I like 1, I hate the so called professional foul, especially like Lewis Skelly’s wherevthe just kick a player when nowhere near the ball
I quite like the sound of that. A good referee should be able to cool tempers but there is definitely a case for a cool down period as something that he could call on. I would fully expect certain PGMOL refs to abuse it.
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Whilst I think rule 1 could have potential to be a great option, the biggest issue is refs can’t apply the currnet rules consistently, so not sure how that would make things any better without improving the standard of refereering
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Yeah it wouldn’t be enforced correctly and judgement would come into it at times.
https://x.com/_pauljoyce/status/1907715464794382673‚
Gee, thanks. It was a leg-breaker and that cunt of a referee didn’t see it even though he was looking at it directly from a few metres - not to mention VAR. Mac Allister has been on the wrong end of challenges that are probably forbidden in all but a few sports over the last two seasons, I don’t know how he managed to sustain them.
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Assholes
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he’s not going to get punished now. Admit the fault and get him a 2 match ban for a direct red card. Its not going to be enough but atleast let it be something that will cost everton in other matches
Nah
Let him play against Arsenal. A ban is no good to us now. Imagine the whining on Saturday if he clocks Saka or Rice?
Tierney on the other hand should be stood down.
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he will be a liability if he plays againt Arsenal. Refs will be booking him for the slightest tackle.
Maybe you are correct. Over compensation for the shite decision last night
Rather he played against them mind.
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Interesting stat from Dale Johnson’s piece on the midweek fixtures.
Over the last 2 seasons the PGMOL have identified 10 cases where VAR incorrectly failed to address an call the ref missed/ignored. Tierney is responsible for 4 of them. No other ref has more than 1
Maybe that is a reflection of him being a senior official him doing VAR more often? That piece doesnt say, but that’s a shocking stat.
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Always felt it would be the concern the other way around.
Like on Sunday I can’t see Donohue forcing Kav to the screen if say a penalty is missed. Especially for us.
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The only way to make amends is for Everton to be down to 10 men for the exact duration that Tarkowski should have had a red when we play them again.
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In all serious, it’s a rule that needs looking at.
If, on Wednesday, Tarkowski or Beto got a second yellow late in the game against us, they would have served that ban against Arsenal, our closest rivals this season. That can’t be right.
I would change that rule so that bans will be served at a time of the offended team’s choosing.
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Easy. The next league fixture against us. If the offence happened in the current season’s second league fixture then it carries over to next season’s first league fixture.
(Unless they get relegated of course muahahahahahah)
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Gawd only knows how much he will pocket from this adventure.!
Michael Oliver lands huge new role after Liverpool and Arne Slot red card controversy
Story by James Quinlan
Michael Oliver has been confirmed as one of the two referees from the Premier League that will officiate at the revamped FIFA Club World Cup this summer. That announcement, though, comes with one or two controversial moments involving Liverpool still fresh in the mind.
“We are coming from high standard performances delivered during the last FIFA tournaments. So the bar is higher,” chairman of FIFA’s referees committee, Pierluigi Collina, said alongside Monday’s statement confirming English officials Oliver and Anthony Taylor for the upcoming tournament. They are two of 117 individuals to be drafted from 41 member nations.
Incidentally, with one or two raised eyebrows from a Liverpool perspective, from the nine matches in which Arne Slot’s side have dropped points this season, Oliver has been in charge of three of them. They were the defeat to Nottingham Forest and draw to Manchester United, both at Anfield, plus the last-gasp away draw to Everton in the last ever Merseyside derby at Goodison Park.
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Who is funding this world cup thing, and what is their interest in the Premier League?
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…Exactly..!