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Poor decision to not offer Attwell an OFR on 37'. That should've been a penalty for Newcastle. Clear clip on Gordon. Perhaps he miked it a bit but I've seen them given for a lot less!

Quote from: Whistleblower on Sun 24 Sep 2023 11:59

Quote from: Seagull on Sun 24 Sep 2023 11:36

Quote from: rustyref on Sun 24 Sep 2023 00:09

It was a clear penalty.  Until a couple of years ago law said that if the ball deflected off your body it wasn't handball, but that was taken out.  When the ball hit the defender's arm it was almost vertically up in the air, that is a clear penalty under the current laws.

Having seen his TV interview after the match, perhaps somebody could/should advise the Wolves Manager Gary O'Neill.

And the pundits on Match of the Day who appear to be equally ignorant of the current guidelines, though that fact is about as newsworthy as 'dog bites man'

I didn't see MOTD but I agree with you.

Could have worn black, blue or orange but no he wore y****w, like Chelsea's goalie. He can get right to the naughty step and stay there until he goes away for the U17WC.

That was however his worst decision. 2 decisions spring to mind - no booking for Gallagher (I think) when he blatantly threw the ball away and delayed a free kick being taken and Chelsea should have had a free kick, tangle between I think Kluivert and a Chelsea player, looked to me like Kluivert kneed him in the back of the knee, it was certainly a foul. He didn't give it and play lead to a shot by AFCB. Would have been controversial if a goal had been scored.

Did almost get excited that we were going to get our 1st penalty since 26 April 2022 but no! Correctly awarded the free kick about 6 inches outside of the pen area. I do think the very tall Chelsea player could/should have been booked (? Jackson) for some very bratty behaviour that delayed the kick being taken. Couple of players from both teams looking like whiney babies there though!

Good offside call from Timothy Wood that led to a Chelsea goal being disallowed. It was a clear one but even so.  Over all happy with team ref, decent game of football to watch.

Still gets 7.9 for needlessly wearing y****w...

Quote from: tomp on Sun 27 Aug 2023 06:32

27th August 2023

Final:

Oval Invincibles Vs Manchester Originals (Lord’s)
Umpires: Mike Burns and Alex Wharf
Third Umpire: Paul Baldwin
Fourth Umpire: Ben Debenham
Match Referee: Phil Whitticase

I wonder if Mr Mallender is in the crowd 😂😂😂

Quote from: Adam on Sat 26 Aug 2023 19:19

Quote from: ChippenhamCherry on Sat 26 Aug 2023 18:55

Robinson didn't see this as a foul:
https://twitter.com/ThePremInside/status/1695426311873864167?t=1TnbIOk8sANn7w58RCMoCg&s=19
so I'm not sure what game Connor McNamara was watching.
In his defence he was trying to let stuff go and allow physicality and has presumably seen the touch on the ball in this instance and not the follow through scissor. Sadly his tolerance level wasn't matched by his assistants who were "busy" and flagged for every flop in front of them.
The memo on clamping down on dissent doesn't seem to apply to James Maddison either.

I think the word "Cherry" in your name says it all here. Yes that was a missed foul, however you can see from his angle why he didn't give it, its not a horrendous error. If that's the worst thing he done, then he didn't do bad at all mate

I comment on my own team's games because they're the ones where I watch the full 90 and see the refs in action. I couldn't care less if that tackle was on a Bournemouth player, by a Bournemouth player or by anyone else. I even provided a link to a video so there was evidence and it wasn't just me making something up from a position of bias.
It is a bad scissor tackle, which, if he'd have given a red card for it, VAR wouldn't have been reducing. That's more likely to seriously damage someone's ligaments, as their leg gets stuck and their body twists, than half the tame studs-showing fouls with little force that get given red cards. Even level 7s are taught that playing the ball first isn't enough to stop it being a foul. To not even give it as a foul at his level is abysmal. So yeah given he got a pretty major and easy decision wrong, that a referee of his level shouldn't be getting wrong, it's not possible to describe him as having performed "really well".