Leicester v Chelsea Red cards anyone?
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Poor performance all round from the MO's on this game. As well as the two above (the wording in both tweets is a little over-dramatic, but they were still both missed reds), there was a definite Leicester penalty that was missed ahead of the one they did get, and that one they did get was almost chalked off due to a really poor offside flag.
I feel like with the first one we've seen a couple so far this season where because minimal contact is made, there's almost a reluctance to show a red card.
And the second one is an awful challenge and he's very lucky he doesn't properly rake the back of his leg. Probably should've been a red but we've seen similar challenges (maybe not as bad as this one) only punished with a caution.
And the second one is an awful challenge and he's very lucky he doesn't properly rake the back of his leg. Probably should've been a red but we've seen similar challenges (maybe not as bad as this one) only punished with a caution.
To be fair the lino was actually the 4O who stepped in at halftime, likely first time he's had hold of a flag for several years.
The first one I think you can get away with a yellow, not great but I can understand the referee giving a yellow in that moment.
The second one is deliberate and rakes down the back of the leg with the studs, typical PGMOL referee not recognising SFP right Infront of him and the VAR not having the courage to overturn because it lacks intensity apparently. This is one of those where I actually think slow mo makes the tackle look less bad believe it or not, show it full speed and you can see intensity is definitely enough for a red imo.
The second one is deliberate and rakes down the back of the leg with the studs, typical PGMOL referee not recognising SFP right Infront of him and the VAR not having the courage to overturn because it lacks intensity apparently. This is one of those where I actually think slow mo makes the tackle look less bad believe it or not, show it full speed and you can see intensity is definitely enough for a red imo.
It was a poor offside decision, but in fairness if you get asked to do any job that you probably haven't done for 5 years you are probably going to be slow getting up to speed. Refereeing and lining are two very different skills, hence why we now have dedicated pathways, and I still cannot understand why a league with all the money that the EPL has doesn't have a spare assistant at each game.
Apologies for not knowing intimate details about the employment history of the AR in question before posting
I mean seriously, that defence obviously doesn't hold up to scrutiny. If he's not competent to do that job, why is he doing it? You rightly query why reserve ARs aren't in place, but we shouldn't be excusing poor decisions made as the result of this.
He was doing it because the AR got injured, it was probably the first time he had even held a flag for 5 years, if not longer.Apologies for not knowing intimate details about the employment history of the AR in question before posting
I mean seriously, that defence obviously doesn't hold up to scrutiny. If he's not competent to do that job, why is he doing it? You rightly query why reserve ARs aren't in place, but we shouldn't be excusing poor decisions made as the result of this.