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       Re: ATaylor - Arsenal v West Ham
   DIR By: rustyref
       Date: December 16, 2021, 12:13 pm
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       > Interesting that almost all of the opinions on this one are
       either in the camp of definitely a pen or definitely not a pen
       and nothing inbetween.
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       > I'm a West Ham fan and I'm actually still really undecided on
       this one. Different camera angles make me change my mind but I'm
       leaning towards no pen. I suspect in real time with no VAR most
       referees wouldn't give a penalty here.
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       > I did realise though that as soon as Taylor blew for it that
       VAR wouldn't (shouldn't?) be overturning it.
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       > Does he have to book him (send him off) once he's given it do
       we think?
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       I think he could have got away without a caution personally.
       But VAR can't get involved in that and the caution can only be
       revoked if the penalty is overturned.
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       Re: ATaylor - Arsenal v West Ham
   DIR By: Ref Fan
       Date: December 16, 2021, 1:05 pm
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       As the YC wasn't for DOGSO with a deliberate attempt to play the
       ball, then presumably it could only be for what Taylor
       considered a reckless challenge, as per Readingfan's post
       quoting Dale Johnson. Jason Burt in the Telegraph wrote that if
       the first YC was questionable, the second one was more so.
       What constitutes a reckless challenge can be very subjective and
       I suspect many referees, if there was any room for manoeuvre,
       would tend to give the offender the benefit of the doubt if it
       meant a second YC.  So I guess the question is, was the tackle
       clearly reckless?
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       Re: ATaylor - Arsenal v West Ham
   DIR By: Deanspen
       Date: December 16, 2021, 4:19 pm
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       I don’t have a dog in this fight, but from the limited
       highlights I saw I personally thought the penalty award was
       puzzling. Not convinced at all.
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       Re: ATaylor - Arsenal v West Ham
   DIR By: Ashington46
       Date: December 16, 2021, 4:26 pm
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       --- Quote from: Ref Fan link ---
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       > As the YC wasn't for DOGSO with a deliberate attempt to play
       the ball, then presumably it could only be for what Taylor
       considered a reckless challenge, as per Readingfan's post
       quoting Dale Johnson. Jason Burt in the Telegraph wrote that if
       the first YC was questionable, the second one was more so.
       >
       > What constitutes a reckless challenge can be very subjective
       and I suspect many referees, if there was any room for
       manoeuvre, would tend to give the offender the benefit of the
       doubt if it meant a second YC.  So I guess the question is, was
       the tackle clearly reckless?
       >
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       Sadly, in these modern times of 'elite football' it would seem
       that every tackle could be judged as reckless. I wonder how many
       games players like Stuart Pierce would have finished these days,
       they would have been off in the first 20 minutes because he
       would have been judged to have been too forceful!
       Was he a dirty player? No! He was just a wholehearted
       competitor who wanted to win and there were plenty more like
       him.
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