Exactly this.
The rolling ball argument doesn't apply as Veltman didn't kick it while it was moving because Rice had flicked it away and stopped him doing so. Rice isn't unfortunate. He got a yellow card for delaying the restart. He admitted it afterwards and he knew the rules. Dermot Gallagher explained everything you have posted about very clearly on Sky RefWatch. Watch the clip and all becomes clear.
Thanks for that - just watched the clip - excellent. Probably well over 500 posts on the issue on NSC (on this thread and others) [no doubt many thousands on the various Arsenal message boards]. Think of all the time that could have been saved if everyone had just watched that clip!
And avoid all the angst and conspiracy theories from Arsenal fans? Nah, let them stew for a couple of weeks as we enjoy being 3rd in the PL and above Arsenal.
That's clutching at straws. The ball might be on the pitch or off the pitch, but it's not dead until the ref blows his whistle and says it is. In this case, that occurred after Joao had kicked it.
It's a conspiracy apparently ( sorry vendetta )
EDIT: Oh, as expected then. What he said. Horsesh!t
Incidentally, 6 of the sixteen Arsenal have had, over a third, were given to just two players. David Luiz and Grant Xhaka. Without those two, Arsenal wouldn't even be in the top five for red cards.
Pedro kicked the ball straight to Raya, who picked it up.
It was clearly off - but Pedro was chasing it and didn't quite catch it, kicked out in frustration - not a deliberate attempt to waste time.
I’d like to hope that was deliberate, haha …but prob not!
You can, albeit it has been increased to 3.5 years, now. The bastards!
I'm not sure Dermot's backing up of a referee is ever the final word in debate.
'Gaslighting', 'performative', 'whataboutery', 'hubris', 'carpetbagging'I believe it’s known as gaslighting. Whether JP should have had a yellow is totally unconnected to the Rice incident as Fab pointed out.
