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After seeing the penalty awarded on TV / Replays, do you think the ball hit DMGs arm

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After seeing the penalty awarded on TV / Replays, do you think the ball hit DMGs arm  

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  1. 1. After seeing the penalty awarded on TV / Replays, do you think the ball hit DMGs arm

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benjii

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Can we have one please mods?

 

Just as a bit of "fun".

 

I've watched the super slow-mo's several times and so I am quite amazed that some people seem to think McGoldrick committed a handball.

 

Now, I enjoy a tommy-tank as much as the next man but I'm pretty confident that it is really quite obvious that the ball hit McGoldrick on the back of his shoulder/neck and head and that my eyesight is superb.

 

Can we settle this once for all?

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John B

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Shoulder for me. But what a total pratt.

 

You're in a wall.

 

In the box.

 

You use your hands to protect your children.

 

And let the ball hit the big lump of useless fat sat on your neck.

 

That's all it can be for.

 

I read somewhere that Davis thought it was a penalty

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benjii

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I read somewhere that Davis thought it was a penalty

 

Davis saw it once at full speed from a funny angle.

 

I don't doubt it may have looked like a pen.

 

That's not the point. The point is what do people think having seen the slow-mo?

 

I'm genuinely surprised that people think it hit his arm, having seen that.

 

On a more interesting note, imagine if video evidence was used and the pen had still been given. I'd have been ****ing livid!!

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John B

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What is the actual role of a referee theses days.

 

 

Is it to ruin games by using the letter of the law or can they use their own initative.to allow the game to be enjoyed by the fans.

 

Once Patterson was sent off there was unlikely to be a good game and giving a controversial penalty completely ruined it.

 

A lot of games these days are affected by the referees errors

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Thedelldays

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Davis saw it once at full speed from a funny angle.

 

I don't doubt it may have looked like a pen.

 

That's not the point. The point is what do people think having seen the slow-mo?

 

I'm genuinely surprised that people think it hit his arm, having seen that.

 

On a more interesting note, imagine if video evidence was used and the pen had still been given. I'd have been ****ing livid!!

 

 

:rolleyes:

 

 

lol

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Legod Third Coming

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What is the actual role of a referee theses days.

 

 

Is it to ruin games by using the letter of the law or can they use their own initative.to allow the game to be enjoyed by the fans.

 

Once Patterson was sent off there was unlikely to be a good game and giving a controversial penalty completely ruined it.

 

A lot of games these days are affected by the referees errors

 

Normally, I am very forgiving of refs (apart from the idiot who reffed the Wolves game) but Riley is a United-favourer of some repute. Look at his record in their games.

 

So if I can see it, so can the FA.

 

Yet they still let him ref their games.

 

I wonder why...

 

Box office. That's why.

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Thedelldays

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i love the way SOME of you are having a pop at the ref after seeing it 10 times on a slow mo

 

and my rollyeye thing was that he even admitted it may have looked looked like a penalty....what the hell is the ref supposed to do? He cant rewind real life

 

even kelvin said on TV (when he could have not commented or said it was harsh) that it was a deffo penalty..

 

I think it was a harsh decision but can see why the ref gave it....

 

DMG was a tool for jumping like that...ffs

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benjii

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i love the way SOME of you are having a pop at the ref after seeing it 10 times on a slow mo

 

and my rollyeye thing was that he even admitted it may have looked looked like a penalty....what the hell is the ref supposed to do? He cant rewind real life

 

even kelvin said on TV (when he could have not commented or said it was harsh) that it was a deffo penalty..

 

I think it was a harsh decision but can see why the ref gave it....

 

DMG was a tool for jumping like that...ffs

 

Yeah, read the first post again. Ta.

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Whitey Grandad

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yet....the whole ground (even the other end) are in a better position....?

I'm saying that the point of contact was diametrically on the other side to Kelvin's position. Riley probably had the best view and yet the ball couldn't possibly have hit anywhere near where he was indicating. He saw what he wanted to see.

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Everyone seems to have missed there was another nailed on red card missed when 2 defenders bought down the Man U player when he was clean through, the ref bottled that one even if the 1st one was harsh.

 

So if he was in any way biased, he would have given that.

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Thedelldays

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Everyone seems to have missed there was another nailed on red card missed when 2 defenders bought down the Man U player when he was clean through, the ref bottled that one even if the 1st one was harsh.

 

So if he was in any way biased, he would have given that.

 

james also handballed a through ball that would have put a man u player 1-on-1...

 

damn refs giving the big boys all the decisions..

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Legod Third Coming

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Everyone seems to have missed there was another nailed on red card missed when 2 defenders bought down the Man U player when he was clean through, the ref bottled that one even if the 1st one was harsh.

 

So if he was in any way biased, he would have given that.

 

Nah, he felt bad by then. He'd already gifted them two goals, any more would have been suspicious. Anyway, Nani dived - poof.

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i love the way SOME of you are having a pop at the ref after seeing it 10 times on a slow mo

 

and my rollyeye thing was that he even admitted it may have looked looked like a penalty....what the hell is the ref supposed to do? He cant rewind real life

 

even kelvin said on TV (when he could have not commented or said it was harsh) that it was a deffo penalty..

 

I think it was a harsh decision but can see why the ref gave it....

 

DMG was a tool for jumping like that...ffs

 

ill give you a different perspective of why the ref was so poor, he blew his whistle for most fouls, the penalty and the red card before the offence was even completed, he looks to give teams like man utd every foul etc, he takes no time to say lets think about this, take account of the situation he just give it to the big boys. also how many times did he instruct his 'assistants(lol)' to change the direction of a throw in, i counted at least 2, what the hell are they there for?

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saint_ed

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Watch the replay again. Perry (I think it is) knocks the ball away with his thigh.

 

It was Lancashire and thats besides the point. Skacel ran across and totally shoulder barged Welbeck. He was nowhere near the ball, so either way it was fair enough that they got a penalty. People should stop looking for excuses and get over it.

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Whitey Grandad

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Nah, he felt bad by then. He'd already gifted them two goals, any more would have been suspicious. Anyway, Nani dived - poof.

:) yeah, he'd done what he had to do by then, no need for any more. I think what disappointed me most of all was Nani and his antics. The other players just put in a solid professional performance, no unnecessary showboating.

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Legod Third Coming

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It was Lancashire and thats besides the point. Skacel ran across and totally shoulder barged Welbeck. He was nowhere near the ball, so either way it was fair enough that they got a penalty. People should stop looking for excuses and get over it.

 

 

Er, having a go at refs and being anti-Manchester United were, last time I checked, pre-requisites of heterosexual football fans?

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Everyone seems to have missed there was another nailed on red card missed when 2 defenders bought down the Man U player when he was clean through, the ref bottled that one even if the 1st one was harsh.

 

So if he was in any way biased, he would have given that.

 

To my mind this was a cert penalty.

 

We were dire and lucky to escape with a 3-0 scoreline.

 

However would have been interesting if the three 'contentious' issues ie first goal/pen and sending off had been given against Utd. Feel sure Fergie would have taken it in a sporting manner!!

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saint_ed

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Er, having a go at refs and being anti-Manchester United were, last time I checked, pre-requisites of heterosexual football fans?

 

I hate United as much as the next person. While Mike Reily was terrible, he got the sending off spot on and United deserved a penalty.

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Thedelldays

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ill give you a different perspective of why the ref was so poor, he blew his whistle for most fouls, the penalty and the red card before the offence was even completed, he looks to give teams like man utd every foul etc, he takes no time to say lets think about this, take account of the situation he just give it to the big boys. also how many times did he instruct his 'assistants(lol)' to change the direction of a throw in, i counted at least 2, what the hell are they there for?

 

 

no wonder man u got more fouls...they had the ball far more than us and we were chasing them all over the park....,making alot of last ditch tackles..

 

it is like the old beauty..not many away teams get penalties at old trafford..well, not many away teams spend any time in the penalty area at old trafford for a start

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It was Lancashire and thats besides the point. Skacel ran across and totally shoulder barged Welbeck. He was nowhere near the ball, so either way it was fair enough that they got a penalty. People should stop looking for excuses and get over it.

 

Looked to me like Skacel and Lancashire just plain muscled him off the ball. Nanni seemed to go over a tad theatrically too with his legs in the air when noone had even touched them.

 

Good decision not to give that one IMO. The penalty that was given may not have been a handball, but you can't say we didn't deserve it behaving like that in a wall.

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Whitey Grandad

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ive watched it several times and his arm was up but his back was to the ball and i think.......think it touched the back of his head..............its a harsh decision but its over with now.

It was a very poor decision from one of our 'better' referees, but I'd much rather have had the handball decision go in our favour against Reading.

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cambsaint

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When my son and I watched the replay at full speed we both thought that if we had been reffing in real time we would probably have awarded a penalty.

Similarly I would have sent the saints player off.

Although it wasn't replayed I would have liked to have seen the pull back on the Saints forward that the radio 5 commentators said was a pen.

 

having umpired at cricket, (but never reffed seriously) I know just how difficult it is to make the right decision in real time.

 

My favourite comment was from an umpire in the fifties who being berated by a Yorkshire player for giving him out LBW and said it wasn't out replied-

 

"Look in tomorrow's papers lad, and you'll see whether you were out lbw or not."

 

Personally although I've seen some diabolical decisions I think that the TV pundits make too much of it, it's easy to be right sitting comfortably watching countless slow-mo replays.

Either we accept that there will always be mistakes or we insist on the fourth official reviewing comntentious decisions-and the players or managers shouldn't be the ones to decide what is reviewed!.

 

Cambsaint

 

Anyway it wouldn't have made the slightest difference to the outcome we were absolutely clueless with exception of Davies and Perry.

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I've just seen it for the first time (was having a chicken balti in the concourse when it happened) and was very surprise to see it definitely hit his arm. No doubt about it in my mind, you can tell by the bit of his shirt it catches. From the post match reactions I was already convinced it was nowhere near his arm.

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hughieslastminutegoal

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ive watched it several times and his arm was up but his back was to the ball and i think.......think it touched the back of his head..............its a harsh decision but its over with now.

 

People on here have defended Paterson's lunge on the basis that his studs touched the ball before clattering into shin.

 

On the same basis, I reckon it was a pen because it looks to have touched McG's upper arm before touching his head.

 

In any case, any player who jumps at a lofted ball AND lifts his arm straight up AND turns his head away so he can't see it is a dope.

 

When coaching kids about making a wall, you always tell them to face up and try hard NOT to turn their backs on the ball when it comes in.

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