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Ref making up his own rules?

Ref making up his own rules?

giro

giro

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When Pearson got booked, which was nothing less than he deserved, the Wigan player was injured and received treatment in the pitch.

So why did the Ref not make him leave the field of play, prior to the restart?

To me it’s a crazy rule, but it’s not up to the Refs discretion as to wether or not he inforces it.

I reckon the rule should be changed. The player should only have to leave the pitch if they’re the one who committed the foul and injured themselves.
 
The law is that if a yellow is shown then the injured player doesnt need to leave the pitch.

The weird thing is that many refs dont enforce it.
 
Ref making up his own rules?

If the offending player gets booked/sent off rule doesn’t apply


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Apparently if the player who commits the foul gets booked you don't have to go off, allegedly
 
I don’t think the “ victim “ of foul play should suffer time off the pitch after treatment . Penalised in effect by the actions of others.

If however a player simply goes down off the ball ( potentially wasting time ) - and receives treatment then that player should go off , at least its some sort of deterrent.
 
They need to bring a rule in for players with (feigning) head injuries.

5 minutes off the pitch to check for concussion might stop all the players waisting time and breaking up the game feigning head injury and also make sure no-one continues with concussion.
 
Pearson taking 'one for the team' (in the centre circle, ffs) had me worried for the the further 60 mins, especially when Ben was mouthing off at the ref later in the game. I thought he'd talk himself into another yellow. But he kept his presence in the game and probably earned the Sponsors' MOM.
On the up-side, though I will not condone it, is their #25 who he nobbled went off before half time was subbed before the break, so it probably helped us as a whole.
I also don't condone our time-wasting tactics, especially after our second goal. I suppose it's 'game management', [which we've been lacking of late] but I pay to see a game of football, not Maxwell looking at the ball in his own Area rather than toss it back towards the centre circle. I thought it made us look bad sports, though I guess when a team is bottom of the league almost anything to get a result can be called upon.
That said, apart from the first 5 mins, we dominated the game and deserved to win.
 
giro said:
When Pearson got booked, which was nothing less than he deserved, the Wigan player was injured and received treatment in the pitch.

So why did the Ref not make him leave the field of play, prior to the restart?

To me it’s a crazy rule, but it’s not up to the Refs discretion as to wether or not he inforces it.

I reckon the rule should be changed. The player should only have to leave the pitch if they’re the one who committed the foul and injured themselves.
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Pearson should have been sent off for that challenge, it was a naughty one.
 
bricklayer said:
Pearson should have been sent off for that challenge, it was a naughty one.
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Don't talk soft. I can guarantee that in at least 50% of the games played today someone will have done similar. It was whatbis commonly referred to as a professional foul and is a guaranteed yellow but nothing more
 
wld said:
I’m with you and said so at the time. He was clearly endangering an opponent and it would fall under serious foul play.
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Yep - certainly more dangerous than the Gibson challenge. Raked his studs right down his calf. I was worried for a while
 
LostinYorkshire said:
They need to bring a rule in for players with (feigning) head injuries.

5 minutes off the pitch to check for concussion might stop all the players waisting time and breaking up the game feigning head injury and also make sure no-one continues with concussion.
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In principle, that's a good idea. I'd just fear that you'd get players giving their opponents a little bang on the bonce so that the ref stopped the game and sent them to the side for 5 minutes !!

Maybe 2 minutes would be enough to put people off from feigning it, whilst also not being too much for an player who is genuinely and innocently had a minor bang.
 
raefil said:
The law is that if a yellow is shown then the injured player doesnt need to leave the pitch.

The weird thing is that many refs dont enforce it.
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Thanks for that, raefil.
Has this always been the case or a recent change?
 
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the12thman said:
Yep - certainly more dangerous than the Gibson challenge. Raked his studs right down his calf. I was worried for a while
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Wether Pearson should have been sent off is up for debate. However, to suggest Pearson. “raked” his studs down the players calf, is utter bollocks! He deliberately clipped his foot.
 
giro said:
Wether Pearson should have been sent off is up for debate. However, to suggest Pearson. “raked” his studs down the players calf, is utter bollocks! He deliberately clipped his foot.
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That’s not the way I saw it (and I’ve spoken to a number of people who saw it the same way) but will be happy to be proved wrong. Similarly, I’m sure you will be man enough to admit it if you’re proved wrong.
 
I can't understand why whenever Pearson is carded, any colour, it's OK because 'take that away from his game and he's not the same player'. Or he is somehow taking one for the team. Fouling an opponent is simple to understand - it means you haven't tackled properly. For me, taking challenges like the one he made yesterday away from his game makes him a BETTER player, not a less effective one. And it means we would have him in the side more often. And all PNE fans should want that.
 
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