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  1. No, Dermot, he didn’t wave it away straight away (and I don’t see how that would be “in fairness” considering you just said it should have been a penalty). He stared at it and quaked at the thought of Bournemouth fans being angry at him.

  2. Says it all when the likes of Dermot Gallagher and Alan Shearer have both said its Pen.

  3. JimJimerson90 on

    They are all incompetent.This needs to be addressed, the level of officiating in the league is so poor.Teams miss out on European football every year because of these clowns

  4. I want VAR to work but when the basic application of it is still in the hands of the incompetent, it isn’t fit for purpose.

  5. Should’ve given the fucking Pen in the first place then VAR would’ve overturned it if in field ref was wrong. 
    No drama afterwards. 

  6. The main question is how is Stuart Attwell still in a job? How is someone so incompetent allowed to get away with things every time?

  7. I didn’t get to watch the game on Friday as I was away all weekend with some mates and this is the first time I’ve seen both incidents. I’ll sum up my feelings on it;

    Are you having a fucking laugh?!

  8. The only thing I disagree with here is the idea of ‘I got the first one wrong, so make sure I get this one right’. If you’re fairly sure (through VAR) you might have dropped a clanger on the first pen (also leading to a goal bear in mind, so you’ve effectively given away 2 goals in one decision) then when presented with an identical penalty to the first- it’s far better to apply the same logic you did with the first. If you thought the first was too soft at the time, do the same with the second.

    It’s all well and good saying that at least he got the 2nd one right- but you’ve just completely swung a game now from a 3-1 game into 2-2. Save your consistency in decisions for future matches, this was a chance to correct your earlier mistake.

    Amad was virtually spun around when you look at where he was pushed- two handed shove right at the top of his shoulder, in the direction he was already leaning. The ref was looking right at it. It’s an appalling decision that looks worse the more you look at it.

  9. Mundane-Reindeer7701 on

    Did Dermot try saying “I was a forward” at the end because of how much Jay was saying playing experience makes a difference? 🤣

  10. Heisenberg_235 on

    Wow. Was expecting a complete denial.

    Clearly should have been given then if Dermot is saying it was.

  11. They get the decisions wrong on purpose because the plebs talking about football controversies stops them thinking about things that really matter such as purchasing power and bargaining power. You are doing it right now.