[Albion] Anthony Taylor

[tigertim68]

There were two yellow cards given by Taylor by the time 'Dunky' was sent off.

He didn't lose control. the players did.

That’s because the ref could not control the game

 

[Zeberdi]

That’s ridiculous, regardless of circumstances a player can’t go round throwing personal insults at referees. Was a moment of weak leadership from Dunk given our defensive injuries

Yes, I agree - he should have known better as I said above - it was the right decision.

Did you misunderstand my post?

 

[tigertim68]

All the teams that time waste at the Amex nothing ever happens, soon as we do something yellow cards all over the place

 

[Uh_huh_him]

That's not what whataboutery is....

It wasn't even close to whataboutery.

Fair dos.
I stand corrected

It was just a f***ing weak argument, with a really cynical analogy.
doubling down after wrongly claiming the ref had issued 2 yellows prior to giving the red card. Due to "the players having lost control"

Still a good time to bow out, wouldn't you say?

 

[Blue3]

He certainly took offence at whatever it was Dunky said

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

All the teams that time waste at the Amex nothing ever happens, soon as we do something yellow cards all over the place

 

[Justice]

RDZ said at the beginning of the season he wants more goals so the officials can’t make crap up and do us out of points. He knows it we know it no point trying to defend officials.

 

[Uh_huh_him]

He certainly took offence at whatever it was Dunky said

I suspect he was feeling a bit sensitive when Dunky (as captain) remonstrated with the decision.
Mike Dean has already let us know that his mate AT doesn't like to be sent to the monitor.
Presumably he has a bit of a fragile ego. and doesn't like to be shown up as having missed something.

So he lashed out with an unwarranted yellow card. for Dunk and then doubled down, like a bullying deputy headteacher, when Dunky called him a **** as he walked away.

RDZ doesn't like English referee's attitude.
This is precisely what he's talking about.

 

[Seagull58]

So far in this thread we’ve had referees being bribed by far-east gamblers, a referee who favours northern clubs because his Aunty is a season ticket holder at Accrington Stanley, and a referee following a player closely in order to incite him to spit expletives. I personally prefer the notion of Hamas tunnellers under the pitch transmitting thought-waves through the grass.

Bribing of officials/players by Asian gambling syndicates has been proven in cricket, snooker and tennis. Bribing of officials by clubs or third parties has been proven in Italian football, Spanish football and European club football competitions. I think you are naive to dismiss the possibility.

 

[Zeberdi]

That’s because the ref could not control the game

Yep there were actually 4 yellows in the space of 11 minutes
Posted on another thread …

EDIT - The FA has since proved this incorrect - Dunk was only issued one Yellow - apologies

 

[South Stand Bonfire]

Here's one last season that still really, really annoys me. Spurs away. We're on top of Spurs and we get a corner.
To stop a quick start, Perisic deliberately kicks one of the spare balls onto the pitch to stop play progressing. Ref
stops the match so that said ball can be removed from the field.

No yellow card given. Nothing. Zero.

Yes, I was right by that and couldn’t believe no action was taken. Wouldn’t that have been his second yellow if given?

 

[pocketseagull]

There is no evidence in the public domain but the Tottenham v Brighton match last season was the point where I decided it cannot simply be incompetence There must be an outside influence at play and spot-fixingthe Asian betting markets is an obvious possibility. Its been done in snooker, cricket, tennis,, Italian football and Spanish football, all proven. Why would the biggest football betting market in the world be immune?

Why, when pretty much any game and sport can be betted on would criminal gangs choose to fix the most watched and scrutinised league in the world? Also the money involved in corrupting the Premier League would be so much higher. It makes no sense imo.

 

[zefarelly]

How many times has he been sent off for dissent in the last 10 years? Once or, maybe, twice? It's really not an issue with him.

36 yellows and 5 reds since we got to the premiershyte. He does suffer from brain fade more than most.

What's more annoying is the Ref lost control of the game before that, he should have nipped it all in the bud and none of it would have happened.

 

[El Presidente]

Whataboutery?

Really?

Time to quit the argument if that's the best you've got.

Fair dos.
I stand corrected

It was just a f***ing weak argument, with a really cynical analogy.
doubling down after wrongly claiming the ref had issued 2 yellows prior to giving the red card. Due to "the players having lost control"

Still a good time to bow out, wouldn't you say?

How many cards were handed out before the Dunk red card?

 

[Seagull58]

Why, when pretty much any game and sport can be betted on would criminal gangs choose to fix the most watched and scrutinised league in the world? Also the money involved in corrupting the Premier League would be so much higher. It makes no sense imo.

Biggest betting markets so they can place multiple very large bets without necessary triggering the algorithms that are used to try and identify strange betting patterns. There are millions of pounds placed on EPL matches. That's exactly why they are good targets. If you want to see how large the markets are take a look at Betfair and you can see how much is placed on each market in each match on that betting exchange. EPL dwarfs most other betting markets.
Edit: Also Starlizard's integrity unit has contracts with La Liga and several other leagues around the world to check for dodgy betting patterns but the EPL does not have a contract with them.

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Huge apologies, but bit busy to check multiple threads etc. Was it officially confirmed whether Dunk is suspended for one or two gamesn or is everyone including Lewis himself still randomly speculating

 

[jcdenton08]

Huge apologies, but bit busy to check multiple threads etc. Was it officially confirmed whether Dunk is suspended for one or two gamesn or is everyone including Lewis himself still randomly speculating

2 domestic games. Straight red for abusive language. No need to apologise, simply read the other thread where this has been explained about 40 times if you have any further questions

 

[maltaseagull]

In the two games Spurs and Palace both winning outcomes would have either put us in or within spitting distance of the top four which simply wasn’t acceptable to how they want the PL to play out. Both had horrific obvious errors from VAR and the on field ref.
If we spark back to life in the new year when players come back from injury and we look like breaking the top four again it will be interesting to see how horrific the officiating will become.
A week off isn't anywhere near a punishment. Relegated back to the lower leagues for the rest of the season would be.

The problem would be replacing most of the refs.
Perhaps use refs from the WSL?
Not very fair to the female players though.

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Bribing of officials/players by Asian gambling syndicates has been proven in cricket, snooker and tennis. Bribing of officials by clubs or third parties has been proven in Italian football, Spanish football and European club football competitions. I think you are naive to dismiss the possibility.

Also remember that the Saudi and Qatar leagues (in effect pif) employed the refs for their lucrative little sojourns and also own some of the clubs.

Obvious potential conflicts of interest

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

2 domestic games. Straight red for abusive language. No need to apologise, simply read the other thread where this has been explained about 40 times if you have any further questions

As i said, bit busy. But thanks