"My frustration isn’t with that moment in that game, my frustration and anger is that we see that every game and I’m having conversations with the referees all the time. Emails backwards and forwards.
"Look back at every game and you see it happening. This is the perfect example. Macca [James McAtee] goes past, gets dragged down, stays on his feet, has another go, stays on his feet. There’s an advantage played, we lose the ball in less than four seconds, Boro get the ball and score.
"I’m not moaning about this game but if Macca goes down we get the foul and the lad gets booked. We see this against us all the time. I just hate the way the game is going with that. They’re my frustrations. It’s not just this moment in the game, but it’s a great example of what we’re talking about. The referees agree with me from the emails back and forward."
I see nothing wrong in what PH has said above but apparently not only is he being charged by the FA for kicking the fourth officials board, rightly so in this instance, he's getting hauled over the coals for expressing his opinion on the problems with players diving in the game. Managers are no longer allowed to question the interpretation of rules that are being applied by refs who it seems are agreeing with PH.
Little old SUFC aren't allowed to do this but Arteta in the EPL can go ballistic about VAR leading to Mason leaving his job. Double standards. Odds on we get nothing from officials for the rest of the season. As a club we should just shut up shop in post match interviews and limit them to yes/no answers.
"Look back at every game and you see it happening. This is the perfect example. Macca [James McAtee] goes past, gets dragged down, stays on his feet, has another go, stays on his feet. There’s an advantage played, we lose the ball in less than four seconds, Boro get the ball and score.
"I’m not moaning about this game but if Macca goes down we get the foul and the lad gets booked. We see this against us all the time. I just hate the way the game is going with that. They’re my frustrations. It’s not just this moment in the game, but it’s a great example of what we’re talking about. The referees agree with me from the emails back and forward."
I see nothing wrong in what PH has said above but apparently not only is he being charged by the FA for kicking the fourth officials board, rightly so in this instance, he's getting hauled over the coals for expressing his opinion on the problems with players diving in the game. Managers are no longer allowed to question the interpretation of rules that are being applied by refs who it seems are agreeing with PH.
Little old SUFC aren't allowed to do this but Arteta in the EPL can go ballistic about VAR leading to Mason leaving his job. Double standards. Odds on we get nothing from officials for the rest of the season. As a club we should just shut up shop in post match interviews and limit them to yes/no answers.