hudson88
Striker
I just think we have daft expectations of refs and expect them to get everything right. If the worst thing we can criticise a ref for is not booking a player when they should have they are doing ok
Is that really ok though? We’ve had players booked this season for stopping quick free kicks being taken. We’ve seen opposition players not booked against us for kicking the ball away.
Yet yesterday we see Rowe not get booked for blocking a free kick, and Pritchard booked for kicking the ball away.
It’s the inconsistencies yet again. A foul can be subjective, so whilst frustrating to see 1 player booked for a foul and then a different player not minutes later, that’s perhaps to be expected. But the blocking of free kicks and kicking the ball away is meant to be black and white, and is down to officials not enforcing the rules correctly.
Not spotting the ball clearly going out of play twice right next to you isn’t down to rules, it’s down to poor officiating.
FWIW - I actually agree with you on the penalty, but I’ve only seen it live from the back of the South Stand, and have yet to see a replay.