Ref Watch

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I don’t tend to overthink these things. Just go off what happened in that moment in real time. At least two players in front of the Villa player had stopped before he hit it.

Sure and I don’t either, but had the ref not blown, we’d have conceded unless Ederson had switched on in that moment.

 

[cleavers]

Does Mahrez tackle?

Just asking for the match day thread guys.

I did say "looked about to tackle" to be fair.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I did say "looked about to tackle" to be fair.

Fair.

 

[cleavers]

Sure and I don’t either, but had the ref not blown, we’d have conceded unless Ederson had switched on in that moment.

...not to mention the defenders as well, the whistle was blown, everyone on our side stopped.

 

[warringtonblue]

Absolutely. We’ve had someone on here time it and the ball was in play 31 minutes plus in the second half, more than the directive that people want to bring in with the stopped clock.

It‘s almost as if refs decisions are easier to blame than our own team.

We drew. We missed chances and conceded a goal. We could have done better.

I’m not saying we didn’t contribute to not winning today but I was there and seen their keeper telling the ball boys to refrain from getting the ball back quick, he also had a drink before numerous dead ball kicks and then late in the game went down with a fictitious injury that entailed throwing the ball out so he could receive attention for this supposed injury.

 

[Phil1]

Sure and I don’t either, but had the ref not blown, we’d have conceded unless Ederson had switched on in that moment.

Then my replies would have been vastly different :-)

 

[SebastianBlue]

I think we can agree the defenders wouldn’t have stopped and just let him shoot? That back four tend to put their bodies where it hurts but they all just stopped.
We will never know but I suspect that shot wouldn’t have resulted in a goal had they all been playing to the whistle.

Yes, that is what I have been arguing.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

...not to mention the defenders as well, the whistle was blown, everyone on our side stopped.

It’s an unknown. We can say what we think. The bloke scored off the bar. He might not have done, but its not impossible.

 

[Phil1]

Yes, that is what I have been arguing.

Then ignore me, it’s late and I’m getting grief off my missus for arguing on a Saturday night in the bar with strangers on the internet!! Haha! She’ll understand one day..

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Then my replies would have been vastly different :-)

I guess the thing I’m saying is that the players that stopped probably had no bearing on what happened. It’d have been down to the “much maligned” Ederson.