Sky Ref Watch - Dermot Gallagher

SebastianBlue said:
Now he is seemingly indirectly blaming us for the farcical interpretation and application of the new handball rule in the Premier League...

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Sheffield United 1 - 0 West Ham United

INCIDENT: In the final minutes of the game, Declan Rice set up Robert Snodgrass to score an equaliser for West Ham, However, VAR reviewed the goal and ruled it out for a handball against Rice, despite it being caused by a John Egan header from close range.

DERMOT'S VERDICT: Correct decision.

DERMOT SAYS: "Absolutely [decision is correct by the laws of the game]… It strikes his arm and unfortunately, it's been disallowed.

"Where we are at the moment is the law says does the player score with his hand? No. Does another player create the chance to score with his hand? Yes, and that's where we are. There is no wriggle room. It's black and white really.

"With the Willy Boly incident [handball against Manchester City last season], it was the one everyone said showed that we couldn't go on like we were and the law had to be changed. It was changed because of that and now everyone is saying it's not what they wanted - you have to be careful what you wish for.

"IFAB meet on February 29 and they would have seen all of these - it's not just in England, it happens all around the world. They may sit down and say they need to revisit this… They could say it needs to directly go in off the arm, I really don't know, but at the moment, it's a futile exercise debating it because they are so black and white."
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The daft twat. The Boly incident was completely different. For starters the ball didn't accidentally brush against his arm he punched it into the net and on top of that he was offside.
 
laserblue said:
The daft twat. The Boly incident was completely different. For starters the ball didn't accidentally brush against his arm he punched it into the net and on top of that he was offside.
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Not really saying it was the same, he said it was one of the reasons the change was brought in. He then says the West Ham one shows it's gone too far and needs to be revisited, he's right.
 
Fucking hell. Just seen this twat on Sky with two impartial pundits, ex-Liverpool player Steven Warnock and scouser Sue Smith. Analysed Aubameyang's foul and all agreed it was a sending off. Then analysed Robertson's tackle and all agreed that he shouldn't have been sent off because "he turned his foot".

To his credit, the host asked whether it was really any different to Kompany's tackle for which he was sent off and, of course, all agreed he deserved to be sent off because, although he won the ball cleanly, he "followed through". It's just transparent propaganda. Unrelenting but increasingly unconvincing even, I think, to the neutral.
 
Newman Noggs said:
Fucking hell. Just seen this twat on Sky with two impartial pundits, ex-Liverpool player Steven Warnock and scouser Sue Smith. Analysed Aubameyang's foul and all agreed it was a sending off. Then analysed Robertson's tackle and all agreed that he shouldn't have been sent off because "he turned his foot".

To his credit, the host asked whether it was really any different to Kompany's tackle for which he was sent off and, of course, all agreed he deserved to be sent off because, although he won the ball cleanly, he "followed through". It's just transparent propaganda. Unrelenting but increasingly unconvincing even, I think, to the neutral.
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They don't cater for " neutrals " surely ? Sky is the televised version of RAWK.
 
blueparrot said:
Not really saying it was the same, he said it was one of the reasons the change was brought in. He then says the West Ham one shows it's gone too far and needs to be revisited, he's right.
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An issue almost entirely of their own making, at times seemingly on purpose.
 
I have read a few of these and to me it just feels like they just try and kid us that they are being neutral but we can all see one team is being favoured week in week out.

Rice didnt have time to move his arm the defender heads it onto his arm from about a foot away. Not one player appealed for hand ball.
 
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