Bad ref decisions - for and against - season 2025/26

Anyone who thinks Keane's offense isn't a red card is living in an alternate dimension. Seriously? You don't think he can tell the difference in feel between a shirt and some hair, that he wrapped his hand the whole way round and pulled? You think he did that by accident?? I've been playing football (organised leagues and friendly kickabouts) for 40 years, and never once accidently wrapped my hand fully around someone's hair and pulled it. Sometimes I wonder if people commenting on here have ever played football. Today I have to question if some of you actually live on this planet. Completely delusional.
It wasn't intentional and he won the aerial battle as well so I have no idea how you can think that was a red card
 
Anyone who thinks Keane's offense isn't a red card is living in an alternate dimension. Seriously? You don't think he can tell the difference in feel between a shirt and some hair, that he wrapped his hand the whole way round and pulled? You think he did that by accident?? I've been playing football (organised leagues and friendly kickabouts) for 40 years, and never once accidently wrapped my hand fully around someone's hair and pulled it. Sometimes I wonder if people commenting on here have ever played football. Today I have to question if some of you actually live on this planet. Completely delusional.
I think it's the inconsistency that pisses people off.
A hair pull and studs half way up someone's legs should both be red cards if the hair pull is deemed so.
 
When he jumped he didn’t aim to grab the locks. Instead he got them and let go pretty quickly. Very different from the Cleseas Sideshow Bob getting his hair pulled as an example.
It wasn't intentional and he won the aerial battle as well so I have no idea how you can think that was a red card
How do you "accidentally" tighten your fist tight enough to pull someones hair, while in mid air fighting for a ball?
 
The only people who thought there was an issue are the striker and officials...

At worst its a petty cynical foul, if you believe he meant it.....and it needed an eagle eye to spot it

Never in a million years is that an act of violent conduct....

And it has cause and effect, leading to the grealish reaction, if the ref did his job and prevented multiple fouls on our players then you would have seen the petulant reaction to finally getting a decision

Now hwangs challenge, sure it may have been more clumsy and reckless than violent, but it was still a challenge that by the laws of the game is a red card, from behind, high and at pace....

I'd love to know the reasons var deemed one a red card and didnt look at the other....
 
I think it's the inconsistency that pisses people off.
A hair pull and studs half way up someone's legs should both be red cards if the hair pull is deemed so.
Yh, inconsistency is the big problem. I wouldn't care about 90% of calls that refs/VAR made if they were consistent. Then at least you know the rules and can play within/around them. You can't do that if they are not consistent.
 
Bit daft that though as the context is a physical sport. If I shoulder barge you into some hoardings on the street, it’s a violent act but not on a football pitch.

But everywhere pulling someone's hair is deemed a violent act.

In football, raise your hands above the neck of another opponent is gonna lead to trouble
 
Theres a 0 percent chance anyone is ever given another red card for that hair "pull". 0.2 seconds of accidentally grabbing someones hair instead of their shirt as violent conduct is insane, especially considering it had so little impact nobody even noticed until VAR called everyone's attention to it later.

Looking forward to another week of pundits either apologizing or falling over themselves to explain why this was, in fact, the super duper special exception case and somehow technically maybe correct.
 

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