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A Taylor - Man City V Arsenal
DIR By: Jevontheref
Date: March 31, 2024, 11:46 am
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Wow he's been excellent so far. Been on top of everything and
managed it well
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Re: A Taylor - Man City V Arsenal
DIR By: Joecphillips
Date: March 31, 2024, 12:05 pm
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He is definitely playing a part in putting me to sleep (best
praise I can give a referee but not the 2 teams playing)
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Re: A Taylor - Man City V Arsenal
DIR By: TheThingFromLewes
Date: March 31, 2024, 12:31 pm
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Anthony Taylor was the best person on the field today.
That’s how shockingly bad the football standard was on display.
An impressive show from Taylor, didn’t fall for any of the
nonsensical theatrical posturing from both sides.
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Re: A Taylor - Man City V Arsenal
DIR By: dave26
Date: March 31, 2024, 12:55 pm
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If only Taylor refereed like that more often I would then rate
him as highly as I rate Oliver today was an absolute masterclass
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Re: A Taylor - Man City V Arsenal
DIR By: Pm2
Date: March 31, 2024, 1:32 pm
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Will he be the ref for united Liverpool next weekend?oliver done
the reverse,brooks did it 2weeks ago.Taylor or kavanagh for me
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Re: A Taylor - Man City V Arsenal
DIR By: dave26
Date: March 31, 2024, 2:59 pm
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--- Quote from: Pm2 link ---
>
> Will he be the ref for united Liverpool next weekend?oliver
done the reverse,brooks did it 2weeks ago.Taylor or kavanagh for
me
>
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I think Taylor is the most likely option but I wouldn’t rule out
Pawson or Tierney , Oliver is still in with a shout
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Re: A Taylor - Man City V Arsenal
DIR By: dtrv2
Date: March 31, 2024, 6:06 pm
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I thought overall Taylor did well - in a game of this magnitude,
you just don't want the referee to be blamed for a decision that
changes a game, and he did well not to fall for some of the
theatrics in the penalty area.
I do think we were lucky not to get a couple of players
cautioned - Jesus early on a clear example, although you could
equally make the case a City player slid in late on to
deliberately stop a counter and wasn't booked too. Taylor
clearly set out to not flash the cards, which he got away with
because he is Anthony Taylor whose reputation and experience
allows him to do that. I think bar Oliver, any other SG referee
who tried this approach would have really struggled.
Very dull game, and a bit of an anti-climax, but I'll take the
point! :)
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Re: A Taylor - Man City V Arsenal
DIR By: ajb95
Date: April 1, 2024, 4:48 am
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Sorry- all these posters calling it a “masterclass” “performance
of the season” need to watch it again. Yes he let a lot go in
terms of physical contact, which I’m fine with, but that doesn’t
mean you let blatant reckless play go unpunished. There was one
in the first half for Arsenal that should have been a yellow,
and then Bernardo silva in the second - blatant cynical trip.
Oddgaard should have been cautioned for persistent.
I also thought he was inconsistent when it came to delaying
restart. He booked the Arsenal keeper for his first offence
which wasn’t even that bad, and never had a word with him at any
point. De bruyne kicks the ball away 50 yards just a warning,
Jesus throws the ball 5 yards away gets booked.
A decent performance but nowhere near the excellent masterclass
being described on here
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Re: A Taylor - Man City V Arsenal
DIR By: Boz
Date: April 1, 2024, 8:15 am
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I tend to agree with the last couple of posts. A decent game
from Mr Taylor and despite the lack of cards for fouls, he kept
the game well under control. However, can wonder might it have
been a better spectacle if he had produced some YCs for the
first half rash of cynical challenges.
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Re: A Taylor - Man City V Arsenal
DIR By: Microscopist
Date: April 2, 2024, 11:43 am
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--- Quote from: dtrv2 link ---
>
> I thought overall Taylor did well - in a game of this
magnitude, you just don't want the referee to be blamed for a
decision that changes a game, and he did well not to fall for
some of the theatrics in the penalty area.
>
> I do think we were lucky not to get a couple of players
cautioned - Jesus early on a clear example, although you could
equally make the case a City player slid in late on to
deliberately stop a counter and wasn't booked too. Taylor
clearly set out to not flash the cards, which he got away with
because he is Anthony Taylor whose reputation and experience
allows him to do that. I think bar Oliver, any other SG referee
who tried this approach would have really struggled.
>
> Very dull game, and a bit of an anti-climax, but I'll take the
point! :)
>
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I agree with much of what you say, he was certainly consistent
in not awarding yellow cards to both sides although (perhaps
naturally) I thought there was only one candidate challenge for
a yellow card by City against five for Arsenal. (The two yellow
cards given were of players saying "please book me" in my view).
A foul count of 16 against Arsenal against 4 against City at
the 70th minute is quite telling (evened up a bit later as City
perhaps wearied of being kicked). I will never understand the
semi-amnesty against cards in the early stages of a game and
Jesus on Bernardo was, to me a clear yellow card at any time in
any game at any level.
Surely the best management is to set the expectations early in
the game and stick to them.
There was particular period of five minutes between the 50th and
55th minute where there were 4 fouls awarded against Arsenal.
Mostly there were of the "professional foul" type intending to
break up attacking moves. But that only tells part of the
story, between 51.45 and 51.50 there were three "never mind the
ball, lets get on with the game" challenges for the first two
"advantage" was played despite the ball being effectively a
"hospital" pass to a City player who was clobbered as soon as
the ball arrived. Even after the third challenge no card
appeared. If the referee looks back on that few minutes he
might well come out in a cold sweat thinking what could have
happened if one of those challenges had resulted in serious
injury or if City had retaliated in style when he would have
almost certainly have lost control of the game. City players
deserve credit for not responding in type.
As I understand it the notion that a referee not issuing cards
is to let the game flow. In this case it has had the exact
opposite effect allowing Arsenal to break up play with impunity
and contributing to a "Very dull game"
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