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       Stoke v Millwall - Will Finnie
   DIR By: MKRef
       Date: November 11, 2024, 3:27 pm
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       My first time seeing Will Finnie after his call-up to replace
       James Bell.
       First half I thought he did quite well. An early flashpoint saw
       him defuse the tensions and communicate strongly with the
       players involved. I got the impression from that he's less
       robotic than some of the other development group refs.
       I will credit him with a very good advantage late in the first
       half. Ashley Phillips was fouled but he held his whistle before
       Stoke managed to create a promising attack leading to a Tom
       Cannon shot.
       However (the dreaded however), it went wrong early in the second
       half.
       Stoke had a corner which after a bit of bobbling around landed
       at the feet of Wouter Burger. He's three yards out and about to
       shoot but Jake Cooper man handles him from behind stopping the
       shot.
       A penalty and red card, given the lack of an attempt to play the
       ball, should have been awarded. But Finnie waved it away. Stoke
       players remonstrate leading to a yellow card to Burger, meaning
       he's suspended for Stoke's next game.
       Clip of the incident:
  HTML https://x.com/tonypaley/status/1855244881070903789
       Dermot Gallagher on Ref Watch this morning spoke about his poor
       positioning making him unable to see it.
       After that there was only one other incident to note when Romain
       Esse went strongly into a sliding tackle in front of the
       dugouts. That caused a crowd scene and the usual pushing and
       shoving. The yellow to Esse for the tackle looked an appropriate
       sanction.
       Reasons to believe Finnie can continue to progress given the
       right coaching as there was aspects I liked to his refereeing
       style and demeanour. However, the missing of the KMI will ruin
       his mark for this game.
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