GraemeS's latest activity
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GraemeS replied to the thread Match Official Mic'd up.Christ people here like getting fixated on exact pieces of terminology. Well, unless that terminology is "careless" I guess...
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GraemeS replied to the thread Match Official Mic'd up.What's legitimate about playing a ball at chest height with a studs-first jab of the boot with opponents in proximity? And then going on...
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GraemeS replied to the thread Match Official Mic'd up.It's lost due to the quote system, but "chucks himself in the way" is an extremely uncharitable read of MacAllister's actions. He plays...
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GraemeS replied to the thread Match Official Mic'd up.So we're back to "vibes" again. The referees and VAR are supposed to work based on the law, and in law this is simply just a careless...
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GraemeS replied to the thread Match Official Mic'd up.I'm sorry, but that's miles too far the other way. There is clear contact, in two places on MacAllister, with the sharp bits on the...
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GraemeS replied to the thread Match Official Mic'd up.I'm not sure we're in a world where "football expects" a player to choose not to play a ball in the opposition penalty area when they're...
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GraemeS replied to the thread OFFINABUS towards AR.Which is exactly why I hate running a line for a ref who thinks he has a "high tolerance"! All it means is no call after no call...
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GraemeS replied to the thread Match Official Mic'd up.I'm tempted to not engage, because none of that actually disputes this just being an obvious careless foul. Again, I've asked that same...
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GraemeS replied to the thread Match Official Mic'd up.You're getting distracted by danger and endangering safety again - I'm not asking for a red card. But what's not clear and obviously...
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GraemeS replied to the thread OFFINABUS towards AR.I agree - in an ideal world, our OP would have said something like "this player said X, Y and Z, and I considered that...
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GraemeS replied to the thread Match Official Mic'd up.But then how is that in any way mitigation for a foul? The only way "they both come in high" can mean it might not be a foul is if both...
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GraemeS replied to the thread Match Official Mic'd up.Dale Johnson often references said panel. About half the time it's to back up the stance he's chosen to take and about half the time...
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GraemeS replied to the thread Wolves vs Coventry.I mentioned it in passing, in a related way (Jones is pretty much the only example of a low bar SFP VAR intervention this season -...
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GraemeS replied to the thread Match Official Mic'd up.He shouldn't get dressed up and go on TV then if he's not going to actually attempt to clarify anything. No one made him volunteer to do...
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GraemeS replied to the thread Match Official Mic'd up.When you listen to the audio, "They both come in high" is simultaneously a key part of the reasoning for the VAR seeing this as not...
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