Nelfoos - re the penalty I think that's a massive cop out. Noble has been beaten and fallen to the ground and held Jesse back. Regardless of whether it's enough to literally pull him to the ground he has purposely impeded him while not attempting to play the football. If that's not a penalty under new interpretations then let me know so I can stop watching.
Players getting away with contact when they're genuinely attempting to play football is one thing. Cynically grabbing shirts because you've been done is not acceptable.
Agreed about Martial. The total contrast between him and Greenwood spoke volumes.
Players getting away with contact when they're genuinely attempting to play football is one thing. Cynically grabbing shirts because you've been done is not acceptable.
Agreed about Martial. The total contrast between him and Greenwood spoke volumes.
I also hate the new interpretations (you can see that not much further up this thread), but Jesse has gone to ground there when he doesn't need to, and that is now considered play on, as far as I am aware. Happy to be corrected on the new interpretations if anyone has a source though.
I completely agree that it should be a penalty - and maybe VAR would've agreed if the cup had them
Source here with some Mike Reilly quotes - I've pulled the bits I think apply here.
"...with Riley saying "contact on its own is only part of what the referee should look for; consider consequence and the motivation of the player as well."
What does this mean? The principles established are:
- The referee should look for contact and establish clear contact
- Ask if that contact by the defender has a consequence
- Has the attacker used that contact to try and win a foul or penalty?
- Contact alone is not sufficient
- The referee should look for contact and establish clear contact
- Ask if that contact by the defender has a consequence
- Has the attacker used that contact to try and win a foul or penalty?
- Contact alone is not sufficient
This means that if an attacker goes to ground, the manner in which he goes to ground has to match the contact from the defender. So an attacker throwing himself to the ground because of minimal contact should no longer be a penalty."
Reaching out and grabbing someone's shirt like should be a penalty every day of the week. The issue is that the head of the referees, somehow, doesn't agree with that. Hopefully we'll see some clarification out of the FA, but I think that's unlikely. All we can hope for is, much like many other interpretation changes, this gets binned over the course of the season as everyone realises just how short-sighted it is.
Reaching out and grabbing someone's shirt like should be a penalty every day of the week. The issue is that the head of the referees, somehow, doesn't agree with that. Hopefully we'll see some clarification out of the FA, but I think that's unlikely. All we can hope for is, much like many other interpretation changes, this gets binned over the course of the season as everyone realises just how short-sighted it is.