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It went off at Red or Dead at the Royal Court tonight.

The bástards in the black are Andy Madley and John Brooks

It wasn't a moan, you silly boy.

No shít

Stop writing Athletic articles about it then.

Tarkowski now unopposed with 64 yellows without a red. He could lose it again with 25 minutes still to go. But he did survive 80+ the other night.

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Referee: Chris Kavanagh. Assistants: Stuart Burt, James Mainwaring. Fourth official: Tom Bramall.VAR: Matt Donohue. Assistant VAR: Gary Beswick.

If the referee or other official sees it he has to act accordingly whether the ball id dead or not. There are enough examples of players from the same side fighting for instance and being sent off when the ball is dead (Le Saux and Batty?) or opponents (classic Norman Hunter and Francis Lee) Pickford should have received at least a yellow and we'll never know what the decision would have been if the ball had been live. Edit: sory, went off a notification and now realise that Cobs has dealt with this several times already.

On a related matter, Tarkowski has now equalled Oriel Romeu's record of most yellow cards without ever receiving a red. The magic number is 63.

Coote was VAR in that gane if I remember right

2 quotes from obviously "senior" refs on the ref chat forum post match. SG! = Seect Group 1 They get all PL games and generally will have a FIFA badge.RA = Referees Association. We have had a couple of SG1s at our RA recently. Nothing against them - professional, humble and impressive. From what they have said I can't help wondering whether PGMOL have gone too far with the whole manage the occasion mantra. If you ever attend a dev evening, they will almost always mention ‘you’re managing an event’. The bold bit had to go through Barrott's mind that he's 10 minutes into the biggest game of his career and his first decision is going to be to keep it 11 a side rather than give what he sees and inexcusable of Tierney not to offer the lifeline.

Not a single ref of all standards on the ref forum thinks the Tarkowski wasn’t a red with Tierney getting as much grief as Barrott. Interesting though was the higher echelons referencing seminars with PGMOL where officials are reminded that they are “managing an event” rather than making decisions on what is actually happening in front of them.

Tarkowski avoiding a 3 match ban leaves him free to kick the living shít out of Saka on Saturday. Possibly

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Sam Barrott has got this one. Confirming that he is the "rising star". And, to be fair,he has been decent (in any game seen (not just ours) so far. Big call from PGMOL. Inevitably, Tierney is VAR

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Andre Wisdom, Jimmy Carter And the keeper with the shít warm up

Ok then. A whole crowd of Hollywood stars were asked by some magazine what in one sentence was their “acting secret”. Johnny offered, “Don’t let go of the vine”

Who is reffing this? Is it part of PGMOL “development programme”?

Wasn’t that Nations League game played at Molyneux? And didn’t Darwin play a charity shield game against City?

Nobody seems to be talking about penalties and shootouts, so having read everything there is to read on the topic including academic research, some distilled wisdom. From actual match experience and practice, you know who your best 5 are (on the pitch). The best 2 get pens 1 and 4. if your team is going second, you must be at least level after 3 rounds so front load the order at the expense of the above. Applies to the actual match too, but the kicker decides when he is ready. The whistle is not a signal to start your run up. The coach is in charge. Name the 5 and allow an opt out. Don’t allow an opt in. (Rafa/Garcia) Applying to last night and correcting what someone posted earlier, we (almost) all will have seen the Carabao shoot out against Chelsea. Virgil, Robbo and Harvey all scored their penalties with the trophy hanging on them. First 2 should have been on pens 2 and 3