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Re: Anthony Taylor - Brighton v Arsenal
DIR By: Pm2
Date: January 5, 2025, 4:37 pm
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--- Quote from: Mr Castilli link ---
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> Taylor decision to officiate the first half the way in which
he did meant he lost control, complete control…. Arsenal is my
club, but we took the absolute mickey out of Taylor and it never
stopped because he failed to deal with it until the 45+3 minute
of time. It was literally repeated every throw/corner/free kick
but Taylor did nothing about it !
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> Rest of game he did ok, but something don’t look right with
Taylor the last 2/3 games.
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disagree with the last part.think he’s been good last 6/8 weeks
after a shaky start to the season.
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Re: Anthony Taylor - Brighton v Arsenal
DIR By: Reiteoir
Date: January 5, 2025, 4:50 pm
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I think the penalty is spot on here, an unusual incident so no
surprise to see so much discourse about it but was particularly
disappointed with the commentary on match of the day for
instance. There's a lot of argument about the touch that Saliba
gets on the ball but certainly for my taste the ball grazing off
the top of his head is completely incidental and doesn't give a
get out of jail free card here, and certainly the last few years
you'd hope would have hammered home the point a bit more that
'winning the ball' (not that I categorise this challenge into
that) doesn't absolve you of responsibility of your actions
towards your opponent.
Personally would've liked to see a few more cautions in the 1st
half, in particular I'd have liked to see a heavier hand to
delaying of the restart in the 1st half. Personally felt the
caution for Nwaneri came about 15 seconds after it should have.
Definitely when Gabriel was walking away from him after the
initial delaying of the restart and ignoring of the first
warning Taylor issued for this corner provided a great
opportunity. To be slightly less than polite in phrasing Nwaneri
continuing to delay after that felt a bit like taking the piss
out of Taylor. Not to mention that even after being cautioned
Nwaneri continued to delay a bit.
Not to single one player out unfairly, I do feel it was a
deliberate tactic by Arsenal and as others have noted there were
plenty of guilty parties at many of the restarts pushing the
boundaries of what they could get away with before Nwaneri
eventually was the player who pushed it too far for Taylor.
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Re: Anthony Taylor - Brighton v Arsenal
DIR By: Whistleblower
Date: January 6, 2025, 8:56 am
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Peter Walton pretty damning of Taylor and VAR Darren England in
today's Times. Walton usually defends referees and gives a
nuanced judgement but not this time. He says Taylor was plain
wrong to award the penalty and he should have been bailed out by
VAR. As always it's "the opinion of the referee" that matters
and opinion vary.
Whatever the rights or wrongs of this incident I have gained the
impression that Anthony Taylor is not quite producing his
customary very fine refereeing at the moment. Just an
accumulation of little things and I don't think his officiating
looks as comfortable and effortless for him as it once did. Cue
the Taylor fans to tell me I'm completely wrong no doubt.
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Re: Anthony Taylor - Brighton v Arsenal
DIR By: Failed Ref
Date: January 6, 2025, 9:07 am
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Regarding the penalty, Dermott Gallagher agreed with Taylor as
did the 2 pundits. I think this is one incident where opinion is
going to be divided and certainly I can understand why VAR did
not get involved. What could VAR offer that Taylor did not see
other than a different opinion perhaps? For what it is worth,
the penalty imho is harsh when I consider what the defender was
trying to do. It was a natural, instinctive reaction and not a
deliberate attempt to hurt a player. However, I understand the
point that many fouls are given where a player is trying to
tackle another and just mistimes it. Those are fouls which are
readily accepted as correct so how does this differ? A real
talking point is this incident!
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Re: Anthony Taylor - Brighton v Arsenal
DIR By: rustyref
Date: January 6, 2025, 11:25 am
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Hackett has said it was incorrect so it definitely was a penalty
😂
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