GWT: EPL - Matchweek 12

[JPBolts]

maybe now he'll be forced to play sanson. but think that's just frustration from Luiz and still Gerrard is terrible

 

[Live in the Now]

Ref kinda has it in for them.

 

[Jersey Fresh]

What is Cash supposed to do there? Expected arm position as he’s going down to block and fired at him from a foot away.

 

[JPBolts]

don't know how that's a pen but i don't really care. Pile the score on now make Gerrard untenable

 

[Live in the Now]

What is Cash supposed to do there? Expected arm position as he’s going down to block and fired at him from a foot away.

Maybe he's supposed to put on a Fulham shirt or something. I dunno. I think Gerrard has been terrible as a manager but there's some officiating bias going on here.

 

[awesomo]

Wait so he was actually asked to sub in and refused? The article is paywalled

Doesn't have much detail in it, but yes the article says he refused to come on

He's training by himself and will not be available for Chelsea

 

[Savant]

Glad Michael Oliver learned from his last mistake

 

[hatterson]

Went back and watch the highlights of the Villa stuff. Absolute disgrace of an officiating performance.

Pathetic red card. Mitrovic instigated the entire thing, leaned his body forward, and then acted like he got shot.

Referees rewarding behavior like that is why players dive all over the pitch.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Went back and watch the highlights of the Villa stuff. Absolute disgrace of an officiating performance.

Pathetic red card. Mitrovic instigated the entire thing, leaned his body forward, and then acted like he got shot.

Referees rewarding behavior like that is why players dive all over the pitch.

On the bright side I did get a good laugh out of it

 

[JPBolts]

didn't survive

 

[bluesfan94]

Glad Michael Oliver learned from his last mistake

Did the ball hit off Cash's chest?

Either way, it's been described as a soft penalty pretty much everywhere

 

[hatterson]

Did the ball hit off Cash's chest?

Either way, it's been described as a soft penalty pretty much everywhere

Deflections were actually removed as a consideration from the rule this year, although England still seems to consider them.

Theoretically the only considerations are where it hit (both similar), if the arm made the body bigger (both clearly did), and if the arm was in a natural position (must have ruled Cash’s actions couldn’t justify the position while Gabriel’s could)

 

[bluesfan94]

Deflections were actually removed as a consideration from the rule this year, although England still seems to consider them.

Theoretically the only considerations are where it hit (both similar), if the arm made the body bigger (both clearly did), and if the arm was in a natural position (must have ruled Cash’s actions couldn’t justify the position while Gabriel’s could)

I thought profanity still mattered

 

[hatterson]

I thought profanity still mattered

I'm pretty sure swearing at the ref has never helped. May have missed that change though.

But really, they actually took out proximity too as a direct callout in the rule, but it's indirectly considered under the "deliberately touches the ball" part. Basically if you're 30 feet away and leave your arm in a position to hit the ball, you're far more likely to be called for intentionally touching it by leaving it there versus if you're 2 feet away.

More leeway is supposed to be given for "natural" position the closer you are to the ball, but there's no explicit callout for deflections.

 

[bluesfan94]

I'm pretty sure swearing at the ref has never helped. May have missed that change though.

But really, they actually took out proximity too as a direct callout in the rule, but it's indirectly considered under the "deliberately touches the ball" part. Basically if you're 30 feet away and leave your arm in a position to hit the ball, you're far more likely to be called for intentionally touching it by leaving it there versus if you're 2 feet away.

More leeway is supposed to be given for "natural" position the closer you are to the ball, but there's no explicit callout for deflections.

This is the challenge of typing on a phone before you're really awake

 

[JPBolts]

 

[hatterson]

Absurd that a VAR and an official both looked at it and decided he deserved a red.