When the Arsenal right back went down in front of the Bob Lord stand it was clearly obvious he was nowhere near any other player.

I thought referee's were now instructed to book players for an obvious dive.

I've only ever seen (from memory) players booked for diving in the opposing penalty area .. A strange one from saturday Pepe kicked
the ball away twice and jumped with his foot up in front of an attempted quickly taken free kick ... Instead of a card he called his
captain over to tell him not to do it again ???

Pepe committed a body check on Cornet who had only just come on, it was a far worse and blatant foul than the one he cautioned Ashley Barnes for in the first half, however, he just chose to let it go. I normally back officials, however, there was certainly no consistency when you look at Westwood's caution for a coming together and one or two fouls committed by Arsenal.

That was a blatant dive in front of the Bob Lord. Should have been a yellow card. I’ve not seen the penalty incident again, could Vydra have been carded?



Has the six second rule for keepers been binned off? I can’t remember the last time I saw someone penalised for holding the ball for too long.

If the rule is still in place, Ramsdale should have been at least warned on Saturday.

DCWat wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 20, 2021 8:06 pm

That was a blatant dive in front of the Bob Lord. Should have been a yellow card. I’ve not seen the penalty incident again, could Vydra have been carded?

No, he was brought down.

Spijed wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 20, 2021 4:09 pm

When the Arsenal right back went down in front of the Bob Lord stand it was clearly obvious he was nowhere near any other player.

I thought referee's were now instructed to book players for an obvious dive.

he plays for Arsenal

Diving is pretty much zero risk. You either win a penalty or just play on. Look at Ronaldo on Sunday, just kept on trying.

Ashingtonclaret46 wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 20, 2021 7:49 pm

Pepe committed a body check on Cornet who had only just come on, it was a far worse and blatant foul than the one he cautioned Ashley Barnes for in the first half, however, he just chose to let it go. I normally back officials, however, there was certainly no consistency when you look at Westwood's caution for a coming together and one or two fouls committed by Arsenal.

Westwoods caution was for a professional foul. Quite deliberate, not a coming together

Down_Rover wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 21, 2021 10:22 am

Westwoods caution was for a professional foul. Quite deliberate, not a coming together

You'd think an ex referee would know and understand this.

Down_Rover wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 21, 2021 10:22 am

Westwoods caution was for a professional foul. Quite deliberate, not a coming together

Fernandinho commits a number of professional fouls every game he plays for Man City yet rarely gets booked for them.

Spijed wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 21, 2021 10:32 am

Fernandinho commits a number of professional fouls every game he plays for Man City yet rarely gets booked for them.

Fernandinho got 6 yellow cards in 21 games last season. Only one Burnely player got more yellow cards (Westwood 7) and he played every single league game.