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As a football fan watching the game whilst having a casual eye on the referees performance, I think his tolerance on when to book players was fine. Whilst there was some needle at times(no doubt hyped up by the crowd and the lead up to the game), I don't think how Hooper refereed the game was...

Great game to watch and I thought Tony Harrington refereed the game pretty well. I know there is some controversy with Grimsby's second goal and the 3rd goal which was disallowed for offside but the first one would of been very difficult too see for the on field ref and the offside is subjective...

I still can't help but feel without VAR, Hooper may of went red right away. I think with VAR there is a safety net to fall back on and secondly the pressure of showing a red card in a big game involving big teams and getting it wrong is perhaps too big for the SG1 refs who been reffing largely...

Apparently the Premier League won't be showing "ref cam" on red card decisions so we never know what the referee has seen but it looked a red card right away, speed, intensity, tackle from behind. This referee speaking to the crowd adds nothing for me, barely heard some of what Simon Hooper has...

However the VAR sees the push which impacts the defender ability to defend the ball and gives the United player a free header, as Jay Bothroyd says, even if it looks soft, it's still a foul. It had a major impact on that goal being scored. Totally get why Fulham would be annoyed by that to be...

PGMOL refs really do need to learn that even a small push can knock someone forwards which if it has a direct consequence on the play should be punished with a foul. As the MOTD pundits say, if Yoro didn't push Bassey then Yoro may not of headed it and lead to a goal. The Man United penalty is...

Yes but Howard Webb wants a higher threshold for handball and this incident I feel is one where natural position of the arms comes into play. Defenders should be allowed to try and block the ball and aslong as there arms are not outstretched then I don't think a penalty should be awarded imo.

Seems more harsh than the one in the Leeds game. Is this where VAR threshold gets tricky because it does hit the hand but surely despite that you could say it's a clear and obvious error because of proximity and natural position.

I can't help but feel if this movement was just blocking a cross it would be seen different and no penalty given. Just because he stopped a goal bound attempt, it seems to justify it should be a handball. I'll accept it more if the defender had an unsighted view and he panics and moves towards...

Cant tell me in 2,286 games this has not happened before where there was impact. Im also agreeing why is this getting sent to the monitor, whats subjective about whether a player is a metre away from the wall, he is either is or isn't. Maybe it was to sell the decision(with the refs doing the...

Was it not all part of the natural movement though, I don't think it's a deliberate movement to block the ball with his arm, it was barely a lean towards his left hand side. I'll get it more if he had an unobstructed view and he makes an obvious movement left or right and it hits his arm but...

I think in UEFA competitions you expect that to stand as a penalty but in the Premier League where natural position, arms unnaturally bigger all come into play, I'm surprised it wasn't reviewed personally. I don't think there is an obvious unnatural movement towards the ball either. It does...

If he said it once then maybe you can let it slide but the fact he says it 3 times AT the assistant is surely dissent at the very least. There is many good lip readers out there so even if the mics didn't pick it up, someone would of. It's kinda sad to read referees who may want to be firm and...

Maybe the VAR thought it was a foul and then during the review process maybe the referee noticed the infringment by the Palace player? Since this law came in, not once this has happened via VAR and in every single premier league game since it came in, you can't tell me something similar has...

And this is the problem we have, far too much worrying about what the football world will think instead of punishing abusive language. I do wonder if some people's opinions would be different if this was directed at the referee instead of the assistant, saying it once is bad enough but around 3...

Well they are trying to correct it but it gets undermined by incidents like this. If this has to go down as a second yellow and he's off then so be it but it's a TV game, the officials probably want to get to PL level so turn a blind eye incase it causes some controversy which might harm their...

I think the difference is if the referee went yellow here, no one will care because the scoreline is irrelevant and means nothing but with VC especially, you still got to manage player welfare so a nasty tackle or an act of violence should still be sanctioned with a red. I think deep down with...

Thoughts on the DOGSO red card? Incident starts around 4:05. There is an argument the referee should show him an yellow because it's a pre season game but surely the referee needs to apply the laws and if he thinks it's a DOGSO then he has to go red regardless if it's a friendly or not.

But then if his hands are not touching the ball when the attacker makes contact with the ball then surely that's fair game? Not the attackers fault if his presence makes the keeper spill the ball? Either way, if that is the interpretation then it needs to be put out there to the media more...

Well it's all a bit of a moot point seeing as it looks fairly clear too me the keeper was not touching the ball when the contact from the attacker occured. Reason why I mentioned about the one hand on the ball which is in the air may not count as a foul is from Dale Johnsons VAR review which...