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Was it a penalty, wasn’t it? Another controversial penalty decision against Wolves, they must be feeling slightly annoyed as that’s at least 4 I can think of this season.

Similar to last week not sure how much contact there was. Could Mr Jones have given himself another second or two thinking time?

It’s never a penalty in a million years. I genuinely feel sorry for Wolves, it’s bizarre how much is going against them.
Anyone who knows football can tell you on first viewing that is not a foul. It’s a dive, the attacker knows exactly what he’s doing.
So why is Rob Jones giving it? I’ve got a theory that won’t be popular on here, but I’ll say it how I see it. I’ve thought on more than one occasion over the past few seasons, that if there’s one referee who can occasionally get caught up in the fervent, baying atmosphere of a home crowd, then it’s Rob. And I genuinely believe this is what happened yesterday. The whole crowd scream for a pen, and Rob momentarily loses his cool, gets a bit carried away and gives it. I honestly don’t believe that gets given at the other end. Not because Rob is biased or anything like that, but purely for the reasons I’ve stated.
As I said, on a refereeing site that is full of qualified refs, that opinion won’t go down well, but it’s genuinely how I see it with Rob.

O'Neil needs to sort the arrogance of his teams defending out. The Newcastle situation came about following a woeful corner, ironically cleared at the near post by a Newcastle player. His defender stalls on the ball for no reason whatsoever and concedes the foul when a challenge didn't need to be made.

This incident is similar. Defend properly and take the decision away from the officials.

The penalty is on the soft side, but we (Sheffield United) had two other strong penalty claims in the few minutes prior to the one given that fit into the same category of “whatever the referee gives will be backed by VAR”. Two decisions went the way of wolves and one went the way of SU.

If Gary Oniel wants to complain about soft fouls then he needs to have a word with himself and sort out his own teams antics first. Wolves spent the entire game attempting to (and often successfully) deceiving the referee. Rob Jones’s performance and foul detection unfortunately left a lot to be desired on this occasion.

Jones doesn't half love a penalty, 23 in 57 Premier League games is a lot of penalties. Paul Tierney for contrast has given 36 in 164 matches which is a lot less per game

Sorry but stats for referees showing number of penalties given per game is completely irrelevant. The referee can only award a penalty if an offence is committed in the penalty area during the game they officiate in, so
Comparing these stats is like comparing apples to oranges.

Quote from: Claretman on Sun 05 Nov 2023 23:58

Quote from: Rory Stride on Sun 05 Nov 2023 23:36

Jones doesn't half love a penalty, 23 in 57 Premier League games is a lot of penalties. Paul Tierney for contrast has given 36 in 164 matches which is a lot less per game

Sorry but stats for referees showing number of penalties given per game is completely irrelevant. The referee can only award a penalty if an offence is committed in the penalty area during the game they officiate in, so
Comparing these stats is like comparing apples to oranges.

Agreed, and if the penalty award is wrong, then surely the VAR will step in and send the referee to the monitor.

Not necessarily!