Today’s Football 2020/21 Season

[Huyton Layne]

Watched the Fulham highlights at half time. Deffo going down. You pick up points against crap teams by defending set pieces and they can't. Free headers 5 yds from your goal with no movement is pathetic in the top flight

 

[MikeH72]

how is that a clear and obvious error from Moss there?

Because it was never a red card in a billion years?

 

[gonetomorrow]

Anyone notice the cut of Scott Parker's cheek after half time. Sure it wasn't there at the start of the match.

Well it's Laahndon innit, me old mucker? Best not ask too many questions, nah whot ah mean?

 

[PhilM]

not if its downgraded to a yellow; that is a matter of interpreting a foul rather than an error

Surely, you've got to agree that the correct decision was eventually made?

It might boil down to semantics in terms of the terminology and the action is subjective, but for most people they'd see that as an error and a pretty clear one.

As @RFUS said, for me it was refreshing to see the correct decision was made without a fuss.

 

[Huyton Layne]

Get Eze on you dinosaur


Is what I think someone who cares would say

 

[RFUS]

not if its downgraded to a yellow; that is a matter of interpreting a foul rather than an error

Well no, not really. The degree of foul was misinterpreted, and thus it wasn't "serious foul play" as originally thought -- which is a pretty big error when it means a yellow card rather than a red.

 

[Huyton Layne]

Ayew just jogging calmly, bit of effort and he's got a tap in

 

[TheBigIguana]

Get Eze on you dinosaur


Is what I think someone who cares would say

Or someone who likes 21st century football

 

[PhilM]

Ayew just jogging calmly, bit of effort and he's got a tap in

I'm glad that I am not the only one who noticed that. The defender was ambling along to let him past, yet Ayew seemed to just stroll along without any drive.

Either he didn't think Zaha would beat his man, he wasn't paying attention (or bothered) or he's already blowing out his backside. If he'd sprinted and slid...

 

[Huyton Layne]

Or someone who likes 21st century football

I'm only concerned about Zaha tbh as he's in my FF team

 

[tsubaki]

Surely, you've got to agree that the correct decision was eventually made? It might boil down to semantics and subjective, but for most it was a clear error.

It isn't though, by definition. If Moss thought that was a foul (it was according to him) and that it was deserving of a card (it was according to him), then he cannot describe changing one card for the other as being a "clear and obvious error". If KWP hadnt touched him then I'd agree entirely that it was a clear and obvious error, but that is not what happened.

VAR failed last season because they allowed bad refs (of which he is one) to make up the rules as they went along. We got absolutely screwed by that last season, most notoriously in the United game at home, and I think its a very bad sign that we are not even two games in and they are making up the rules again.

If the FA made refs review via the monitor every potential red card before awarding it, then I'd absolutely be in favour of that.

 

[Zatara]

I had it to be 1-1 myself,watching that as well as watching Salford who we play Wednesday, salford are 2-1 down at home but should have conceeded 4 so far

Would be nice if we could get Nkounkou and some of the other young fringe players on the pitch against them.

 

[Alan Whittle]

The magic of the Cup. Kingstonian add a third v Horley this afternoon.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Dive of the season contender

 

[Huyton Layne]

You'd think So'ton would relish the fan ban as they're used to playing in front of about 30 people.