I'm not even sure what that means.
"when players[Silva ?] make a late challenge in a desperate attempt to win the ball but are beaten due to the speed or ingenuity of the opponent[Ayew ?], no latitude is often given"

what has Latitude got to do with it? is he saying that the desperate Player should be given leniency because he acted in desperation?

The more and more I watch the incident the more of a nailed on Red it is. Sport is something where cheating should be, and is outlawed. So whether it's by the letter of the law or not, blatant cheating should be punished wherever possible in it's harshest form. And you can't get much More blatant than what Silva did.

Edited by CrazyBadger (03 Oct 2022 1.52pm)

Edited by CrazyBadger (03 Oct 2022 1.53pm)

"It was a Team effort, I guess it took all players working together to lose this one"

Several posts have mentioned the pressure (on the pitch and via social media) that refs are under from the 'top' clubs & fans, so here's a thought to take the pressure off them over their decisions (right or wrong ones).....

make it a bookable offence for any player other than the Team Captain to approach and remonstrate with the referee during a match.

Might mean several games having to be abandoned because their aren't enough players left on the pitch after a contentious tackle/goal/play, but they'd soon get the hang of it....

A stairway to Heaven and a Highway to Hell give some indication of expected traffic numbers

Edoaurd got a yellow very early on and his first tackle i think. Surely thats got to put the brakes on a player, it wasnt even a yellow card compared to some of the tackles made by chelsea. This is how refs can manipulate the game without it being overtly obvious ( make unwarranted bookings). Also there was that non goal that ayew scored in the city game. because he fouled the goalie. we all know if that was haaland it would have been laud3d as excellent forward play and been applauded by the press.

COYP

Edited by eagle@ tn34 (03 Oct 2022 7.29pm)

Maybe he's just into cuckolds?

Don't shoot me down here but as a qualified referee I'll give my take on the Silva incident.

Now clearly it was an obvious handball and it was what is known as a DOGSO (Denying a goal or an Obvious Goal Scoring Opportunity)

When you get taught about this on your course you're told to take into account the Distance to the goal, the Direction the attacker is travelling and the distance of the defenders.

I'll admit this one was a tough one but taking my Palace glasses off and putting my referee glasses on Ayew was to the left hand side of the pitch. His direction of travel was to the left and not towards the goal. His distance from goal was still about 35 yards and there was another defender, apart from Silva level with him or just behind him when the foul occurred.

I think taking all that into consideration I can see why a yellow was given and not a red.

However it was a tight one I'll admit. I hope this explains things a little bit for everyone.

Edited by kennybrowns leftfoot (04 Oct 2022 11.48pm)

Don't waste your time with jealousy. Sometimes your ahead, sometimes your behind, the race is long. But in the end it's only with yourself!!

Hi Kenny -
Thanks for the below - Just a question, with your ref glasses on - if the attacker had been Wilf instead of Jordan & fresh in your mind recent goals from very similar positions & situations against Liverpool & Villa would that have altered your assessment of the situation ?