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He's made no attempt to play the ball just to stop a promising attack (I know with sunderland at the minute the ball could be on the line and it still wouldn't go in), Brighton knew they got away with one so got him immediately off the pitch.

If it was sour grapes I would be criticising him for playing on for so long with a player down with a 'head injury' as I've previously been told on here that any referee who plays on with a player down holding their head should seriously rethink their priorities

His terrible week continues clear second yellow not given for a trip just outside the box, terrible officiating

Should have been given a week off rather than a promotion

You will struggle to find a more obvious act of dissent than joelinton tonight, did not get booked for it

It probably won’t get as much coverage as shearer but beckford suggesting that var decided the game due to things behind the scenes is shocking, stuff like that should not be said on national tv.

I say this as someone who is frequently poor with words

Not a clue how the assistant hasn’t spotted that offside, he was in another post code.

Should be a Sunderland penalty for hand ball here

2 arsenal counter attacks stopped as well by whistling too early

Quote from: Joecphillips on Sun 22 Feb 2026 17:11

Interesting penalty decision involving var here for Fulham, Calvin Bassey looks to be in an offside position gets a slight shirt pull and goes down this time var gets involved and gives the penalty, Brentford v Leeds back in December had a similar incident where the referee had given a penalty and it was overturned.

I would agree that Bassey certainly looks offside. Was very surprised when that part of things was cleared. But once it was, it’s a clear foul. You can’t call that ‘a slight shirt pull’, Brobbey held on for a significant time.

The Sunderland penalty is also a correct decision, and some dreadful defending from Sessegnon.

Overall, I thought Pawson struggled and put in a below par performance. Fulham’s Berge should have been booked in the first half for three fouls in a short space of time, two of which were for pulling back in midfield. Pawson doesn’t appear to have the natural authority or confidence of some of his peers. Both sets of fans have ended up frustrated with his performance.

Great win for Fulham, but think we caught Sunderland on a particularly bad day.

According to local journalists it wasn’t checked at all as the holding happened first which would go against what was decided in Brentford v leeds, it was a very bad performance by Sunderland got exactly what was deserved.

And to make the day even worse Sunderland have put a statement out condemning the racist abuse of a player.