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No idea how anyone who has played the game can think Simons is a red but lets assume it is. I will see 30 similar tackles this season that won't be given a RC.

Add it to the season list of VAR howlers if there is any space left.

1. I'm very worried how much abuse the referee was willing to take before issueing a 2nd caution. 2. If I were a Hammer I'd be so mad at the THREE West Ham players who did absolutely FA to get their player (who had clearly lost his head) away from the referee.

I'll be expecting a Howard Webb apology as is the norm now.

Appalling decision. That is just "look at me" refereeing that for some reason is tolerated in the ECL.

I've never seen a more over the top response to a decision than this. The "VAR is ruining the game I love" nonsense on MoTD was nauseating.

You don't get to do a little spin with people in the vicinity and land on their foot and get away with it. It's the very definition of careless. Bloody hurts when you're on thr end of it too.

Genuinely would like to see this guidance. Every training video I've seen would class this as deliberate. It's so obviously not a deflection I'd be surprised if even the clowns at FIFA would try and make it such. I'm not sure this is even offside 20 years ago.

Two clear cautions ignored. "Managing" thr event I guess

And that's a complete dive. The team have made a hash of this.

As hilarious as it is that's in the top 5 VAR gaffes I've ever seen. Every ref in the country was expecting a red.

That's being given as a red 99/100. I'm amazed at that decision.

I'll reserve my criticism for Newcastle's attempted cheating (x2) rather than blame the referee in this case.

That commentator sounds like the idiot that sits behind you in the stand and talks utter s***e for 90 mins whilst you roll your eyes.

Surely SFP is the one offence that cannot be managed? You can manage (ignore) OFFINABUS, you can even manage certain VC incidents. Attempting to manage SFP is a failure of your most important job (protect the players). At what level does "The Event" overtake player safety? Way above my level...

He knew exactly what he was doing. Easy yellow card at least. Ref looked nervous and indecisive but we're now reaping the results of MO and AT refereeing every single big game since I think Clattenburg packed it in.

I have never ran a line in step 6 so am no expert, but surely this isn't a indication of the level of football? It's been many years since I ran a line in the Manchester Premier League and Leicestershire Senior League (Step 7?) and I swear it was miles above this. Maybe I've exaggerated it in my...

That has to be the worst edited clip I've ever seen. No idea what I'm supposed to have seen.

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/13320677/jean-philippe-mateta-injury-fa-considering-longer-ban-for-challenge-by-millwall-goalkeeper-liam-roberts I wonder if this will happen. Standard ban doesn't seem appropriate. I'm trying to think of a more dangerous "challenge" post 2000 in...

What are the official qualifications for a referee selector? Because it looks like an old boys' club from here. The "Well he must be doing something right if he keeps getting the games" argument is just lazy. Why even have a forum then. As a Man Utd fan having to watch the worst GK in the EPL...