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Absolutely - but compare and contrast with the actions of Haaland. The Hyperbole would not be unjustified in the way he has responded to the ref. We are piling onto our captain about his discipline, when the reality is that his dismissal was as much down to Taylor's over-reaction as it was to...

Once again this narrative of Dunk's "Verbal Assault" and "red Mist" Take another look at the offence. He has paid the ultimate penalty, but his actions were nothing like the way you are describing them. The red card offence was said as he had turned his back on the official and was walking...

I am looking forward to this.

No it's not a good example to set. He didn't actually behave particularly differently than most other players would in similar circumstances. The early reporting of it made it sound like he was raging at the ref and swearing in his face. It was nothing of the kind. He let slip a single curse...

Sauce?

According to the BBC Neal Maupay was given a red card for abusive language to a Ref after a game with Wolves in 2021. They are also now referring to Dunk's offence as a "Jibe"

He didn't say it to his face.

Agree Cooper's rant against the refereeing seemed to be that he was affronted that the penalty wasn't given by the ref. Odd, considering he was forced to overrule it. Agreed that ours looked more of a penalty than theirs, but that may be because there was a much better view of ours.

Rest assured, it will now be applied consistently and the game will be much better because of the brave stand that Taylor has taken. Gawd bless him!

Acording to various "lipreaders" it is either Bellend or bald prick - This may or may not have been preceding with f***ing.

Nice that pitchside included a clip of both sets of fans singing "Anthony Taylor, you're shit every week"

If it was - then there wouldn't be any debate.

Interesting how some of our fans are choosing to put the worst interpretation of this incident onto Dunk and giving Taylor a free pass. I'm annoyed with Dunk and I'm sure he's equally annoyed with himself. But red-mist isn't really something you see from him. Looking back at the incident...

The issue is that we have such a low expectation from refs. "Take your pick" shouldn't be the best option available to us, from the number 1 ref in the division. We are happy to chastise players for reacting to increasingly erratic decisions, but not expecting any kind of clarity from...

These points are accepted, but it really isn't clear which one it is though. Taylor does not control the situation. He just allows the situation to escalate. As much a poor performance by Taylor as ill-discipline from Dunk.

Absolutely this. I haven't seen a justifiable reason for the first yellow yet. Dissent , or being too close to the monitor, have been suggested, don't seem to be backed up with any evidence. From teh video of te offences, Dunk appears to say "What about the foul back there" or something...

I have no issue with De Zerbi's comments. It's all part of the package. During his tenure, he has been on the wrong end of poor refereeing decisions much more often than, benefitting from them. This has impacted on his opinion of referees. I think his position is understandable and shouldn't...

That's a reasonable position. I also think De Zerbi's position is reasonable. He is professionally engaged with a group that have consistently under-performed in games he has been involved in. They have statistically delivered poorer outcomes for his team than most other teams. He isn't...

What is abusive language? Is F*** off just swearing? but Bell-end is abusive? I have no issue with the idea of players being sent off for excessive over -reaction to refs. I am just supporting the position that Dunk's red card had more to do with Taylor's fragile ego, than Dunk's behaviour...

No - you cannot be sent off for dissent. No-one has been sent-off for using abusive language in 11 years. Lewis is the first player to swear at a ref for over a decade, apparently.