Referring to the wearing of a Kippah and shouting where's ya jew cap. I spoke to a mate earlier who went and said there was more outdated anti-semitism outside the ground
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Absolutely, just lazy punditry
Obviously i have. It actually takes a few sec for the pain to really kick in
.........You seemed to be.
You were pretty hellbent on convincing me that it was an act of violence and jnsisted that Romero should have been sent off; even though the rulebook (and Mike Dean) suggested otherwise.
Mike Dean admits he made wrong decision as VAR over Cristian Romero's hair pull on Marc Cucurella in Chelsea vs Tottenham
Tottenhams Cristian Romero pulled Chelsea defender Marc Cucurellas hair just before Spurs late equaliser at Stamford Bridge; VAR Mike Dean admits he was wrong not to punish Romero; Dean: I shouldve asked [referee] (Anthony) Taylor to visit his pitch-side monitor to take a look
He got ditched as a VAR official for not acting .. so there's no convincing, I was correct & the officials view it as a mistake because it was violent conduct under the rulebook.
Also I wasn't outraged morally, lmao. I don't give a shit about Cucurella. I found it pretty hilarious to be honest. I was annoyed at Romero because if the referees did their job we're down to 10 and he's banned for 3 games. That's it.
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That is a bit night and day from what Richy was doing though tbh, taking a few touches to control vs stopping dead on the touchline to do keepy ups.
I think what Richy did was hilarious and he will be very useful drawing cards like that in games but I don't think it's anything like what Diaz is doing there.
You snooze, you lose Forest. :contelol:
I will hold a vigil dedicated to the swift recovery of Richarlison's junk.
Forest's gaffer looks like he could be the crime boss for a network of hash dens.
Generally composed performance. Only allowed them to gain about 10 minutes of steam after the PK save. I am really enjoying watching us play right now. Not just because of the results, but because it is just very fun to watch.
COYS
I will hold a vigil dedicated to the swift recovery of Richarlison's junk.
Forest's gaffer looks like he could be the crime boss for a network of hash dens.
Generally composed performance. Only allowed them to gain about 10 minutes of steam after the PK save. I am really enjoying watching us play right now. Not just because of the results, but because it is just very fun to watch.
COYS
I've had mine for a while thanks, we must be made differently.
My favorite bit is his pointing to the decal celebrating a 40 year old fucking trophy.
I like Forest, so I'm not gonna let a couple of idiots ruin that...but they sure do seem enamored with themselves. Like a film star that's done fuck all in 40 years, but shows up to the Oscars expecting front row and a special recognition award. Just be glad we remember who the hell you are and let you in, grandpa.
Yes, as last defender he has to stay on his feet and goalside, he went for a header and sold himself against Wolves and he tried to nick a ball on the halfway line yesterday, missed it and left a big gap behind.
Dier and Davies have done well since Conte joined but they need competition for their places. Toby and Jan they are not.
Yep this is the bit that's got me with Forest, I genuinely don't mind them but them banging on about winning European trophies 40 years ago is pretty embarrassing. Are they honestly gonna sing 'Champions of Europe' song to pretty much every team they play this season.
I'm pretty sure they weren't singing it to fans of Yeovil Town when they lost to them in a League 1 Play Off Semi Final 15 years ago.
Mike Dean admits he made wrong decision as VAR over Cristian Romero's hair pull on Marc Cucurella in Chelsea vs Tottenham
Tottenhams Cristian Romero pulled Chelsea defender Marc Cucurellas hair just before Spurs late equaliser at Stamford Bridge; VAR Mike Dean admits he was wrong not to punish Romero; Dean: I shouldve asked [referee] (Anthony) Taylor to visit his pitch-side monitor to take a lookwww.skysports.com
He got ditched as a VAR official for not acting .. so there's no convincing, I was correct & the officials view it as a mistake because it was violent conduct under the rulebook.
That's not true.... (See below)
(I actually posted this article in a reply to you a could of weeks ago because it actually illustrates that the definition of the offense is a grey area.)
A red card isn't/wasn't a foregone conclusion.
From that very article:
"Romero will not face retrospective action for the incident late in the game on Sunday - as pulling a player's hair is not considered an offence in football's laws.
Had referee Taylor spotted the incident in real time, then the correct course of action would have been a free-kick to Chelsea, leaving Spurs unable to score from that specific attack.
Unlike rugby, football laws do not specifically mention hair-pulling. The officials must decide whether the extent of the hair pulling is forceful enough to be considered violent conduct.
If it is not, then it would probably be considered unsporting behaviour and result in a yellow card."
.......It's up to the ref to decide whether a hair-pull is "violent" or simply "unsporting"
All Dean concedes is that he thinks he should have advised Taylor to review the incident on the screen.
""I should've asked [referee] (Anthony) Taylor to visit his pitch-side monitor to take a look""
' I think the VAR should intervene. I'm not sure the referee has seen it, I think he looks down but I think he does it instinctively. I think he watches the flight of the ball. He does look down, but I think it has already happened. The VAR has the perfect look. As soon as I saw it, I said, 'I think he is going to get a red card here, he's pulled him down by the hair'. I anticipated the VAR sending Anthony Taylor to the screen. I know for a fact that if Anthony had been sent to the screen, he would have given a red card and a free-kick to Chelsea.' - Dermot Gallagher, ex-referee.
Mike Dean knows that sending the ref to the monitor = he gives a fucking red. Read between the damn lines ffs, he's saying he knows he should've called it out & didn't. Every single qualified opinion I've seen on this has said red card. A toddler could tell you it was violent conduct.
Last post I'm making on this as far too much has been said about something so obviously incredibly clear cut to anyone outside of Spurs. Referees don't need to be told that grabbing someone by the hair and dragging them to the ground is violent, they know.
Walking to the ground yesterday, there was a real buzz in the air, similar to Huddersfield when they came up. Their enthusiasm was impressive in the ground and you kind of wished them well.
Then they started with that' Champions etc.' horse shit and at that point they could fuck right off. The pundits, of course loved them and loved their work rate and dominance. Except they did fuck all with possession, had one shot on target and had no quality in the final third.
We constantly gave the ball away again in the first half which will cost us dear Wednesday, but defended well, and for the most part kept our shape.
I wasn't panicking as they will find it very tough in the coming months and once again we got a late killer goal while not firing on all cylinders.
No defeats and a clean sheet will do me for now but we are getting dominated in the midfield and seem to spend every first half losing possession. We are reaching new levels of shithousery though, and getting yet more clubs to hate us and the media to do their best not to praise us.
I'm loving it. :contelol:
Then they started with that' Champions etc.' horse shit and at that point they could fuck right off. The pundits, of course loved them and loved their work rate and dominance. Except they did fuck all with possession, had one shot on target and had no quality in the final third.
We constantly gave the ball away again in the first half which will cost us dear Wednesday, but defended well, and for the most part kept our shape.
I wasn't panicking as they will find it very tough in the coming months and once again we got a late killer goal while not firing on all cylinders.
No defeats and a clean sheet will do me for now but we are getting dominated in the midfield and seem to spend every first half losing possession. We are reaching new levels of shithousery though, and getting yet more clubs to hate us and the media to do their best not to praise us.
I'm loving it. :contelol:
I think Dermot needs to re-aquaint himself with what the word "fact" means,.
He presumes that Taylor would have deemed it violent conduct, but the rulebook leaves the extent of the offense to the ref's discretion.
The word "violent" remains pivotal to this discussion.
....As per the article the very article you posted; a hair pull has the potential to be judged a yellow card offense.
No; he knows that the final call on the matter resides with the ref..... He says so in the sky article that you posted.
"Reading between the lines" is not how a rule-book is designed to work.
Should the rules be tightened up with a clearer definition of what constitues violent conduct? Perhaps so, but right now things aren't as black and white as you seek to paint them to be. The article you chose to re-post confirms this.
Nah, your kick is still awful mate.
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