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Ballard


SandDancer50 said:
"Clear and obvious" were supposed to be the guidelines for VAR. Not we shall take as long as we like to examine every angle frame by frame until we spot something that will make us feel important irrespective of the frustrations felt by the paying public.
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This. It's giving the referees another opportunity to make it about them and justify their existence. Of course, it means that more referees are getting paid each match!
 
Cyprus said:
Michael Keane makes potentially leg breaking challenge, is given a yellow card and VAR clears red card while Ballard accidentally pulls 2 strands of dreadlocks and received a red card and a 3 match ban. Calvert Lewin in the fa cup semi final was let go after a VAR check i believe as well. Consistently inconsistent.
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This is the one for me.

No one on earth will convince me what Ballard did last weekend was a worse offence than Michael Keane.

That was an absolute horror challenge and the fact he wasn't sent off is a damning indictment of the state of refereeing at the minute.
 
SAFC_Marc said:
This is the one for me.

No one on earth will convince me what Ballard did last weekend was a worse offence than Michael Keane.

That was an absolute horror challenge and the fact he wasn't sent off is a damning indictment of the state of refereeing at the minute.
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All caused by an over reaction by PGMOL when the ref was criticised for not sending Ramerez when he pulled somebodies hair.

The latest on it from Paddy Power

Paddy Power News understands referees have now been instructed to clamp down not just on hair pulling, but also pinching, wedgies and any ‘shorts-based escalation’, amid concerns that standards have slipped into ‘horseplay territory’.

PGMOL have issued a statement saying:

‘We’re seeing behaviours that belong in a school corridor, not a Premier League game. The line has to be drawn somewhere, ideally before someone gets their shorts yanked so far up their arse crack they’re coughing polyester’.

Under the updated guidance, punishments will be both disciplinary and educational.

Hair pulling will result in a straight red card and mandatory attendance at a ‘keep your hands to yourself’ workshop, while pinching earns a yellow alongside a written apology to the victim’s mum.

Wedgies, officially termed ‘waistband interference’, are expected to carry severe sanctions, particularly if VAR determines there was a ‘clear upward motion’.
 
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