I know the Laws of the Game, but you don’t need to be an expert to have seen what a dreadful game Pawson had. It was embarrassing.
- penalty given, wrong, outside of box
- penalty given, wrong, dive
- free kick given, wrong, dive
- subsequent penalty given, correct (but directly the result of a...
Pope going down was either a tactical instruction or “good thinking” from Pope (albeit against the spirit of the game, depending on the colour of your replica shirt).
He went down for no reason following a lengthy VAR stop when the atmosphere was at a (for the Amex) fever pitch. His delay...
Our MOTM today, was well up for it. The usual poor decision making at times, but if he always made the right decisions he wouldn’t be playing for Brighton. Worked very hard defensively and menaced both full backs and the goalkeeper with relentless pressing and running behind. Put a real shift...
It was a clear tactical decision, probably data driven, because for the last 5-10 minutes of each half it was the same. They’ve probably used data to work out a higher percentage of mistakes occur at the back later in the half, or perhaps more attacking first and second balls are won from direct...
He had no clue. It’s guesswork, every decision. Then he hedged his bets he was wrong and gave a leveller freekick immediately. He has been so very poor
This referee is appalling. Just dreadful. That corner he gave against us early on was criminal, he had no clue then gave a foul at the earliest opportunity. He’s absolutely shocking so far - horrible