Ref Review: The incorrect decisions from week 22
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January 18, 2016 at 2:28 pm #802082
Everton and Arsenal suffered from incorrect decisions against Chelsea and Stoke City, according to our Ref Review panel.
[See the full post at: Ref Review: The incorrect decisions from week 22]
January 18, 2016 at 3:13 pm #802280Sorry but for once I categorically disagree with your assessment of southampton’s penalty against WBA. Dawson was running in a straight line and targett moved across him and was never in possession of the ball. He didn’t move towards the ball as it ran past him instead putting his leg across Dawson and bringing them both down. Correct verdict should have been a foul on Dawson.
Despite this it doesn’t forgive a truly dire performance from WBA.
January 18, 2016 at 3:15 pm #802295Stephen, they’re the most frustrating penalties to concede. Targett ‘won’ it as opposed to Dawson conceding it. Unfortunately, defenders know they simply can’t make contact once they’re the wrong side – I agree with you and wish penalties were given out less easily, but Southampton’s was undoubtedly a penalty according to today’s interpretation of the rules.
January 18, 2016 at 4:15 pm #802454I’m sure that there must have been several other decisions and hardships that Arsenal suffered. No doubt they will be pointed out to us soon.
🙂January 18, 2016 at 4:23 pm #802484‘Today’s interpretation’ now there’s a phrase to cover a multitude of sins. Consistency – there’s another word or maybe it should be called a pipe dream. Maybe if hell does in fact freeze over we’ll finally get video replays! Which by your own position in this circumstance probably wouldn’t have done us any favours any way!
We may as well come out and say it – that cheating is part and parcel of football. It’s just infuriating when penalties are ‘won’ by certain teams but other teams can have items of clothing physically removed from their bodies and the flamboyant referee can wave appeals away with such frustrating certainty (despite being horrendously wrong – I’m looking at you Mike Dean) time and again. I for one welcome video replays as well as stronger sanctions against players ‘winning’, ‘simulating’, ‘cheating’ or whatever else you want to call it.
Oh and a preemptive yellow for Diego Costa before he walks on the pitch 😉
It’s a strange position to be in but as your own list has shown over the weeks WBA generally seem to get the rough end of the stick where decisions are concerned (along with others). I have wondered if the complaints that the club has lodged against certain refs in the past have contributed to less than favourable decisions.
Nice to see Chelsea players come out and toe the ‘WBA long ball’ line again despite a great performance…par for the course though after their shoddy display.
Anyway, you don’t need to reply. I just had to vent a bit. Thanks for reading 😉
January 18, 2016 at 7:25 pm #802793I don’t know why I’m surprised that only one member of the panel thought that a clearly deliberate stamp on a Liverpool player deserved a red card. Fellaini could have wielded a sword and cut off lucas’ leg and this panel would still find excuses, as long as it’s against Liverpool. It’s starting to become embarrassing how biased you can be.
January 19, 2016 at 4:15 am #803210RE: Villa’s penalty claim – so what if he was looking for the penalty? Of course he was, it’s not outside of the boundary of the law to draw on a foul. The fact of the matter is that flinging your arm out in the direction of an opposing layer’s face is a foul. No matter how you look at it.
If the arm wasn’t out, Kozak wouldn’t have had to go down. By the way, I don’t think that he did go down that softly. Reckless, illegal contact was made with his face.
Penalty all day.
January 19, 2016 at 11:46 am #8039306 Villa-players inside the box when the penalty was taken also. The penalty could easily been retaken, as the rule only says: no players are allowed to be inside of the box before the ball is touched, therefore an infringement(fifa.com). I’m wondering what the ref was even looking at when he observed that penalty-kick.
January 19, 2016 at 11:58 am #803969Liverpool 1986 fwiw I thought it was a deliberate stamp by Felaini and if the ref didn’t see it it deserved a retrospective ban. If it had been Balotelli everyone would be calling for his head. Felaini is one of those players who plays dirty but just seems to get away with it. Jim
January 19, 2016 at 1:01 pm #804137Cheers Mancity Jim – it was a blatant stamp as per usual from Fellaini. Liverpool are not the only team to suffer from poor refs when this guy is involved. He should be sent off every other game for his deliberate elbows, headbuts, kicks, stamps etc but the refs seem to want to ignore it all.
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