Willian "penalty"

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  1. Brush

    Brush Well-Known Member

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    just listening to the debate saying that the ref was wrong. While I can see that there was "contact" you could clearly see Willian already on the way down and deliberately dragging his feet to get "contact" so I think the ref was right, it was a dive and cheating.

    Not often you see a ref strong enough to turn down 2 penalties and book 2 players for diving against one of the "big" clubs like Chelsea. I like him, could have done with him at Old Trafford in the Cup in 1998.
     
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    Yeah I didn’t think there was enough contact for it to be a penalty.
     
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    Agreed he dove and just happened to be touched mid dive. The pathetic attitude of the BBC commentator was clear from his 'he might have gone down easy but he did well to draw the foul' comment.

    You don't draw a foul. You don't win a foul.
     
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    You do in modern day Greedball.
     
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    Definitely left a trailing leg to try win a penalty
     
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    Clear pen, imho. Definite contact, horrible decision(s).
     
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    Pedro’s dive earlier in the game was horrible. He wasn’t anywhere near the keeper.
     
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    I thought Willian's was a clear penner. The ref was probably swayed after Pedro's comedy attempt earlier - deserved an Equity card, no matter a yellow...
     
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    Video obviously didn't agree with you and neither do I!!!
     
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    Players don’t help themselves by throwing themselves to the floor at every given opportunity
     
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    All the former players think it was nailed on,
     
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    Agreed, although the players would argue that the refs don't help matters by not giving penners for clear fouls in the box unless players do go to ground...
     
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    Aye. All four strikers
     
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    Clear penalty. The defender has made an attempt at a tackle and missed the ball and caught the attacking player . It's a mistimed tackle and therefore a foul .
     
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    I wish all you armchair experts could have a go at refereeing...sure you'd get every decision right...!
     
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    Quite. Anyone remember "Diver Dublin" at Coventry in the last minute? (Premier League 1998).
     
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    I love all the indignation from professional divers like Lineker and Shearer. Willian saw the outstretched leg and despite his best efforts, only just made slight contact with it.
     
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    I’m certainly not having a go at the ref, we can’t even agree on here so it shows what a thankless task they’ve got
     
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    Not a penalty for me. He wasn't brought down, he was going down before the contact with the leg.

    Just goes to show what strikers think the rules are if they all think it was a penalty.
     
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    The subsequent replay and both commentators agree with my view so I’ll settle for that.
     

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