Did anyone think it was a pen?

[ThatJa]

One of the worst decisions of the season for me.

 

[Tunstall Fred]

Totally agree never a penalty,referee couldn't wait to give it

 

[dc_blade]

I thought not at the time, but Stearman basically conceded it was and Wilder seemed happy about the decision.

Terrible ref overall though.

 

[Houston_Blade]

At full speed I can see why he gave it and it was a daft place to make that kind of challenge. The replay didn't really look like a penalty though.

 

[INTAKE BLADE]

He got a good touch on the ball, but the villa players didn’t need an invitation to hit the deck, sad but true. Soft pen at best.

 

[west_yorks_blade]

I didn't think it was a pen.

But several non blade (AND non pig) mates said it was.

 

[8lade]

“Dreadful. Plus we were fortunate to get a penalty. “ A Villa fan.

Looked a poor decision at full speed, proven with Slowmo

 

[pommpey]

No, it wasn't. It was in the 'I've seen them given' category, but Stearman's foot contacted with the ball and cleared it. Granted, it wasn't a tackle which needed to be made, as their bloke was moving sidewards to get away from Stearman. There were enough players around if he'd have turned to shoot and get a block in. It was naïve stuff but it wasn't a penalty.

Incidentally, the fucking conduct of Charlie Austin needs a special mention. Aiming your foot to kick the face of an opposition keeper when he has already collected the ball at your feet deserves a ten match ban. What an awful, nasty little cunt. But, y'know ... Premier League and all that. I suppose its just unfashionable northern clubs in the Championship who get 'justice' meted out at them.

pommpey

 

[Maidenhead]

I didn't think it was a foul, but a penalty was awarded therefore it definitely was a penalty,

It says so in all the match reports

 

[Clarkey87]

The referee was shocking all game to be fair.

At least referees in the championship are pretty consistent with how wank they are.
At this level of the game (and how much these officials get paid) thenstandard ahould be much higher.

Unfortunately the FA is so far up it’s own arse to tackle poor standard of refereeing, it seems a ref can have a nightmare (and last nights was by no means the worst we have had this season by a long way) and nothing happens to them. That goes for linos as well (useless cunt we had at Middlesbrough who didn’t know the offside rule is one example....and that’s even before the wrongly ruled out goal!)

Beyond me why in this day and age the use of video refereeing isn’t more wide spread (I know they have used it in a couple of games recently haven’t they - league cup in the past week if I remember rightly?!).

Not hard if the referee has blown the whistle in the belief that it was a foul. A quick referral would then provide the answer either way. Would assist in catching out those that dive (in and out of the box) as well.

 

[Lmaobob]

Of course not.

Ball was kicked away from goal by their player

Stearman stood his ground and just possibly mistimed his challenge by a millisecond if anything

Softest penalty you will ever see for an honest challenge to get the ball

Fair enough if it's a challenge in the dying minutes and the ball was towards goal but it was in the 3rd fucking minute and ball was played away from goal. How was it preventing a goal scoring opportunity

 

[spongebobblade]

Was at the game and even in real time we thought no pen. The ref was reluctant to give us anything and whistle happy in there favour. My biggest gripe were 2 fouls from behind straight through our players (Duffy one of them) and he wouldn’t book either. I was under the impression these were a mandatory yellow card. The Lino in front of Blades fans second half was also a fullweight wankspangle as well

 

[Alfreton14Blade]

Can't say I thought it was a pen, & still don't think so, but the problem is in the trajectory of the ball which isn't diverted at all by Stearman's contact.

Seemed really soft, but you can certainly see why it was given.

 

[Tyler Durden]

Well I posted this last night:

Never a penalty in a million fucking years, robbing cunt.

Now I've had a bit of time to reflect, I feel exactly the same.
I hope the referee opens his present on Chrstmas morning thinking it's a pair of socks and it turns out to be AIDS instead. Cunt.

 

[oldblade]

Not a penalty, but unfortunately there was one person who thought it was, and that was the person who matters most - the referee.

 

[GrayBlade]

Never in a million years. The Ref couldn’t wait to give them the debatable decisions, he must think they’re still in the Prem.

It surprised me that he didn’t book Carruthers for diving after he’d allowed them to do it all game, particularly Grealish.

 

[Harvey Robinson-Smythe]

Have seen the highlights and can definitely say that I've seen um given