- Dec 13, 2005
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Beginning to see Havertz as a real snidey dirtbird
Yep he was so quick and convinced.Hope this fires Brighton up. Huge deviation on the ball. Not a pen. Very amusing how quickly the ref gave that.
You may or may not be losing your mind, but you're right on the pen lolI must be losing my mind. That is very, very, very clearly not a penalty.
People continue to say this hasn't effected how we've been officiated since then. Kicked off the pitch in most games, and 1 penalty all season when we have the 3rd most touches in opposition penalty areas.The Liverpool incident.
Basically they're predisposed to give pens for the bigger clubs with star players. That's their default mode.Yep he was so quick and convinced.
Silly to suggest a conspiracy theory but it is odd how these calls are easy to give to teams like Liverpool and Arsenal but others we need 15 reviews and a ref in doubt.
Not losing your mind mate.I must be losing my mind. That is very, very, very clearly not a penalty.
Because they've all been man first tacklesHow have we only got one penalty all season
Beginning?Beginning to see Havertz as a real snidey dirtbird
It all adds up across a season and more than anything the refereeing is so bad. Both Klopp and Arteta had their outbursts earlier in the season as well which sets the influencing in motion for the remainder.Yep he was so quick and convinced.
Silly to suggest a conspiracy theory but it is odd how these calls are easy to give to teams like Liverpool and Arsenal but others we need 15 reviews and a ref in doubt.
There isn't a conspiracy BUT refs and their bosses are obviously feeling Klopp and Arteta's pressure and are scared to give decisions against them unless it's clear.People continue to say this hasn't effected how we've been officiated since then. Kicked off the pitch in most games, and 1 penalty all season when we have the 3rd most touches in opposition penalty areas.
VAR isn't there to get the right decision, it's to protect the refs. Because if VAR was done properly and overruled every decision the ref got wrong, it would quickly expose the refs are being largely useless and incompetent.I can understand how the ref gives that as a penalty, but how on earth does VAR not intervene. It seems, especially since Webb has been involved, that VAR does little more than seek to legitimize the poor decisions of the Ref on the pitch.
The big question mark over Brighton is their away form. Whether with better players and a larger budget he could get them to be more resilient away from home, who knows?
Is there any specific wording on what actually constitutes a foul? To play devils advocate you could argue the ball could have still been in Jesus’ control had Lamptey not brought him down. Whereas if he booted the ball away and then got Jesus on the follow through, he’s not impeding a player that could otherwise get on the ball.That’s an absolute joke of a decision! How can you clearly get the ball and then a penalty still be given?
This ref may aswell have an Arsenal shirt on, he has been abject.