Not seen it mentioned elsewhere but the foul by Pieters on Barkhuizen in the second half was as clear a penalty as you will see. He went straight through the back of him and didn’t get the ball. Considering some of the fouls the ref gave for minimal contact, especially on Shawcross, it just smacked of cowardice.
Second penalty
If barky had screamed like a little girl like Shawcross did maybe....
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What about the handball from Gallagher in our own penalty box, which surely must have been a penalty (or a free kick on the edge of the area) to Stoke towards the end of the second half?
Not to mention the disgraceful elbow he planted into the face of Joe Allen in the first half. The referee made some poor decisions today, but we profited from plenty of them.
Not to mention the disgraceful elbow he planted into the face of Joe Allen in the first half. The referee made some poor decisions today, but we profited from plenty of them.
An appalling referee who should hold his head in shame bottled mist decisions joe Allen should have been sent off an utter disgrace but what can you do expect from a football association run by Clarke ashworth & Glenn.
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For what infringement should Allen have been sent off for?
Impersonating Fagin from Oliver Twist.
Ref played advantage for bringing Pearson down when we were breaking but didn't go back to him
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Would a professional foul like that not warrant a standard booking, rather than a sending off?
Quite how the officials didn't send Gallagher off for planting his elbow into Allen's face on the other hand, I don't know.
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wasn’t a pen for me that
Yeah, but he'd already been booked. Didn't see the Gallagher incident so couldn't comment on that.
Gallagher will certainly be receiving a retrospective ban for that elbow. Probably 3 games. It was blatant and deliberate. Had that been the other way round this forum would have gone into meltdown.
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Definitely 2nd yellow for Allen but will let it go given he took an elbow from Gallagher that went unpunished. Top player at this level.
I genuinely didn't see it. Couldn't work out what all the fuss was about.
Regading the 2nd pen I didn't think it was. I certainly didn't appeal for it
Me neither and I wonder how many criticising the referee saw it at the time as well? Shows how hard a referee’s job can be, not one person around us saw anything - there was even a suggestion Allen was play acting!
The second yellow was something he saw and made a conscious decision about, a clearly incorrect decision.
That’s ridiculous.
I’ve watched it several times and Allen deliberately runs into Gallys arm when he is just using it to balance himself, if anything Allen fouled Gally.
Personally was just waiting for him to roll over so the Stoke players could tickle his belly
He actually did it twice on Pearson and both times the ref played advantage and didn’t go back and book him.
He was terrible today, Maccy.
Gallagher & Allen both should have been sent off today, and it took until about Shawcross' 76th foul of the game for him to get booked. He had a shocking game.