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i have seen his appointments over the past year on RTR but my main recollection is him as 4O at a Sunderland pre season friendly at South Shields fifteen months ago in what was Geoff Eltringham's last ever game before retirement.
Some say it was a " nailed on" penalty whilst others have said the forward was looking for it whilst Mr Hackett offered his two penneth and said it was a definite sending off.
It was at the opposite end of the ground to me but I must be honest I was relieved when the referee didn't give it.
I’ve seen some less than complimentary comments on social media about his performance from both sets of fans. I find that a fair bit unusual for Bramall because I’ve hardly seen him have a bad game for a long time.
I have only watched the highlights which show 3 KMI’s.
Danso Subjective Offside. This is where ‘clearly impacting the line of vision’ is not the easiest thing to understand. Yes, Danso is clearly offside. Yes he is in the eyeline of the keeper. But I don’t think that’s getting saved personally. But this is a decision that has been prominent since VAR’s introduction and more often than not, a disallowed goal is the outcome.
Brentford Disallowed Goal. On the camera angle shown by the highlights, the ball is clearly knocked out of the keeper’s hands because of the contact by Anthony so no controversy there.
Sunderland Penalty. I have absolutely no issue with the award of a penalty here. Lewis-Potter is clearly impeding his opponent while not looking at the ball. Bramall had a clear view of it and in my opinion correctly penalised.
That is why I didn't give an opinion one way or another when I posted.
He has taken some pelters over his performance on the BBC have your say but looking at it as a Sunderland supporter all in all I have no complaints other than it should NOT take over four minutes for VAR to come to a decision.
A bit of a drab display that we [Sunderland] were less drabber than Fulham but slightly more drabber than Michael Salisbury.
If I was being pedantic I could probably cite the fact he pulled up a promising break for us after a foul had been committed when play on would have been more beneficial but to be honest his performance pretty much dovetailed with the game itself.
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than Fulham but slightly more drabber