05 Feb 2018 21:17:16
The state of officiating in England is so poor. Deulofeu has done a Harry Kane and forced contact before throwing himself to the floor.

Bakayoko sent off for breathing on someone moments before.

This needs addressing now. There are huge financial implications resting on these embarrassing decisions. I actually feel sorry for Chelsea, it is that bad.

1.) 05 Feb 2018
05 Feb 2018 21:33:47
They were both shockers. Stil, means Tim Lovejoy will be unhappy, so glass half full.

2.) 05 Feb 2018
05 Feb 2018 22:04:54
The keepers momentum went through delefeou but he did make a meal of it, it was less of a dive than Kane last night though.

3.) 05 Feb 2018
05 Feb 2018 22:37:10
With you, Den. Deulofeu's incident was more of a pen than Harry Kane's cos Harry Kane launched himself into the air and left a trailing leg that brushed Karius' shoulder. I think what Gk's need to be trained on a lot more now is for them to dive for the ball but pull their arms away at the last minute and slow down, all in one go. That way, the player who's already in the air will drag his foot on the turf with NO contact with the GK or none meaningful enuff to draw the foul. I remember Utd vs Swansea when Fabianski went in on Rashford and pulled his hands away and Rashford kicked him to get the contact. Tho a pen was given BUT Rashford was slaughtered for it. Just my opinion.

4.) 06 Feb 2018
05 Feb 2018 23:28:56
I cannot believe any body thinks any different, yes Maybe a tad soft but both in today's game are stone wall pens. We had enough chances to beat spurs so let's refrain from putting the blame on officials.

5.) 06 Feb 2018
06 Feb 2018 10:40:03
Hendo's bro, you are missing the point. The refs had no clue what they were doing. They were making decisions based on pure, pathetic guesswork as their damning convo on the first pen showed. Who gives decisions based on guess work? Incompetent clowns as refs, that's who. You don't give a pen if you are not sure and on both occasions they were NOT and why should they be? There was barely any if any contact. Both players dived and embelished which is what made the ref on the second one, waved it away only to be convinced by his lino who btw, had no clue if Lovs touched the ball on the first one and neither did the ref. So why give a pen when you don't even know if it is or not and the 4th official does not either? Why rely on a lino who is clueless and does not even know the offside rule in that situation on the first pen? That is the problem and if you can't see that then I'm sorry. Spurs are a good team and it was a battle which we would have won had the ref stuck to his first decision on the second pen cos he was not sure so he waved play on.

6.) 06 Feb 2018
06 Feb 2018 11:09:56
I think Kanes and Deufelous are penaltys to be honest, the keepers shouldn't be committing themselves the way they have and initate the contact themselves by doing this. Its not a new concept and players have been doing this for years and keepers constantly present the opportuntiy to them to do this.

The only problem i had with the pens against us the other day were, they were both offside moments of play. Granted the second one is harder to spot and Virgil should have dealt with the ball in the first instance but hey ho its done and dusted a point is better than nothing!

7.) 06 Feb 2018
06 Feb 2018 19:37:42
GBB, I agree that GK's should be smarter now BUT Kane was already in the air b4 Karius got to him so again, no pen and in fact, this whole thing does not even come up had the ref and lino not bungled the whole stuff by actually not knowing if Lovs touched the ball on the entry pass to an offside Kane. They decided to give the pen w/ o having the proper info which is bonkers, in itself.

8.) 07 Feb 2018
06 Feb 2018 23:16:45
That's the problem with 'today's game' - the idea that any contact = penalty has turned football into a farce. This is not something that is unfixable either, the FA, the referees association, etc etc all need to come together and take a sensible approach to this. As it is you cannot have one game week without some sort of horrendous blunder or blatant dive.

And as for VAR? How can that possibly work when the officials (yes I'm looking at Jon Moss and that Linesman) do not even know the rules properly? Even with VAR they'd make the wrong decision but have the Referee's association back them up anyway. Whole system needs changing as both the standard of refereeing, as well as the interpretation of the laws of the game, is just woeful.

9.) 07 Feb 2018
07 Feb 2018 10:08:47
Spot on, Seano. The refs don't even know the rules and if they did, they did not even have the right info to determine and enforce the rule. Result: Moss says he does not know if Lovs touched the ball and neither does any of his assistants or 4th official and YET, decides to give a penalty cos well, he can. That is the crap and rank incompetence that we had to be subjected to on Sun.