It was clearly a back pass, you are in a minority that think it wasn't. He put his arms out to 'shepherd' it back for the keeper to pick up!Given that you thought the comical attempt at the a back heal which ended up going the other way into the keeper's hands was a back pass, I would suggest your ref appraisal may also be the worst in the league.
You're absolutely on one.
I think you need to take a look at the replay my friend. Clearly not, both commentators agreed it wasn't, I think you are in a minority of one once everyone sees it.
I think you're giving the spurs player too much credit for his attempted back heel. when he realised it didn't go away from goal like he intended, he opened his arms as a communication to his keeper to get a wiggle on to collect it
If Schumacher had been Albion's keeper, and Battiston an opposing attacker, I'm convinced you would have said that it was a perfectly reasonable attempt to get the ball
Gather you didn't see every 50/50 go their way, the corner given when Richarlison's shot hit the post, the inability to give the most obvious penalty you're likely to see in the first half. One for the lino on Spurs side, the ridiculously late flag against Joao Pedro towards the end of the first half which wasn't offside.If Schumacher had been Albion's keeper, and Battiston an opposing attacker, I'm convinced you would have said that it was a perfectly reasonable attempt to get the ball
Gather you didn't see every 50/50 go their way
Feels like refs should have the balls to make that call on their own or using the linos. VAR is too often being used as a safety net by officials IMO, and we know VAR are reluctant to 'undermine' the ref by effectively overruling their decisions.
Use this same energy to criticise our inability to keep a clean sheet all season ?
All fine to pile in on the officials when we don't win, but they should be held equally to account even when we do. I thought Gillett was shit tonight. There were a couple of Spurs dives that he waved away, which some refs might not have done, but on the whole, I thought he was indecisive, easily swayed and bordering on biased.
Go on the clean sheet thread then - that ref was atrocious
Atrocious ? Not sure. We played into their hands with changing shape, subs at wrong time. Another stupid yellow from Dunk suspended for West Ham game screwing over his team mates like his silly petulant red card.
Agree. A truly awful performance. Totally inconsistent. Literally didn't give one decision for us in the first half - not one, missed the obvious penalty, somehow added 5 mins injury time in the first half, booked 2 of our players for not retreating but let theirs off. Since he came over I've found Gillet pretty awful especially when he's on VAR and today cemented that opinion. A word too for the West side lino who couldn't help himself flagging for fouls for them but not for us even when it was right in front of him - the same lino incidentally who magically spotted Mitoma's "handball" against Spurs from 50 yards away last season.
