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  1. Various-Low4016 on

    So….. upper body contact wasn’t enough for Amad being down but it was okay for Harry’s challenge. Go get your cheques from Etihad group… fucking cheats.

  2. really_cool_legend on

    This is so hilarious. Everything they said for Amad not getting a pen applies to Maguire’s tackle too. Unreal

  3. DryIntroduction8889 on

    Let’s hear the audio for Maguire which was only upper body contact. Corrupt twats

  4. _Not-Great-Bob on

    Just as I thought I had finally cooled off from this decision this fires me right back up again 🤣. Such B.S

  5. MoneyWasabi9 on

    Makes absolutely no sense. Everything they used to justify the Maguire red card they also could have said to justify the amad penalty. Not playing the ball and reaching across. It’s just mental gymnastics to stick with the on field decision, every single time.

    Also the “gotta be honest mate I wasn’t looking” really sums it up at the minute.

  6. Rambling on for ages that there is **no** lower body contact when he clearly hits his foot lol.

  7. This just shows VAR is a complete waste of time. They basically just make a split second decision based on feelings and justify it afterwards without the slightest bit of consistency.

  8. BlacklistFC7 on

    The one on Amad, none of them said the defender has no intention for the ball or from the wrong side.

    Both of these should be penalties

  9. Smart-Mud-8412 on

    Wish I didn’t see that. Thats infuriating. “Just a hand on his shoulder”

    Fuck right off

  10. VAR is a an absolute farce. Referee’s are hesitant to actually make calls because of the supposed safety net VAR provides, however the VAR is instructed to back on the on field referee’s decision in all but clear and obvious situations. When you think about it in this context the rationalizations they are using for both of these incidents make perfect sense. It’s a giant circle jerk.

  11. ‘I think he’s waiting for the contact’ as he literally gets full arm extension pushed to the ground, absolute fucking morons.

  12. Senor-Cockblock on

    They were really quick with the upper body contact only, but not enough with Amad, but very quick with to say it was plenty for Maguire.

  13. GiveAScoobie on

    Spends 80% of the time watching the clip zoomed out from a camera at the opposite end of the pitch

  14. Rascha-Rascha on

    Just completely different logic for judging one foul and the other. When we have a shout for a penalty, the standard is, ‘what is the attacker doing?’ When Bournemouth have a shout for a penalty, the standard is ‘what is the defender doing?’

    It’s always about whether our guy deserves a call or not. They’re focused on what our players are doing in both situations. It’s a double standard through and through and is 100% unfair refereeing, 100% unprofessional refereeing.

  15. “There’s no lower body contact…” Buddy can you not see his foot drag downwards on Amad’s?

  16. I mean this makes not sense so by this count you can just do whatever upper body contact you want so long as the player is in front of you?!?

  17. They’ve already decided the outcome before they’ve reviewed the footage then throw out verbal diarrhoea to justify it afterwards.

  18. I knew this would make me angry before I even clicked play and sure enough…..I’m angry. Absolutely baffling how both incidents are almost identical contact, yet according to VAR one is obviously not a penalty and one obviously is. They’re either corrupt or incompetent….they should have to decide which one applies to them.

  19. Potential_Good_1065 on

    What a set of wankers. How can you possibly see the Amad foul any different to the Evanilson foul. Disgusting inconsistency.

  20. Johnzafonathan on

    If this is given a red and penalty then the more Mbeumo’s through on goal and pulled over by Nathan Collins when we played against Brentford should be given!

  21. MoodyBernoulli on

    Why is Attwells first reaction to ask the lino what he thinks when he was only a couple of metres away himself.

    If the lino said yeah then he would’ve given a pen.

    Passing the buck because he hasn’t got the bollocks, then everything after that is just them justifying the situation.

  22. If it came out that they’d smoke a fat joint before the match I wouldn’t be surprised

  23. Imagine releasing this thinking it’ll make your decision making look better, when it just makes it look so much worse.

  24. Never challenged the onfield decision, just used whatever logic to agree with the call already made.

    I get that Harry never made an attempt to play the ball, but the contact itself was minimal. I just don’t see any difference with the Amad decision.

  25. Negative-Succotash-6 on

    All this does is show how bad officials are in this country, they may as well just been discussing what they’re having for tea and it would have been less infuriating.

  26. Foul on Amad: there’s some upper body contact but he’s waiting for it, no foul

    Foul by Maguire: he’s reached across and made some upper body contact, not challenged for the ball, foul

    Mindblowing