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The commentators talking about how the ref should just be more lenient is exactly why they cant win. Even when they get it obviously right people moan
Exactly. No pundit can ever say it but fans definitely don't help the standard of refereeing with their bias and silly claims of corruption when a decision doesn't go their way
Funny the difference here, I'm watching a Swedish stream and they were deadset on the yellow and called him getting a red directly
People blaming the ref like it wasn't the player that made the stupid choice to do that. Gotta love it
McCoist seems to even accept on commentary that it’s a yellow but was still saying it’s harsh to give as a second yellow
Yeah it's so frustrating. Yes it's a silly thing to get sent off for but that criticism should be at Young not the ref
What station are you on?
My stream were sad he got the second yellow but blamed Young for forcing the ref's hand.
Don't know abt OP, but on the TNT stream commentators were saying the same
Arguing that both tackles weren’t a yellow was baffling. What are these ex-professionals on?
To be fair the first was never a yellow.
Tsimikas had already committed three fouls, one of which to stop a break and yet somehow Young’s first foul (which was in the Liverpool half) was a yellow.
The biggest issues with refs isn’t the clangers as VAR is slowly fixing that, it’s the inconsistency in the small decisions, an inconsistency that tends to favour the bigger teams
I am baffled by people having a problem with the first booking. Having a problem with Tsimikas not getting booked is fine, but Young stuck his leg out and initiates knee on knee contact to bring a winger down and stop an attack. That’s always a yellow.
A Liverpool player not getting booked several minutes later for a similar challenge is totally irrelevant to the question of whether Young’s is a yellow.
See I fundamentally disagree with the statement.
Whilst consistency across all games is difficult we can at least aim for constancy within the current match. Once the tone is set by letting Tsimikas fouls go then you have to keep that up