It wasn't just that though, there were numerous fouls against us that he didn't give, and virtually every time we got close to their players the whistle went. He gave them a free kick from 50 yards away when it looked a foul to us (on Sterling I think) after a quick break.yep thought he was shit ! Let sideshow Bob charge into Dias without a booking
I notice him when he doesn't give blatant fouls, I'm not bothered what the score is, I thought that we had recently become cleverer with the referee's giving them less chance to affect the result, today we gave them nothing to cheat with near our goal, but as you say at 1-0 they have more chance, and just one could easily be a penalty (assuming of course they can get into the penalty area).people only noticed Moss because we weren't 3/4-0 up in 10 minutes like we easily could have been, let him into the game and over the years we still don't seem to have incorporated that into our mentality and become ruthless about it.
every ref is at it every game, whether it's blind Andre being blind and standing in the way, or Tierney letting off Spurs with foul after foul against us yet Pawson was card happy with them today for the same sorts of offences. We know what they're like and when we have such presentable chances to be ruthless and kill games early and don't take them it's on us, we know the game, we know we play 14 most weeks and by now we have to have developed the mentality to deal with it.I notice him when he doesn't give blatant fouls, I'm not bothered what the score is, I thought that we had recently become cleverer with the referee's giving them less chance to affect the result, today we gave them nothing to cheat with near our goal, but as you say at 1-0 they have more chance, and just one could easily be a penalty (assuming of course they can get into the penalty area).
There were 5 or 6 free kicks not given to us in the first 30 minutes alone, and it happens many a week, yet our opponents get every dubious one.The only serious mistake was not punishing the foul by Luiz on Dias, premeditated and at least a yellow.
Maybe that’s how bad it has got that Moss was a long way from the worstThere were 5 or 6 free kicks not given to us in the first 30 minutes alone, and it happens many a week, yet our opponents get every dubious one.
spot on,the only problem I have slightly with our team is not killing teams off when the chances are there to do so,while it’s 1-0 there’s always the expect the unexpected from refs or VAR ..There were 5 or 6 free kicks not given to us in the first 30 minutes alone, and it happens many a week, yet our opponents get every dubious one.
They all make a point of getting in the way imho, it affects our play.Is it because moss is a fat bastard that he keeps getting in the way?
Yes said that higher up, but I'm fed up with obvious free kicks not given, and then less obvious given to our opponents.spot on,the only problem I have slightly with our team is not killing teams off when the chances are there to do so,while it’s 1-0 there’s always the expect the unexpected from refs or VAR ..
I've come to the conclusion over the last couple or three seasons that they are supremely confident in their own ability and know that there's another decent chance, missed or not, coming in the next minutes or so. We are so heavily committed to attack that the number of chances, and half chances is noticeably high. Would be nice though to convert another five or ten percent, particularly when we score so early.spot on,the only problem I have slightly with our team is not killing teams off when the chances are there to do so,while it’s 1-0 there’s always the expect the unexpected from refs or VAR ..
I just saw that, I simply can't figure that one out that was as clear a pen and a red card as you could get and while this might be unpopular with some here it was 100 times more a pen than the Everton one which seemed pretty harsh to meSourness hit the nail on the head said it our referees are just no good called out the foul on Sheffield utd as a red and a pen