Originally Posted by aurichie:
“He'll reign it in pretty quickly due to pressure and spotlight. But Mike Dean has been getting away with bad decisions for years. The betting odds on penalties in his games are always shorter and have been for a couple of years. He loves giving soft pens while turning down absolute stonewallers. We've already seen 3 examples of it in one game. The bookies are very wary of him and for good reason,”
Yes, but I think he was right with his two decisions about grappling/shirt pulling in the box. It's something that most football fans are fed up with seeing.
I'm with the pundits on this one, and hope all referees will follow the guidelines and punish these irritating offences. The game will be better for it in the end. My only worry is that it doesn't sound like they will be enforcing the laws around the rest of Europe, so I guess that means it will be back to "anything goes" when we play in Europe ?