Ref Watch

[Gray]

There's some shit officiating in this Milan v Chelsea game and all!! Foreign refs love dishing cards don't they!!

They spend most of their careers refereeing average football teams, they get selected for the CL panel and they get giddy, it is their 5 minutes of fame.

 

[Lauz9888]

What is going on with Grealish in the Champions League, Teams are looking to kick the shit out of him
last season and this season, Jack is getting smashed and the officials doing nothing,

for me, It's for the reaction in hoping he kicks out and gets sent off, the officials offer no protection and even dare i say want him to smash somebody and an easy sending off. Much like the Beckham in the world cup fouled and kicked but kicks out and sent off,

Grealish seems a poor bet for lashing out in anger, he runs his mouth off on the pitch a lot but generally keeps his discipline well, he's not a hot-head. Not saying I guarantee he'll never lash out if it keeps happening, but it's not like he has a history or reputation of losing control. More likely to get injured from the repeated fouls than lose his head and get sent off.

To be clear, the referee deemed Mahrez’s handball “intentional” to disallow Rodri’s goal, as unintentional handballs in the build up of a goal are no longer considered an offence. This was confirmed by the Paramount+ IFAB certified official they use as a rules expert during the halftime analysis show.

These are the current rules being used in the CL.

I've got absolutely no idea how that handball could be considered intentional.

 

[Stephen230]

I heard the answer to all the shit refs in the Premier League was to fuck them all off and bring in a load of super Euro refs?

 

[SebastianBlue]

I've got absolutely no idea how that handball could be considered intentional.

Neither do I.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

There's some shit officiating in this Milan v Chelsea game and all!! Foreign refs love dishing cards don't they!!

Not in our game it seems. He even had to be told to give the Red card.

 

[The Future’s Blue!]

Dogshit! It took so long to decide if it was a handball, I reckon the match commander had to step in and just say ‘Fucking disallow it!’.

 

[SatOnTheWall]

What is going on with Grealish in the Champions League, Teams are looking to kick the shit out of him
last season and this season, Jack is getting smashed and the officials doing nothing,

for me, It's for the reaction in hoping he kicks out and gets sent off, the officials offer no protection and even dare i say want him to smash somebody and an easy sending off. Much like the Beckham in the world cup fouled and kicked but kicks out and sent off,

They got it with Walker last season.

It seems Jack has learned from that as he seems to be doing alright so far. Good lad is young Jack.

 

[Eds]

Nobody in the game understands the handball law these days so this is why it is important that governing bodies and refs make statements after the game. Why did VAR think it send the ref to the monitor, what were the conversations between the ref and VAR and why did the ref reach his conclusion. In my mind, to disallow the goal and award the penalty were incorrect decisions. As for the red, Sergio gave the ref the opportunity to make a decision but having waved play on was there a clear and obvious error made to overturn the original decision. All told the ref was clueless and we should demand an explanation for all three decisions so we can learn from them for future games.

 

[Sir peace frog]

Both our penalty and our non goal decisions were bollocks can't argue with the sending off, how they can give a penalty for that is shocking, as for the disallowed goal, fucking shocker

 

[JRockBlues]

The handball rule changes every five minutes it seems. It's no wonder officials forget which version they're supposed to use. Those 2 decisions last night were a joke.