Sky's analysis of weekend referee decisions

[hibsbollah]

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Nope it’s definitely not - did you see how the player left his oversized jersey hanging out of his shorts just hoping it would get pulled - flagrant attempt to lull a player into catching his jersey on an opponent’s hand as he passed him by - cheating, pure and simple - at least that is how most VAR officials seem to view it when it’s a non old firm situation 🤭

Goading.

[Danderhall Hibs]

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You are spot on, I'd go as far as to say if Youan never got booked and a free kick just went either way then no one would even be mentioning this at all, it's just one of those things that can happen during a game, the ref highlighted it by Youan getting a second yellow and being sent off for it

Totally agree with this.

[Danderhall Hibs]

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If a player throws himself to head a ball at someone's feet and gets kicked, it's the diving player who should be punished for dangerous play, not the kicker.

Also, contact is irrelevant when considering dangerous or reckless play although I'm sure referees often wrongly take it into consideration.

My view is that Youan was perfectly entitled to attempt to kick the ball at the height it was. Had he not connected with the Celtic player's head despite his attempt to head it, would Youan still have been booked? If the answer to that is no, then it wasn't dangerous play, even though he did actually catch him.

I think you’re right - just thought it contradicted the views on the Vaseline thread.

[matty_f]

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You are spot on, I'd go as far as to say if Youan never got booked and a free kick just went either way then no one would even be mentioning this at all, it's just one of those things that can happen during a game, the ref highlighted it by Youan getting a second yellow and being sent off for it

That's what I said about it as well, the ref was going to play on initially and only brought it back because of the head knock. If the defender had just got back up nobody would have thought twice about the incident.

[scm70nyd1973]

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Goading.

Nah just having a bit of a laugh at the absurdity of the so called VAR experts - nothing would surprise me if no foul was given to HIBS if there was a repeat of that video clip had it been another fitba club involved ☹️

[Kato]

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I think you’re right - just thought it contradicted the views on the Vaseline thread.

It doesn't though.

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[Danderhall Hibs]

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It doesn't though.

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From my “side” it was suggested on the Vassel thread it’s not always a red card for a kick to the head and there’s an element of interpretation. This was shot down as ridiculous as it’s always a red.

Now it’s being said it’s not always a red and there’s an element of interpretation (which I agree with btw).

[archie]

Really interesting read on England's referees https://www.theguardian.com/football...darren-england

[JimBHibees]

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Really interesting read on England's referees https://www.theguardian.com/football...darren-england

What a brilliant article that is.

Interesting extract from it

(Every official must declare their allegiances, and will not be assigned that team’s matches or those of their closest rivals. Other factors that determine appointments include how many times an official has refereed each club that season, how close they live to the stadium, and which teams their family members support.)

[Dublin07]

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What a brilliant article that is.

Interesting extract from it

(Every official must declare their allegiances, and will not be assigned that team’s matches or those of their closest rivals. Other factors that determine appointments include how many times an official has refereed each club that season, how close they live to the stadium, and which teams their family members support.)

To be fair that is also done in Scotland but then used to assist 2 teams rather than make it fair for all teams. Refs are asked to declare their team in Scotland and if it’s the rangers they get them every second week!