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       Re: Bournemouth v Man Utd - T Harrington
   DIR By: ChippenhamCherry
       Date: April 13, 2024, 4:38 pm
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       Woefully inconsistent. Or I suppose you could call it consistent
       but all in one direction.
       Not a single booking for Man Utd. They committed more fouls in
       the game.
       Christie booked for diving, Mainoo's dive ignored. Cook and Neto
       booked for dissent. Fernandes in his face all game, not booked.
       Not even a booking for Kambwala for the foul that lead to the
       overturned penalty (sidenote: since his arms wrapped around
       Christie, was it not a holding offence that started outside the
       box and continued into the box and therefore should have
       remained a penalty?) at the end, even though that was textbook
       stopping a promising attack.
       He was poor with the the little stuff too. E.g. Unal penalised
       for a light push. Two minutes later he's pushed to the ground,
       play on, Utd nearly score. That's what lead to Neto's
       understandable dissent.
       As for the Man Utd penalty, it's the very definition of a big
       club penalty. There's no way a small club is getting that in
       their favour at Old Trafford.
       There are Premier League referees capable of refereeing the big
       clubs evenly with the little ones. But some just can't compute
       that the game might actually be going in the other direction
       than the one they prepped for, that the big club might be
       struggling, that the big club might be committing as many
       indiscretions as the little one. Tony Harrington very much fell
       into that category.
       #Post#: 78235--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Bournemouth v Man Utd - T Harrington
   DIR By: Tim Wills
       Date: April 13, 2024, 6:10 pm
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       --- Quote from: bmb link ---
       >
       > Hopefully it will be another 2 years or preferably more before
       he referees us again. That will be my only comment.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Some people are quite close to being banned, mentioning no
       names.
       #Post#: 78236--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Bournemouth v Man Utd - T Harrington
   DIR By: bmb
       Date: April 13, 2024, 6:32 pm
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       --- Quote from: Tim Wills link ---
       >
       > [quote author=bmb link=topic=5903.msg78214#msg78214
       date=1713033568]
       > Hopefully it will be another 2 years or preferably more before
       he referees us again. That will be my only comment.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Some people are quite close to being banned, mentioning no
       names.
       [/quote]
       As I control the ban button I won’t be one of them!
       #Post#: 78237--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Bournemouth v Man Utd - T Harrington
   DIR By: bmb
       Date: April 13, 2024, 6:41 pm
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       --- Quote from: ChippenhamCherry link ---
       >
       > Woefully inconsistent. Or I suppose you could call it
       consistent but all in one direction.
       > Not a single booking for Man Utd. They committed more fouls in
       the game.
       > Christie booked for diving, Mainoo's dive ignored. Cook and
       Neto booked for dissent. Fernandes in his face all game, not
       booked.
       > Not even a booking for Kambwala for the foul that lead to the
       overturned penalty (sidenote: since his arms wrapped around
       Christie, was it not a holding offence that started outside the
       box and continued into the box and therefore should have
       remained a penalty?) at the end, even though that was textbook
       stopping a promising attack.
       > He was poor with the the little stuff too. E.g. Unal penalised
       for a light push. Two minutes later he's pushed to the ground,
       play on, Utd nearly score. That's what lead to Neto's
       understandable dissent.
       > As for the Man Utd penalty, it's the very definition of a big
       club penalty. There's no way a small club is getting that in
       their favour at Old Trafford.
       > There are Premier League referees capable of refereeing the
       big clubs evenly with the little ones. But some just can't
       compute that the game might actually be going in the other
       direction than the one they prepped for, that the big club might
       be struggling, that the big club might be committing as many
       indiscretions as the little one. Tony Harrington very much fell
       into that category.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       This.
       However whilst Neto’s dissent was understandable I still didn’t
       like to see it. We’re normally better than that.
       Very unusual for the anti ref songs to be sung loudly and
       continuously at Dean Court. Can’t remember the last time I heard
       them. We have one of the most placid crowds going.
       #Post#: 78238--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Bournemouth v Man Utd - T Harrington
   DIR By: bruntyboy
       Date: April 13, 2024, 7:16 pm
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       Hold on. Last week everybody was shouting for the Liverpool
       penalty because the United player didn't appeal against it.
       Exactly the same with the penalty today. He clearly moved his
       arm towards the ball.
       Then we have some other poor decisions: Dalot defensive foul
       where the attacking player starts off by grabbing hold of and
       continuing to hold his shirt. Wan-Bissaka clean tackle given the
       other way. Free kick against United on their corner for holding
       - was the ball actually in play and would he have given a
       penalty if the holding was the other way (not that we saw any
       holding on the replay)?
       #Post#: 78239--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Bournemouth v Man Utd - T Harrington
   DIR By: bruntyboy
       Date: April 13, 2024, 7:19 pm
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       --- Quote from: Tim Wills link ---
       >
       > [quote author=bmb link=topic=5903.msg78214#msg78214
       date=1713033568]
       > Hopefully it will be another 2 years or preferably more before
       he referees us again. That will be my only comment.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Some people are quite close to being banned, mentioning no
       names.
       [/quote]
       Mainoo's wasn't a dive. He slipped on that ridiculous wet
       surface and didn't claim a penalty.
       #Post#: 78243--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Bournemouth v Man Utd - T Harrington
   DIR By: Leggy
       Date: April 14, 2024, 4:45 am
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       A tale of two penalties ....
       First one is a daft decision but - given the nonsense wording of
       the Law surrounding handball these days - one that can be
       defended.
       Second one depends on whether the foul was a "single contact" or
       "ongoing contact".  If it was given for a "single contact" (i.e.
       a trip), then that took place marginally outside the penalty
       area and the VAR intervention was correct.  If it was given for
       "ongoing contact" (i.e. holding a player over a distance as both
       moved towards goal) then it can be argued that the ongoing
       contact started outside the penalty area and ended inside the
       penalty area.  One can only assume that - in his conversation
       with the VAR - Mr. Harrington advised that it was for the
       former.
       #Post#: 78245--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Bournemouth v Man Utd - T Harrington
   DIR By: Boggle
       Date: April 14, 2024, 5:01 am
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       I suspect the penalty at the end may be one we see on a segment
       with Howard Webb under the hard hitting questioning of Michael
       Owen.
       The conversation between Harrington and Gillett will be
       interesting listening if released. Hopefully the position of the
       foul and whether it continues into the box were all addressed.
       Watching on TV, I was amazed it was overturned given past
       decisions and I’d concur with the thoughts of some other posters
       that I’m not sure that the same outcome would have been reached
       at the other end.
       #Post#: 78250--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Bournemouth v Man Utd - T Harrington
   DIR By: DublinRef
       Date: April 14, 2024, 5:29 am
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       --- Quote from: bmb link ---
       >
       > [quote author=ChippenhamCherry
       link=topic=5903.msg78230#msg78230 date=1713044304]
       > Woefully inconsistent. Or I suppose you could call it
       consistent but all in one direction.
       > Not a single booking for Man Utd. They committed more fouls in
       the game.
       > Christie booked for diving, Mainoo's dive ignored. Cook and
       Neto booked for dissent. Fernandes in his face all game, not
       booked.
       > Not even a booking for Kambwala for the foul that lead to the
       overturned penalty (sidenote: since his arms wrapped around
       Christie, was it not a holding offence that started outside the
       box and continued into the box and therefore should have
       remained a penalty?) at the end, even though that was textbook
       stopping a promising attack.
       > He was poor with the the little stuff too. E.g. Unal penalised
       for a light push. Two minutes later he's pushed to the ground,
       play on, Utd nearly score. That's what lead to Neto's
       understandable dissent.
       > As for the Man Utd penalty, it's the very definition of a big
       club penalty. There's no way a small club is getting that in
       their favour at Old Trafford.
       > There are Premier League referees capable of refereeing the
       big clubs evenly with the little ones. But some just can't
       compute that the game might actually be going in the other
       direction than the one they prepped for, that the big club might
       be struggling, that the big club might be committing as many
       indiscretions as the little one. Tony Harrington very much fell
       into that category.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       This.
       However whilst Neto’s dissent was understandable I still didn’t
       like to see it. We’re normally better than that.
       Very unusual for the anti ref songs to be sung loudly and
       continuously at Dean Court. Can’t remember the last time I heard
       them. We have one of the most placid crowds going.
       [/quote]
       Thanks to Chippenhamcherry and bmb for the detailed review of
       what sounds like a poor day out for Mr. Harrington. I would be
       interested in exploring one point further -
       There's no way a small club is getting that in their favour at
       Old Trafford.
       There are Premier League referees capable of refereeing the big
       clubs evenly with the little ones. But some just can't compute
       that the game might actually be going in the other direction
       than the one they prepped for, that the big club might be
       struggling, that the big club might be committing as many
       indiscretions as the little one
       Now I know on here we cannot (quite rightly) accuse referees of
       deliberate bias and I also know that is not what you are
       implying here Chippenhamcherry but I wonder what is the cause.
       Is it as you perhaps suggest a symptom of over preparing for a
       game to the point of prejudging the 'script' so to speak? So far
       that subconsciously the referee is expecting the game to go one
       way.
       Or is it the case that it is not a real affect and that we
       simply perceive it to be the case due to confirmation bias? I
       believe there are statistics to show that 'bigger' teams playing
       at home get more favorable decisions (this is skewed though as
       home teams generally have more possession, more time in the
       penalty area). I would be interested if there are any statistics
       on top six clubs playing away from home.
       However, and I am no statistician, but I wonder if something
       like penalties per minute played in penalty area would be a more
       accurate figure to look for than simply number of penalties
       awarded for example.
       #Post#: 78252--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Bournemouth v Man Utd - T Harrington
   DIR By: MCPridz
       Date: April 14, 2024, 5:39 am
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       I only seen the 2 major incidents in this game and I’m not sure
       how that penalty was awarded to Man Utd for handball it
       deflected off a Bournemouth player then hit Smith on the arm not
       quite sure how he could move his arm out the way so no penalty
       for me, also the overturned penalty for Bournemouth in the last
       minute I feel shouldn’t of been overturned to me the contact
       looked like it was on the line so there for a penalty should of
       been awarded and not overturned
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