[Albion] No Fulham red card

[BevBHA]

I missed it in real time, but maybe it explains Pascal’s poor performance for the rest of the game

 

[LamieRobertson]

Just watched it on the concourse …deliberate elbow from what I see

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Def elbow straight in Pascal face. I guess the officials question was, is there intent or accidental?

Intent is irrelevant. It was dangerous play, he led with his elbow straight into Gross’ head. It’s a straight red. It’s this simple.

 

[Bodian]

Intent is irrelevant. It was dangerous play, he led with his elbow straight into Gross’ head. It’s a straight red. It’s this simple.

He led with his elbow a second time later in the game as well, but made little contact.

 

[Eeyore]

Intent is irrelevant. It was dangerous play, he led with his elbow straight into Gross’ head. It’s a straight red. It’s this simple.

There was clearly intent as well though. Maybe not to strike him in the face, but intent nonetheless. I still can't get my head round how VAR missed it.

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

It's baffling. He leads with his elbow, arm raised in as unnatural a position for his arm as you can imagine, smashes into Gross yet it's not a red? And VAR is fine with that? How Var is administered is shambolic and not fit for purpose, I really don't understand how they are so incompetent.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

There was clearly intent as well though. Maybe not to strike him in the face, but intent nonetheless. I still can't get my head round how VAR missed it.

Agree. I wasn’t suggesting there wasn’t intent, more pointing out that it doesn’t play a part in deciding the straight red.

 

[RM-Taylor]

Video here

 

[brighton_tom]

Video here

If nothing else that’s reckless. Red card & nobody complains.

 

[Bodian]

Looking at it again from that angle - that's not even 'leading with his arm/elbow'. That's a deliberate arm smash to the face.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Red card all day long.

 

[KZNSeagull]

Another letter on it's way then. I hope they get discounted rates from the post office.

 

[spence]

Wow. That is a blatant elbow.

 

[zeemeeuw]

Video here

Bloody hell!

 

[El Turi]

The way VAR has been operated recently, I can only think they checked the tackle and failed to see the elbow as I cannot understand how he wasn’t sent off.

 

[Originunknown]

Couldn't see in real time but does sadly look to be enough for a red

 

[Bodian]

Couldn't see in real time but does sadly look to be enough for a red

More than 'enough'.

 

[Deadly Danson]

Excruciatingly awful performance from the ref. Lets not forget this the Spurs VAR official. Obviously the red which he didn't even give a free kick for but terrible terrible decisions for both sides throughout. A couple of very obvious fouls for Fulham were given our way and he simply couldn't decide whether to stop the game for an injury or not. One of the very very worst.

 

[oldboyroy]

Still cannot fathom why it was deemed a fair challenge

 

[Originunknown]

More than 'enough'.

Yes quite but didn't notice during the game from NS