Today's Football 2015 / 16

[Tubey]

This argument makes no sense though - Vardy (and the rest of them) put his leg there knowing that the defender will invariably collide with it - as you say later on "he has tried to "buy" a penalty". It is a deliberate act designed to make the ref think he has been fouled.

Which I'd hazard a guess at 50% of all penalties being the case.

The striker is perfectly entitled to put himself in a situation to get a penalty. If the defender collides with him, the ref has the decision to make whether it is one or not - but it isn't simulation.

I think people are just confused and think simulation is anything that is trying to get a penalty - it's not. Simulation is solely where the striker makes an action to try and get a penalty where minimal contact, if any, is made.

There's more than enough contact and reasonable doubt for this one on Vardy to be waved away, and given the referee should be 100% sure before calling it a dive, then he's had a complete howler.

 

[ilikecheese]

Dive

 

[heatmeiser]

Should be a yellow card to Reid...

 

[ijjysmith]

Enjoying this ref a heck of a lot

 

[kenada_blue]

Do you think Leicester will concede 3 now?

 

[Tubey]

And that's a penalty.

They should be given all the time though.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

 

[Goat]

FOR GODS SAKE

WHY DO I EVEN BOTHER BETTING

JESUS CHRIST

 

[VentureBrosEFC]

Trying to throw Leicester's title away. Garbage call.

 

[Khalekan]

That is an incredible statistic......Hammers had gone over five years without being awarded an away penalty.

 

[RomanReigns]

a west ham winner now makes things interesting both mentally and physically for leicester

 

[FOXINPEACE]

Well done ref. Brilliant performance

 

[sd_1992]

Hahaha, one of the most bias refereeing performances all season and it has finally come against leisceter...

 

[Tubey]

Well done ref. Brilliant performance

That was a penalty to be fair mate.

The Vardy call was disgraceful like, so you're entitled to fume at that.

 

[Mozza1987]

What a goal!