I’m not calling you out like you feel that way too. I’m talking about the idiocy that people have about refereeing where if a referee calls or sanctions something differently that he did at any time in the past, even if this time it’s done correctly vs. incorrectly in the past, that now he’s “inconsistent” and gets criticized for that too
Just saw Liverpool's second goal and I guess they really mean it when they say they are not going to use VAR to re-ref the game. (As an arsenal fan, I no longer have particularly red colored glasses here, I don't care who wins)
Pundit blames Casemiro midfield blunders on Anthony Taylor in TV rant - Yahoo Sports “He [Casemiro] was at fault for the first goal, but I still think Anthony Taylor needs to be blamed there. Bruno probably should have just kicked the ball off the referee because then the game would have been stopped. “Second time around, for me, there's no excuse for Anthony Taylor to be in that position [when] Bruno wants to go forward. “Everyone's going to blame Casemiro at the end of the day. But I still think the referee's got to take some sort of the fault.”
Gotta love the Isthmian League. Tom Derry not emotionally stable enough to keep it together as two players start a piggy game during an injury. *after being rattled by a game of piggy in the middlepic.twitter.com/ISqkW2VUon https://t.co/XjaJL0Cf2B— Jack Kenmare (@jackkenmare_) September 7, 2024 Folkestone have 3 red cards in their last 3 matches
?So due to travel I totally missed the Arsenal-Brighton incident until I stumbled across this in my feed. Looking at this as a neutral (and honestly, I don't even like the EPL in general so I'm not even a "neutral but want Arsenal to suffer") my thought is that its an obvious delaying of the restart and the Brighton player is already in his kicking motion before the ball is touched by the Arsenal player so I don't even see this as a foul/card by the Brighton player. Old news but since there was no Premier League this weekend…🎥 Amazing what a camera angle does. Couldn’t for the life of me see the flick of the ball in the close-up angle. pic.twitter.com/CQoeindI28— The Kitsman (@The_Kitsman) September 8, 2024
Look everyone is going to see what they want to see but Rice doesn't actually move into the kick so even if Brighton is kicking for (a moving) ball, and even if Rice deserves the yellow card for either nicking the ball or not moving out of the way, that kick is going to hit rice's legs all day and night. I just don't get how you're copacetic with that as a ref. Surely that will, that at minimum, encourage other bad acts. Edit: put it this way. Either you're claiming rice put himself in harm's way after Brighton started his kicking motion, or A player making a legitimate play on the ball does not have an obligation to consider the safety of those around him, or somebody committing a yellow card offense (even a cynical one) takes himself out of the normal protection of the law. Any of those three options, I guess I disagree.
The Premier League's Key Match Incidents panel have issued their verdict on referee Chris Kavanagh's decision to send off Declan Rice in Arsenal's draw with Brighton.
Or, Rice knew what he was doing and committed either delay or unsporting behavior and his yellow is more than warranted. Also that, Veltman also knew what he was doing but did not endanger the safety of Rice or use excessive force. Both were worthy of a caution in my book. Where the ball was going is totally irrelevant.
The "he has no choice" part is gaslighting. Of course, he has a choice. He chose not to give Pedro a yellow card in the first half for delaying a restart.
Wonder if he will now make it into the Welcome to Wrexham series: Referee: Alex Chilowicz (USA) SToK Cae Ras September 7, 2024 Wrexham, Wales Attendance: 13,341
Absolutely great red card SFP decision from Attwell and his AR in Southampton. Watching initially, I thought they got him simply for being late and the way he came in, which I would have totally been fine with (though I think, perhaps, could have got overturned in today's game if it was just the nature of the tackle that made them go red). It took me three views to see him catch the knee high, which 100% justifies the red card. I wonder if the AR actually saw that in real time, because I presumed he caught him low on the trail leg at first. Regardless, the outcome is what was needed here.
https://caulse.com/v/88031 They need to give credit to the referee crew for getting these KMIs correct in real time. Everyone seems to be shocked by it being a red in real time, then replay shows it's 100% correct. BTW I would not be surprised at all if the 4O told him it was a red. He was immediately on the mic after the challenge and he had the perfect view
I presumed it was the AR because it’s England. But yeah it could have very well been the fourth. If so, even better. And also less of a guess, too.
Just on the point in the MLS thread last week about lagging engagement... Anthony Taylor decided to card everyone this weekend, setting an EPL record for yellows and... crickets.
Jarred Gillett gave out 7 yellow cards in the first half of the North London Derby yesterday as well.
Was gonna comment, but didn't see the match, so it wouldn't be fair necessarily, but it looks like Taylor learned nothing from his Euro 2024 quarterfinal between Spain and Germany. If the yellow card isn't working, find a red card to get the teams playing soccer again. But, in all likelihood, Taylor's bosses were pleased with his performance in Spain versus Germany so there probably is nothing to be learned and what the hell do I know?
There they all are. All on the pitch (no bench cards). It's hard to comment on all of them in that format, but on the surface it seems consistent and not any which scream red. You can see at about 1:40 how low on his card he was writing. At that point he may have had to start getting out the red. pic.twitter.com/gT09se5cJu— ًًً (@ibzsmo3k) September 15, 2024
Not quite, though. There are a few, like the 14th, that you only see the card shown and not the action. I saw that one live and Taylor wasn't even going to give a foul until his AR intervened and they had a conversation. No replay, though, so no idea how bad (or not bad) that one was. Consistent, yes. None screamed red, correct. But I would definitely say that the yellow bar seemed to start at "careless+" rather than "clear reckless," which is abnormal for England. Watching each of these individually, I think there are a LOT of them that wouldn't individually get cards in some EPL matches. It seemed like Taylor had a low bar for SPA, reckless and dissent, was consistent, and then had a few "must give" cards tossed (like the goal celebration and the DOGSO-yellow) and it just all piled up. That being said, having watched maybe the final 25 minutes the actual complaint seemed to be that several players already on yellows got careless fouls called against them, and Taylor never went for the 2CT. That may have been right on the merits--genuinely hard to say. But I think it's correct to say what wasn't called was more important than what was called here.
Right. It's not about the individual cards given per se. I'm sure nothing rose to where it screamed "yikes that must be red." It's about the ones not given. It's about potentially early yellows not given or borderline 2CT yellows not given in the second half that maybe could have settled things down and also opened up the game. Go look at the Germany vs. Spain game over the summer. Tons of yellows and there wasn't one incident that "screamed red card." However, there was an obvious caution not given 30 seconds into the game that ended up knocking one of Spain's best players out of the game and tournament. If Taylor gives that maybe the game goes a different maybe it doesn't, but it's about ultimately adjusting your approach and getting the teams to eventually start playing soccer and stop kicking the shit out of each other. Everytime we have some of these games that have double digit cautions it's usually always down to referees refusing to find a straight or second caution red card.
This is the part I was wondering about. It's pretty difficult to have that many cautions on the pitch and not end up with at least one 2CT.
The problem for Taylor (in 2024) is rather than having a clear threshold for what is and isn't a booking, he tries to read the 'temperature' of the game when deciding whether to issue a YC or not. That works okay in most games these days, but leaves you in a pickle when you reach numbers like 14. What really irked me in the Bournemouth-Chelsea game is that it was like he visibly 'double-taked' in a potential SYC incidents, which gave the impression he was 'bottling' sending someone off, when actually the fouls were just careless. Spain-Germany by him was a better performance than Saturday's one. Tottenham-Arsenal proved slightly too big of a game for Gillett atow, he didn't really radiate assurance and allowed the players to undermine his authority too much. Potential penalty for handball and reckless vs. SFP tackle by Timber are the incidents worth reviewing. Second half was much calmer than the first. In the end, still an okay job all things considered by the Aussie ref (for PGMOL standards).
Confirmed Match Officials: Manchester City vs Arsenal (Premier League) - Yahoo Sports Michael Oliver has been appointed by the Premier League to take charge of proceedings between Manchester City and Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium this weekend.