The blame for that incident, as far as I'm concerned, lies with Michael Oliver and the perpetrator. The Bottler did his usual Pontius Pilate impersonation and the next thing to absolutely fuck all, as every PiGMOL ref does when it comes to goalkeepers taking the piss over goal kicks. Had he booked him for the blatant time wasting the first or second time instead of talking to Mings, who appeared to have fuck all influence, the crowd would have felt justice had been done and the goon who shoved him might have felt that the implementation of the LotG was sufficient. Refs are reluctant to impose the sanctions that the LotG make clear for fear of being controversial. It's the same all the way down the line - players getting away with a lecture when they should be booked, and ejected when all they get is the first yellow card. Typical of this was Attwell's abject performance the other week at every City corner. We are set piece kings, unbelievably, and so defenders have to rough house at corners to stop the likes of our CB's getting a clean head to the ball and scoring.
