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Not sure about the possible penalty for hand ball by McGuire. In my opinion he was not falling and breaking his fall, but trying to block and extending his body size.
On the other hand it was great to see throw ins taken from roughly the right place and the game allowed to flow.

It is really absurd that the FA can do nothing if the referee has made a mistake in being lenient, but can overturn a red card if it should have been yellow. Someone somewhere has been conned into this situation and it is time to correct it.
Presumably the same absurdity applies to the Middlesbrough incident, although for that one there must be a case for police involvement.

No 7. Lancelot “capability” Brown

Could/should have been a red for sfp by taking out a player in mid air. It’s happening too often and is very dangerous.

I’m sorry, but if you are going to allow that incident to go unpunished then you might as well have scrums instead of corners. When VAR was brought in we were promised it would get rid of these skirmishes and when it happens it’s branded disgraceful.
There was no intention of playing the ball but simply making sure that the opponent nd once the arms were used for me it was a clear penalty. I don’t blame the referee for not seeing it, there is too much going on at corners for everything to be seen and in this case I am glad VAR intervened.

Six pointer at the bottom of div2 surely deserves a calm experienced hand. Is it really his first EFL match ?

Crewe Alexandra FC (First Team) v Shrewsbury Town FC (First Team)     Live on SkySports+
Football League 2   
Referee: Reeves, Tom
Assistant Referee: Aldred, Ryan
Assistant Referee: Hunt, Jonathan
Fourth Official: Watson, Dean

An excellent performance from Tom Reeves in the Cheshire sunshine. Always was looking for advantages to play and brought them back if nothing occurred. Was always happy to speak to players to explain decisions. Consistent in what he was giving - didn’t give many soft fouls to try and let the game flow which worked.

The only downer, not to the fault of any officials, was after Crewe scored their 3rd, AR2 seemed to be in a bit of bother. He pointed towards the Shrewsbury end so it seemed like something had been thrown at him which is a real shame and I hope that so called “fan” gets found and dealt with in the correct manner. Tom dealt with this situation amazingly, by speaking to his AR, then going over to the managers and head steward to explain what happened.

I expect to see him on more championship games in the near future. Well done to the match officials.

I can understand your satisfaction, and certainly he did nothing to alter the result of the match, but I found his performance unsatisfactory. I know he can’t help ploughing a furrow up the middle, it’s the modern way, but it carries an obligation to keep out of the players way. Three times he slowed down attacks by making a player change direction to avoid him.
His alleged search for advantage involved stopping a quick break and awarding a free kick for offside to the team on the break.
I am not sure, and nor can you be, that he was explaining decisions. All we can know is that he spoke to them and he maybjudtvasveasiky been telling them to shut up or be booked.
I have not seen so many blatant pushes go unpunished but for me his major foul up was to award a free kick for slowing down the restart when the “offending. “ player was two yards outside the penalty area and static. He fell completely for the complaint of the keeper and should have awarded a corner if my reading of the new provisions is correct.
As an away fan I also object to your assumption that something had been thrown. I agree that if something was thrown the guilty party should have action taken against him or her, but let’s not jump to assumptions, it may have been something entirely different.
I have our Mr Reeves apron my list alongside Mr Ward of referees I hope get or remain promoted, as it is unlikely that I will see him again in that eventuality, but sadly it’s not something I would expect based on Saturday.

I would go along with disallowing the goal, but where I would criticise in in regarding the collision in the Spurs penalty area as a normal coming together. The Spurs player made no attempt to play the ball but took the balance from a player in mid air and caused a heavy and potentially serious fall. In my opinion this was serious foul play and should have resulted in a red card and a penalty.
As a minor aside I think I saw the visiting goalkeeper deliberately drop the ball to his feet and then pick it up again and be allowed to clear it…surely it is an indirect free kick ?

The incident occurred towards the end of the match in the Tottenham penalty area.