zuricity wrote:Foreverinbluedreams wrote:
Ah but we regular Joes aren't standing on the pitch within yards of the incidents, we don't have the same vantage points as a ref has and we haven't been trained to spot these incidents in real time.
Indeed. Suarez jumping at Clichy and sticking his arse into his side knocking him to the floor, is a foul . At that time it wasn't certain that Sterling would go ahead and score. Clearly Clattenberg can be seen waving it on from less than two metres away . What was he thinking ?
The other week Yaya pulled a soton player back and was rightly booked for his stupidity.
It isn't just about dirty tackles. It's like when the players raise their arms shield the ball trying to let it run out of play. That is obstruction.
what about the one where Silva was at the edge of the box and jumps for a header and Suarez crouches down and backs into silva which forced silva to roll over the top of suarez as he was already in the air. To me it was definite City free kick outside their box, I was gobsmacked he gave a freekick to Loverpool, that to me was a telling sign that he was swayed towards them.