Pickford appears unable to grow up. Last season ‘offering out’ mocking Newcastle fans at SJP after his errors had handed Everton an unlikely defeat from the jaws of a 2-0 win.
I’m with you. I didn’t cry when VAR deprived of us goals, they weren’t legit. There are some crap officials in the PL, hitherto costing teams results, now there’s a chance of correcting blunders and the overlooked.
But I can see why many other fans would rather see a load of injustices and...
Law 12 makes no attempt to mention specific parts of the anatomy of the fouled player, simply using the word “opponent”. That’s sufficient for the officials.
Law 12 - penalties/direct free kicks are to be awarded where a player commits in a manner considered to be careless, amongst other things:
- Impeding an opponent.
- Pushes.
- Tackles or challenges.
- Careless is when a player shows a lack of attention or consideration when making a challenge or...
Well Everton won about a dozen fouls today for being brushed past, expertly finished off with a flourish of a dive. If that’s the benchmark in 2019 for an infringement, then the Connolly incident is clearly a foul. The VAR official had plenty of time in this particular case to judge that a...