Remember the Pinnock one at Griffin Park? As blatant as the one tonight but at least we scored straight after that one. No luck tonight, but did we deserve anything? I should say NOT.
Agree Mike, we deserved nothing tonight but that’s immaterial in regards to the penalty decision. I’d love to hear the ref’s reason for not giving it. He’d a completely clear view of a blatant handball. Absolute joke of a decision.
Think they could legitimately claim a pen as well. Toney pulled back from challenging Walton in a scramble after a corner. Better team won tonight.
Trouble is though that they are a protected species and NEVER have to explain. It’s one of the many things that is wrong with the game.
You see those given maybe one out of ten, I get your point but they have no grounds to rue the decision anywhere near as much as our shout. I just don’t see how that isn’t a penalty. It wasn’t moving that quickly, he wasn’t that close, his arm was away from his body, and the ball was going straight to Woodrow. In the premier league with VAR it’s a penalty on every occasion but a semi competent referee gives that ten times out of ten. It could only have been more blatant if he’d caught it and stuffed it down his shirt. I just don’t know what Bond was thinking, he can’t claim he didn’t see it as he was looking right at it with nobody impeding his view.