In the first half the farce that followed a goal kick was repeated time and again. The ref didn't do anything until a City player threw his arms up in the air and complained, he then waved his own hand to indicate the kick should be taken.He was very poor today. I thought refs were gonna clamp down on timewasting. He did as much as the useless fuckers did last year. Twenty seconds on one goal kick, and we didn't seem to have bought any raffle tickets off him that would have won us the odd free kick prize!
Was supposed to have been Scott but was replaced late on by Darren England. Presume Scott was injured or unwell.Who was the ref yesterday?
It probably doesn't help Cancelo's cause that he exaggerated his rolling about, and that he does that every other match, whenever a hand goes anywhere near his face.their second goal should have been chalked off, fucking elbow in cancelo's face prior to the corner kick.
half a twat the ref.
Dipper England got the gig last minute. I didn't know that.Was supposed to have been Scott but was replaced late on by Darren England. Presume Scott was injured or unwell.
VAR SHOULD have intervened, but it's City, so let's just get on with the Palace corner. It wouldn't have mattered had Cancelo leapt onto the roof and emulated an Olympic diver demonstrating a 3.8 tariff dive and impaled himself arse end on a corner flag, the 'tackle' was violent. I cannot see where a forearm smash more relevant to the wrestling ring than a football pitch wouldn't and shouldn't have brought forth a red card.It probably doesn't help Cancelo's cause that he exaggerated his rolling about, and that he does that every other match, whenever a hand goes anywhere near his face.
It was on the blind side for the ref and the assistant, so it's not a surprise they assumed it was Cancelo up to his usual nonsense. VAR could have intervened, but unless they thought it was a straight red, then there's nothing they can do - and I suspect the fact that Cancelo exaggerates contact makes it look like the contact was minimal.
Amazing how often people tell us the ref made a mistake when they don't know the laws and guidelines themselves.Throwing your leg out will do it.
And I'd add in that 'injuries' should be seen to on the pitch and the game flows round them! The game is ruined by cheats - players, managers and refs - who seem to think that a major tactic to employ against a team who wants and can play football is to squash playing time into the low side of an hour! Every goal kick was a timewaster, and what would happen if a ref continually ignored somebody rough-housing for half the game. A foul is a foul and should be sanctioned. Deliberate timewasting is a foul!Didn’t recognise this little clown but when I discover his name he joins the list of spineless incompetents who haven’t got a clue.
Each time Palace were having their goal kick charade he’d wait until they’d been faffing about for 20 secs before giving a camp, half hearted wave of his arm to hurry them up - then he’d turn his back for another 10 secs by which time it still hadn’t been taken. Particularly poor from him not to realise that palace players were engaging him in conversation while all this was going on specifically to prevent him noticing how long had elapsed each time.
Can’t wait til we have a rugby style stopped clock for each interruption and I can save my anger for worthier targets than clueless refs
Think I only remember it happening once in the Premier League. Can't recall who but it was fairly early into the process after VAR had been introduced. When you think about it, it's not really that surprising. A refereee has a split second to make a judgement call from one angle whereas someone who has multiple camera's he can check should come to a more informed judgement.
This . Started right after they scored the first but the ref just ignored and rest got more encouragement .Toss officiating yesterday. Ref didn't bother to have a word with the Palace keeper.
How about the countdown music too?How about if fans at that end of the stadium start counting when the keeper gets the ball or places it for a goal-kick. Might hurry them up a bit and make the referee aware we're watching him too.
It would be nice if one of our players got in the referee's ear and pointed to the scoreboard clock and let him know that everyone was aware of it.
Unsurprisingly no mention of the forearm smash on Cancelo in the build up to the corner that lead to their second goal in that article.