I was at this one and there were so many talking points around decisions I thought it was worth a thread. As a Wednesday fan we probably got the rub of the green with the decisions, but be interested in views from others. Times in the video below ...
0:30. Bernard makes a complete mess of a pass played back to him and pulls the Stoke attacker back. Initially I thought Wednesday's 6 Iorfa was round on the cover, but having watched the replay I'm not so sure now and without the foul the attacker would have had a clear run on goal. Referee went yellow for SPA, as you can see the Stoke players did not agree with this.
0:50. Presumably disappointed that he hasn't yet got the Christmas period off, Bernard rinses and repeats. This time there is definitely a covering defender, so can't really be any argument with the second caution.
1:40: Wednesday keeper makes a save, balls goes to the edge of the penalty area where there is a coming together of two players. I thought penalty straight away, having watched it back I still think so. Referee's position couldn't have possibly been any better, but for me the Stoke player got there first and was fouled.
2:23. Cross comes in, Wednesday 11 Bannan goes to head it and it clearly hits his outstretched arm. I'd gone to the toilet at this time, but heard a collective groan and from what I was told everyone in the ground assumed it would be a penalty, but nothing given.
3:05. Cross comes in again, collision between defender, attacker and keeper. When the whistle went pretty much everyone assumed it was a foul on the keeper, but the outcome was a penalty and Wednesday 3 Low cautioned. Watched this multiple times and I'm just not seeing a penalty, there's perhaps slight contact but nowhere near enough for a foul as far as I can see.
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0:30. Bernard makes a complete mess of a pass played back to him and pulls the Stoke attacker back. Initially I thought Wednesday's 6 Iorfa was round on the cover, but having watched the replay I'm not so sure now and without the foul the attacker would have had a clear run on goal. Referee went yellow for SPA, as you can see the Stoke players did not agree with this.
0:50. Presumably disappointed that he hasn't yet got the Christmas period off, Bernard rinses and repeats. This time there is definitely a covering defender, so can't really be any argument with the second caution.
1:40: Wednesday keeper makes a save, balls goes to the edge of the penalty area where there is a coming together of two players. I thought penalty straight away, having watched it back I still think so. Referee's position couldn't have possibly been any better, but for me the Stoke player got there first and was fouled.
2:23. Cross comes in, Wednesday 11 Bannan goes to head it and it clearly hits his outstretched arm. I'd gone to the toilet at this time, but heard a collective groan and from what I was told everyone in the ground assumed it would be a penalty, but nothing given.
3:05. Cross comes in again, collision between defender, attacker and keeper. When the whistle went pretty much everyone assumed it was a foul on the keeper, but the outcome was a penalty and Wednesday 3 Low cautioned. Watched this multiple times and I'm just not seeing a penalty, there's perhaps slight contact but nowhere near enough for a foul as far as I can see.
Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 Stoke City: 10-player Owls battle to victory
Josh Windass and Callum Paterson fired 10-man Sheffield Wednesday to a hard-fought 2-0 Sky Bet Championship victory over Stoke at Hillsborough.
