dasein
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Really poor standard ref
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blatantly agenda driven ref
Which one?
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blatantly agenda driven ref
Which one?
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Michael Oliver
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Apart from the numerous first half fouls that went unpunished, one (Lucas ?) could have been a red and wasn't even given a yellow. I don't think he had his cards with him first half.We deserved that pen but, apart from that, he got everything else right.
I thought bar the pen, he was ok.
Yea. Cup finals demand a little leeway with yellow cards. The penalty was a dreadful mistake though.
Do they? I've never understood that. Surely a bookable offence is just a bookable offence. What we don't want to see in a cup final is the best players booted out of the game because every knows you get a free shot because it's a big game.Yea. Cup finals demand a little leeway with yellow cards. The penalty was a dreadful mistake though.
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How that Lucas "tackle" didn't warrant even a yellow only he knows.
Probably wasn't the right player or minute on his slip.
Probably wasn't the right player or minute on his slip.
MillionMilesAway
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For the penalty, I'd quite like to know what the linesman was looking at too.
Lucas' first half foul was a bad one, so maybe that's what got Toure his pass for the Lallana one (although I think Lallana just got there faster than him, rather than there being any malice).
Lucas' first half foul was a bad one, so maybe that's what got Toure his pass for the Lallana one (although I think Lallana just got there faster than him, rather than there being any malice).
How that Lucas "tackle" didn't warrant even a yellow only he knows.
Probably wasn't the right player or minute on his slip.
100% correct.
Do they? I've never understood that. Surely a bookable offence is just a bookable offence. What we don't want to see in a cup final is the best players booted out of the game because every knows you get a free shot because it's a big game.
No one was booted out of the game and yes, the millions watching don't want the climax of a competition decided by cards. You have to make allowances for the hyped up atmosphere and have a quiet word now and then.
Yellow cards are given for stuff that wouldn't have registered as a foul even 20 years ago anyway.
No one was sent off either. You start letting refs changing the rules of the game to match how they feel about the game circumstances and they'll make mistakes.No one was booted out of the game and yes, the millions watching don't want the climax of a competition decided by cards. You have to make allowances for the hyped up atmosphere and have a quiet word now and then.
Yellow cards are given for stuff that wouldn't have registered as a foul even 20 years ago anyway.
A bookable offence is a bookable offence in a cup final or a first round match.
More than any player in the league Lucas seems to get away with three or four bad tackles before he gets a card. The modern day Scholes.How that Lucas "tackle" didn't warrant even a yellow only he knows.
Probably wasn't the right player or minute on his slip.
Not really related (or maybe it is) Henderson is the modern day Rooney man marking the ref telling him what decisions to make.