous wait whist they reviewed it, instead of just enjoying celebrating the goal.
You're also assuming VAR would have made the right decision, they often don't!
 
Corcaigh_the_Cat said:
It wasn't a dirty game and we did our fair share of using our arms and bodies to block players.

The challenge in the box went with us, could have gone either way, it wasn't clear cut.

Akpom's challenge on Pearson for the goal was allowed, so why not similar challenges from their players?

The spotlight certainly shouldn't be on the ref.
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yes he could have easily given a pen, cancelled out chubas goal for a foul and given a red to Lenighan for the elbow on Tuanzebe if he was a bent ref. Not that any of those were those things mind, but he had the opportunity to give all of those. No complaints from me.
 
TeaCider said:
Watched the highlights just there, there is no chance that it was a penalty for them, the Stoke player actually barged in to Ramsey to try and create contact.

The referee got it spot on.
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agreed, Ramsay slips and the stoke players steps into him. I'd have given a yellow to Gayle for simulation as well when he was asking for a pen.
 
BoroMart said:
agreed, Ramsay slips and the stoke players steps into him. I'd have given a yellow to Gayle for simulation as well when he was asking for a pen.
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Laurent stepped across to protect the ball which he is entirely entitled to do. Ramsey foolishly dives off his feet in the box (and admittedly tried to pull out albeit too late) and traps Laurents ankle. That's a pen all day. Would've got it had the game been at Stoke.
 
It wasn't too late because he didn't tackle him.

After being dragged back away from the ball by Laurent, Ramsey pulled out of an attempted slide, Laurent then stuck a leg out to try and make contact with him, didn't get anything but a gentle flicker of a toe on his shin at best and then flung himself theatrically.

It wasn't a penalty.
 
TeaCider said:
It wasn't too late because he didn't tackle him.

After being dragged back away from the ball by Laurent, Ramsey pulled out of an attempted slide, Laurent then stuck a leg out to try and make contact with him, didn't get anything but a gentle flicker of a toe on his shin at best and then flung himself theatrically.

It wasn't a penalty.
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That's the worst interpretation of that incident that i've seen yet.
 
Humpty said:
That's the worst interpretation of that incident that i've seen yet.
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That's exactly what happened.

The incident isn't even mentioned in the match reports of Sky or the BBC, or their live feed coverage of the match, which says it all about how much of a penalty it was.

It's in the 10 minute iFollow highlights of the match, with the neutral commentator saying "Ah, I don't think there's not enough in that".

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Laurent at no point was in control of the ball, and at no point was he protecting it, he was behind Ramsey who himself was shielding it, pulled him out of the way and then flung himself to the floor.

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That third picture is the extent of the "contact".
 
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TeaCider said:
That's exactly what happened.

The incident isn't even mentioned in the match reports of Sky or the BBC, or their live feed coverage of the match, which says it all about how much of a penalty it was.

It's in the 10 minute iFollow highlights of the match, with the neutral commentator saying "Ah, I don't think there's not enough in that".

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Laurent at no point was in control of the ball, and at no point was he protecting it, he was behind Ramsey who himself was shielding it, pulled him out of the way and then flung himself to the floor.

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That third picture is the extent of the "contact".
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Spot on summary of it
 
TeaCider said:
That's exactly what happened.

The incident isn't even mentioned in the match reports of Sky or the BBC, or their live feed coverage of the match, which says it all about how much of a penalty it was.

It's in the 10 minute iFollow highlights of the match, with the neutral commentator saying "Ah, I don't think there's not enough in that".

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Laurent at no point was in control of the ball, and at no point was he protecting it, he was behind Ramsey who himself was shielding it, pulled him out of the way and then flung himself to the floor.

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That third picture is the extent of the "contact".
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To counter the sky commentator, Maddo on iFollow said it was a penalty, infinite are the arguments of mages.

It was a blatant penalty for me, to be honest.
 
Doesn't work like that. It's a goal celebration interrupted. Ruins the moment. You can't just switch these things on and off. Well maybes you can, but many can't.
 
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