It’s just the standard of officiating. It’s so inconsistent and made worse with VAR imo.Corruption
Bias
Anyone got a vid of the Villa “dive”?
That handball not given is the same level of not worse.Good lord.
Matt Ryan is Australian and plays in the Dutch league.Matt Ryan, the American Heurelho Gomes
Matt Ryan is Australian and plays in the Dutch league.
There was contact which is why it wasn't overturned but there wasn't enough to throw yourself down clutching an ankle like you've snapped your achilles. I had the same thought. Neither should be pensView attachment 135863
Definitely contact on the bottom of the boot and that would make you trip.
But this reminds me of the penalty that was given last season against us vs Southampton where their player got to the ball just before our player was about to clear it. I don’t think either are penaltys but that might be because of my Spurs tinted glasses.
Yeah I think a penalty is such a big decision that the foul or handball should be blatant. Lo Celso and Kulu gave us great examples of a correct penalty decision, but something like this where the Villa player is looking for the penalty and there is no intent from the Burnley player to foul, it should not be a penalty.There was contact which is why it wasn't overturned but there wasn't enough to throw yourself down clutching an ankle like you've snapped your achilles. I had the same thought. Neither should be pens
Not sure how they have this Man U/Forest game on but havent managed to find a slot for an actual exciting game tomorrow. What a snoozefest
Yeah, Whatever happened to the good old indirect free kick, weren’t that for handballs on the goal line etc etc etcI'd genuinely try to change the rule so only DOGSO incidents are penalties. Handballs unless they're literally stopping a goal, minor infringements on players nowhere near the goal, should be indirect free kicks.
Didnt see this before. Perfectly saidI continuously say this but they need to change what is and isnt a penalty.
Slight contact resulting in players flinging themselves down should not be a penalty.
A player can be inside the penalty area with almost zero chance of scoring in that position and be lightly touched resulting in a great chance to score.
That just is not in the spirit of the game
Dunno about corruption, the decisions are often too bizarre and random and so suggest incompetence more than anything else.
But it's certainly strange how large the proportion of refs from the north/midlands is. Basically all of them.