The “funny” thing is, what pedro did was far more dangerous than kenny

And far more vicious.

But somehow the interpretation of the relevant officials was that Kenny is the villain and pedro was just stretching his arm pit or something.

I understand how that’s the outcome, but throwing in things like the Duran red, it looks inconsistent when actually it’s just down to human interpretation of intent.

The subjectivity of reffing is alive and well even with VAR

Posted By: SimonOTBC on December 28th 2024 at 21:11:34

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Premier League defend Joao Pedros no contact elbow (Other Football) - Lentil Weaver, Dec 28, 20:06:51
- It’s a fucking FOREARM fucking SMASH intut x (n/m) (Other Football) - Nelsons final flanel, Dec 29, 01:02:48
- Clear intent, hanging is too good for him (n/m) (Other Football) - Jumbo1, Dec 28, 20:08:21
  - Agreed (Other Football) - SCC 28, Dec 28, 20:12:39
- So, can players start throwing imaginary punches from now on? (n/m) (Other Football) - Lentil Weaver, Dec 28, 20:07:25
  - Well, yes, they can. What matters is their intention (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Dec 28, 20:10:19
    - looked like a pretty obvious red to me (n/m) (Other Football) - paulg, Dec 28, 20:11:11
      - Be interesting to see how the KMI panel vote (Other Football) - SCC 28, Dec 28, 20:15:43
        
        I thought it was a red (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Dec 28, 20:17:05
        
        That’s very true (Other Football) - SCC 28, Dec 28, 20:20:37
        
        Seen plenty make themselves big (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Dec 28, 20:49:26
        
        The “funny” thing is, what pedro did was far more dangerous than kenny (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Dec 28, 21:11:34
        
        Both dreadful acts worthy of bans (Other Football) - SCC 28, Dec 28, 21:17:08
        
        Personally, I don’t think Kenny tried to elbow anyone (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Dec 28, 21:19:19
        
        More a forearm smash than an elbow for me (Other Football) - SCC 28, Dec 28, 21:28:42
        
        I don’t think that’s what he intended (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Dec 28, 22:07:25
        
        Yeah the complaints about consistency are ridiculous (Other Football) - SCC 28, Dec 28, 22:47:22
        
        Haha (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Dec 28, 21:00:56
        
        Agreed (n/m) (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Dec 28, 20:22:39
      - It’s quite hard to determine intent though (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Dec 28, 20:14:03

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