Stoke v Saints Saturday 31 Jan 12:30 Kick Off

[SNSUN]

Azaz booked for diving 

[Colinjb]

That was a penalty. Catches his knees clearly.

[obelisk]

Ref makes a big mistake. That was a penalty.

[Turkish]

He did dive Tbf 

[Saint NL]

Azaz dives 🤦

[whelk]

Fuck off ref

[Saint Fan CaM]

Ref absolutely bottling a pen there.

[BotleySaint]

There was contact but he made too much of it.

 

[Saint Scott]

I think pep may have had a point 

[Suhari]

Hmm.

That's a pen for me.

[AlexLaw76]

VAR gives that...

 

[Sheaf Saint]

Oh ref. That's a fucking penalty all day long.

[benjii]

Bit of a dive.

[Willo of Whiteley]

2 minutes ago, Maggie May said:

azaz is having a blinder.

That’ll stop now he’s been booked.

[BotleySaint]

Just now, AlexLaw76 said:

VAR gives that...

 

VAR disallows it because of the handball in the build up.

[Saint NL]

He definitely touched him, so it wasn't a dive. Enough for a penalty? Maybe

[macca155]

Dive from Azaz , defender pulled his leg away

Edit

Just seen the replay from a different angle , blatant contact should be a Pen

Edited 1 hour ago by macca155

[benjii]

Need the second goal. This lot are shite but surely they'll change something at half time.

[pingpong]

Missing baz, regardless of the stick he gets, he's way more reliable on the ball and prevents the panic that peretz causes.

Also, that's two stonewall penalties now, Stephens dragged and Azaz tripped.

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

Feel like the ref realised he missed a massive handball before the pen shout, so giving Azaz a yellow was the easiest way to minimise controversy.

Blatant one otherwise.

[Maggie May]

1 minute ago, Saint NL said:

Azaz dives 🤦

What else is he supposed to do? There was clear contact. 

Fellows stayed on his feet the other week and should’ve gone down.  No penalty for that either. 

[Willo of Whiteley]

He was tapped on his ankle but that is one hell of a belly flop from Finn Azaz.

Shame really. He’s done ok until now but I’m sure he’ll regress back down the pitch as the game goes on.

[Hopper]

Bit more honesty that would’ve been a pen. Went down too easily trying to anticipate.

[davefizzy14]

Was a blatant penalty 

[Turkish]

That’s not a penalty if that goes against us people would be going mad 

[obelisk]

Ref has decided he wants Stoke to win this.

[Turkish]

Just now, davefizzy14 said:

Was a blatant penalty 

Was it fuck 😂😂😂

[Chez]

a tiny touch that doesn't upend him and then a dive. No complaints from me. 

Nice trick by Azaz to beat him though.

[Osvaldorama]

He made a meal of it but that’s a pen all day 

[SNSUN]

Just now, pingpong said:

Missing baz, regardless of the stick he gets, he's way more reliable on the ball and prevents the panic that peretz causes.

Also, that's two stonewall penalties now, Stephens dragged and Azaz tripped.

Not me. Slip earlier aside I feel more confident with Peretz in goal. 

[AlexLaw76]

barely touched....no way does the warrant flying like he did

You can see (clearly) why the ref never gave it. 

[Ken Tone]

Might be an argument that he went down easily but there was definitely contact...

 No way a booking for diving 

[Sheaf Saint]

1 minute ago, pingpong said:

Missing baz, regardless of the stick he gets, he's way more reliable on the ball and prevents the panic that peretz causes.

OK you're clearly just trolling now. 

[bangkoksaint]

Well it’s a split on here as to whether it’s a pen or not. Ref gets one look and needs to make a decision. Prefer that to VAR

[coalman]

I think if he doesn't give a penalty he has to book him. Have seen those given but Azaz was already on the way down before contact was made.

[Chez]

Just now, obelisk said:

Ref has decided he wants Stoke to win this.

he seems to spot every foul we make and has missed a couple of theirs. it will even up.

[Turkish]

1 minute ago, AlexLaw76 said:

barely touched....no way does the warrant flying like he did

You can see (clearly) why the ref never gave it. 

Precisely. People forget with all this “there was contact” bollocks these days foot isn’t a no contact sport. Bit of a touch on his knee but not enough to make him go down like that. Clear why ref didn’t give it. 

[Chez]

3 minutes ago, pingpong said:

Missing baz, regardless of the stick he gets, he's way more reliable on the ball and prevents the panic that peretz causes.

Were you missing Baz when Peretz tipped that strike over the bar?

[Saint NL]

Jander is playing well, but Stoke are giving him so much space they're making it easy for him

[whelk]

Just now, Turkish said:

Precisely. People forget with all this “there was contact” bollocks these days foot isn’t a no contact sport. Bit of a touch on his knee but not enough to make him go down like that. Clear why ref didn’t give it. 

You don’t need much contact when at pace. Slow motion always makes it look like less impact. Pen for me Clive 

[West end Saints]

100% pen in PREM with var, contact as he turned, knee to knee is foul, 

But he went down easily and prefer no VAR.

[Saint Fan CaM]

Ref is utterly shite

[Saint Scott]

Their RB looks fucking hopeless. We need to constantly give the ball to Leo to run at him

[obelisk]

Stewart probably needed to hit that first time.

[Chez]

4 minutes ago, Ken Tone said:

Might be an argument that he went down easily but there was definitely contact...

 No way a booking for diving 

he dived.

[Jack]

Feel like we could be a bit more adventurous and play forward quicker here. Had some really good moments but still playing very safe a big % of the time. Ref giving us nothing. Stoke look there for the taking unless we gift them one 

[Jack]

Stewart has been learning from Arma it seems, always offside 

[Sheaf Saint]

As good as he's been overall so far, that was a very slack and dangerous header from Stephens.

[Saint NL]

Stewart has been offside more than onside so far 😂

[Chez]

Just now, Saint Scott said:

Their RB looks fucking hopeless. We need to constantly give the ball to Leo to run at him

big style

We are much the better side. Got to take advantage.