Mike Dean has admitted that he got Sundays decision on the hair pulling incident wrong and that the Spurs player should probably have got a red card and would have done if he had directed Taylor to look at the pitch side monitor.
On the plus side it is good to hear that he admits his error but on the downside Chelsea dropped two points and Spurs next three opponents will have to face a player who should be suspended.
Given the technology available this just shouldn't happen and given that Dean was under no pressure then his decision is baffling.
Just saying!

Thanks Willo!

In the final analysis referees are human beings operating in high pressure environments, having to make split-second decisions in real time in fast-moving games and of course err from time to time but I do not share the view that they display "Staggering incompetence".

In the past whenever I have defended referees on HOL, the discussion has evolved into dastardly "Willo threads", accordingly I have no further comment on this matter.

Not quite. He said he should have given the referee the final decision. He didn't say it probably was a red card or that Taylor probably would have given one.

If I were the referee, I definitely would have booked him for it had I seen it. That isn't something VAR can decide on. I may be in the minority, but like Mike Dean at the time I didn't think it was a clear red card. It's a different level to a headbutt, a 2 footed lunge, a knee high challenge... the severity of the outcome is so much lower and it's not like Romero has dropped his bodyweight to add huge force to it. Is it that different to a push to the chest or squaring up which is always a yellow card?

I'm all for the referee on the pitch making the decision provided referees feel that they can look at a decision pitchside and decide not to penalise which rarely seems to happen.

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I still think Cucurella should get a haircut. When he was at Brighton someone on here ridiculed his appearance.

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Yes. Which does not mean that "the Spurs player ... would have (got a red card) if he had directed Taylor to look at the pitch side monitor."

I personally don't think it was a red card. Mike Dean hasn't made any statement that he thinks it was a red card either. He simply says that the outcome is up for debate and the referee should have had the final say rather than Mike Dean.

Edited by ambrose7 (19 Aug 2022 12.34pm)

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