Question for refs out there. I may accuse Connelly of going to ground easily but why was a freekick not given when there player went down and blocked his path and Connelly who would have been away tripped over him. Not deliberate but surely must have at least been obstruction
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[Albion] Foul/Obstruction on Connelly
- Thread starter amexer
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Ref missed it, no VAR for things like that. [emoji2369][emoji2369]
I was more pissed about the two penalty situations. The first one, okay, fine its close range and the hands are in front of the body so he would have blocked it anyway. Only United gets a penalty in that situation.
But the other one, on the cross from Lallana, was obvious according to the current handball rule - some teams would have been awarded it... most days (I think the alignment of Saturnus and Jupiter plays a part in if penalties are given or not).
The foul on Connolly should be at least a yellow card and possibly a red one but I didnt get too furious about it - a free kick from that position rarely results in anything anyway. Still completely ridicilous that he didnt get it, Ben Mee slipping or not.
But the other one, on the cross from Lallana, was obvious according to the current handball rule - some teams would have been awarded it... most days (I think the alignment of Saturnus and Jupiter plays a part in if penalties are given or not).
The foul on Connolly should be at least a yellow card and possibly a red one but I didnt get too furious about it - a free kick from that position rarely results in anything anyway. Still completely ridicilous that he didnt get it, Ben Mee slipping or not.
A card would have been harsh, as it looked pretty accidental. But intent plays no part now in deciding whether it was a foul or not - so should have been a free-kick for us (to waste).
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Wrong player...from the Burnley board
“Ben slipped and cleaned out O'Connor and Mike Dean saw it exactly as that.”
“Ben slipped and cleaned out O'Connor and Mike Dean saw it exactly as that.”
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
The ever listenable Matty Upson said the same thing that it was an accidental slip. I don’t see how that is relevant to it being a foul or not? Whether to give a card yes of course, but if he’s slipped so what, he took the player therefore it’s a foul. Nothing in the rules to say it’s not a foul if a player has accidentally slipped.
Mee ‘accidentally slips’ because he’s bang in trouble, try’s to turn to quick and loses his feet. He’s slip is through the trouble Connolly’s position has put him in. Utterly perplexed how that isn’t a foul. Although I think Dyche was officiating the game from what I could hear...
Worried Man Blues
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Glad he didn't 'go down' the ref might have been unsighted then we would have been saying he should have stood up and carried on, just another one of those things.
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Pundit on the box said same as Upton ....and yes Dyche was doing a great impression of a windmill ...questioning every decision that didnt go Burnley’s way...was forever thus
METALMICKY
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- Jan 30, 2004
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Classic example of honesty not paying dividends. Goes down and good chance we get a penalty.