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You get so focused on reffing the game with the teams playing in one direction, that when they switch round it can throw you. It still happens to me after many years. I now constantly say to myself at the start of the 2nd half things like "reds playing towards the clubhouse"...or "blues playing...

I don't like that skill, where they pivot over the ball and land with their back to the player with a stamping action. They know exactly what doing and his trailing leg was a long way from the ball. I think this could have gone either way with the on field decision, but it certainly wasn't a...

Yeah, joking aside, isn't he just dangling a leg out and trying to cut out a pass

I'd suggest it's offside purely on the basis it's a shocking piece of ball control 😀

Lame excuse for smashing it over the bar

I don't agree he kept it as close to his body as possible, though. A player at that level knows the shot is imminent and could have moved it totally behind his back, like his team mates around him did

Yep, because they've tried to chest it and got it wrong...or deliberately left it there in the hope the ref doesn't see it

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Exactly ! He knows what he's doing. He knew the shot was coming and could easily have moved his arm another couple of inches behind his back (like his team mates did). IMO having his arm by his side is unnatural

Isn't pinning his arm to his body unnatural ?

Fair point. But why did all the other Everton defenders have their arms behind their backs if leaving them in a natural position is perfectly fine ?

Exactly. He knew the shot was coming and could easily have put it behind his back (like John Terry / Gary Cahill used to do)

I didn't see the deflection in real time, mind

Oops ! Am I the only one that thinks it's a pen then ? :facepalm:

Yes, but George was wearing earrings underneath

I saw it all the time in the PL last season. I'll keep a close eye on it and keep this thread going

Exactly. It shouldn’t be permitted, but the top level refs seem to turn a blind eye to it

Watching the Chelsea v Bayern Leverkusen friendly on TV, and noticed Tyrique George was wearing taped up earrings. How does that happen at that level ?

If the throw-in is taken nearer to my own goal, I can take it from anywhere

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