'Honest' mistakes 24/25

The one I was talking about was Lawrence that left Maeda on the deck for some time late in the 2nd half. It was late, didn’t even play at the ball and got him with force across his knee. It was so high and so blatant.

Way worse than the one Maeda got sent off for in the CL.

 

Sterling blatantly went for Maeda just before being subbed he pulled him cynically then dived in on him with a sliding tackle getting none of the ball and plenty of Maeda but Maeda managed to come away with the ball so advantage was played, it was a definite yellow and he was already booked. It wouldn’t surprise me if that was why he was subbed a minute after the incident.

The Igamane one on Yang I think it was, catches him on the shin studs up nowhere near the ball could have been a straight red. The Lawrence one looked bad but they never showed a replay.

It was a typical McLean display though, he does it everytime we play a team, they can be physical as much as they want no foul, we breath on an opponent foul, players cynically stop attacks on our players no booking so they can do it again. Raskin had 3 in the first 20 minutes where he was beat and just pulled his man down, something that is meant to be a yellow right away. Diomande and Barron were similar. He is also one of the most lenient refs when it comes to time wasting.

 

I remember two seemed really bad, one down near side of pitch and one in centre of pitch. Think the thing that stood out was Maeda never stays down and he had to a few times yesterday.

 

Just seen the still of their kick off..

Mental how much they'd encroached with McLean facing it and they launched it at that corner and we were basically hemmed in from there, with them scoring no long after..

We were rotten, absolutely rotten but that officiating yesterday was beyond the pale. Raskin apologising after pulling our player back from behind, a clear yellow and that was about his second or third....but always a yellow in isolation anyway. Then Diomande getting away with murder again, kicking the ball away..

They definitely stopped our flow and were allowed to do so, whilst roughing us up at will..

Butlands dive and free kick was laughably bad but seriously, how long was he allowed to take at every goal kick or freekick. Was an insane amount of time wasted by him..

There was so many. I'd love to see the red card challenges late on on Yang and Maeda but they get away with murder when they play us..

No a single stoppage from VAR. Very odd. Sterling could've got a second yellow before going off..

The same ones always seem to get away with plenty. No surprise they had about 5 cards first half against Fenerbache days before though ay for the same types of pish..

 

I’m not certain in saying it’s a red this, it’s one that is on the cusp, a red would not be a surprise at all. And him going on to score is irrelevant for me, because I blame us and think we should be better than that, never mind referee decisions.

But one thing I really, really want us to question and hope we are behind the scenes, because a public strop a la the Huns I really would not like either, we need to take responsibility for that game and the Ibrox one.

But why the * did VAR not take a single look at this? I’d be fine if they check and think booking, in a they got away with one way but it’s not a certainty. But it’s one that nobody would complain if it’s a red either. But for it to be completely ignored, unchecked? That raises questions, that we should demand an answer for

 

That’s a red, late, studs up and straight leg, he knew what he was doing. If the ball was there, he would have had to go over the top of it to get that.

Agree with you that we shouldn’t let this distract us from our poor performance, but these need answered from the refs, the fact there was zero protection for our lads is criminal. It allowed them to declare open season on us.

The challenge on Maeda was season ending type stuff, it could possibly even affect his career, if he was to do a knee, he’d probably lose his major weapon, his speed.

 

Aye like I said don’t think anyone would quibble with a red. And honestly, I’m usually more accepting of bad tackles so my opinion of yellow would be ok as well might just be me thinking back to tackles me growing up and liking that said of the game.

But I don’t care about if it’s a debate of definitely a red or not, that’s not the problem for me here. It didn’t get checked. And that, that’s something that needs explaining

 

After Diomandes third foul Mclean spoke to him and gave him the universal ref sign for no more or you're booked. Commited a foul literally two minutes later and Mclean practically sprinted away from the incident. Can't remember what half but after Raskin complaining about not getting a free kick and Mclean clearly telling him he was getting nothing and to get up, he notices the crowd going nuts because about half the rangers team are on the touchline getting a drink(wasting time), promptly waves at them all to get back on, they ignore him, stay right where they are and he * the bed and instead runs and tells Raskin to get up.
Do not get me wrong we were * rotten but lets be honest here when you're up against a physical team if two of their midfielders are booked it changes their approach. Also Tavernier I believe shouldered Jota out the park(and Sterling smacked the ball onto him when he was decked) and we got hee haw. About five minutes later a more or less identical clash with Yilmaz and one of our players. Guess the outcome???

 

Sunday was a prime example, but it's not just the Huns that do it although possibly the worst, when did it become so acceptable to block repeatedly free-kicks from going forwards? Similar on the throwing and kicking the ball away and multiple players doing it.

Was utterly doing my head in on Sunday. Is it not a yellow card to obstruct free kicks anymore? Honestly would just blast them with it every time and show up the refereeing if it is.

 

Aye the game in January was the same. Not that it would have mattered that day. But our players should have been doing what you say, just smashing the balls off the hun *. Nowhere near street wise enough from us.

 

I was shouting about that one at the time its a clear red that numerous players have been sent off for,

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Aye seen players getting reds for less. Seen bookings for worse, but my opinion there that I’d not quibble about it and just think ahh got away with it but can see why just a yellow that I have for it, even though I do think it is a red, but think it’s not absolutely an absolutely certain one. That’s neither here nor there for me mate, VAR never acknowledged it for us to moan about if it’s unjust them sticking to Yellow, or saying thank * they sent him off, it made the difference going into the end of the game. It wasn’t checked at all.

And the thing that majorly cements how baffling that is, and needs an answer, when I looked at my phone at full time and had a message from my cousin who is one of them and a biased one at that, had a message waiting from when it happened saying thank * for that, how’d that no go to VAR

 

Happens every game with every team. Completely avoidable too.

 

You could hear Yang receive that on the TV...definate red card yet not one of our players fuking even contested it....sums up the mentality from the staff to the pitch.
Utterly spineless.

 

Still don't understand that non penalty in the first half

 

Aithken was never gonna overturn the ref, he's always been a dodgy *.

 

5 mins of injury time, when we had a 4 min stoppage, no even trying to hide it..

Stopped the game every opportunity.

 

5 minutes injury time was a disgrace but not like we'd have done anything with it even if they gave us another 20 minutes.

 

Not that I think we'd have done anything with it, but 5 minutes was a disgrace, they had a player down for 5 and there were loads of subs, should have been 7/8 minimum.

 

Pressure was ramping up in those closing moments. Dickinson didn’t want to extend it any longer than possible