A referee who had taken charge of just one Premier League match this season was in charge of the West Ham v Burnley match at the London Stadium yesterday. Roger East was the man in black who has only officiated four West Ham matches in the past.
West Ham were denied what looked a clear penalty during their 4-2 win over Burnley at the London Stadium when Grady Diangana went down under a challenge from Steven Defour.
After receiving the ball on the right wing, Diangana advanced into the penalty area and appeared to be tripped by Defour. However, referee Roger East didn’t award a spot-kick and instead cautioned Felipe Anderson for his protests.
How Burnley centre-back James Tarkowski was not red-carded for his abysmal blatant assault on Grady Diangana is also a mystery that only East can answer.
If the FA, Premier League review his performance I am not sure he will officiating at too many Premier League matches this season.
***WATCH THIS ASSAULT***
How Burnley centre back James Tarkowski was NOT red carded for this abysmal blatant assault on Grady Diangana is a mystery?
oh wait, it was Roger East refereeing!! 🙈 #SayNoMore pic.twitter.com/4faYL2NWrV
— Roger -J ⚒ (@Roger_J_coyi) November 3, 2018
Tarkowski was off his feet, out of control and late.Are these not the criteria for red cards? The Ref was right on top of it.He let play continue and we scored from it.Did he think we should be grateful? He should have addressed the foul after the goal was scored. What is this telling the youngster? Next time go down a bit more dramatically and stay down. If players feel they are getting no protection if they fall naturally they will start exaggerating. we’d like to stamp this out but the officials must lead the way by properly punishing the perpetrator not the victim.
Yes the message to players is hit the deck at every opportunity. I am convinced that refs are now told to award a free kick (outside the penalty area ) whenever two players come into contact & one falls over on Sky you hear the pundits talk admiringly of Player X ‘drawing the foul’ by slowing down so the opposing player touches him, giving an excuse to go over. In the penalty it is a bit harder to get the free kick, so you still have to go over but exaggerate it to make sure you get the decision. Every week you see different interpretations of what is or isn’t a free kick. I would like to see a PL referee actually explain that to the general public. But I cannot see any way either of those decisions could have been correct – penalty & redcard no doubt.
Yes the message to players is hit the deck at every opportunity. I am convinced that refs are now told to award a free kick whenever two players come into contact & one falls over. On Sky you hear the pundits talk admiringly of Player X ‘drawing the foul’ by slowing down so the opposing player touches him, giving an excuse to go over. In the penalty area it is a bit harder to get the decision so you still have to go over but exaggerate it to make sure you get the decision. Every week you see different interpretations of what is or isn’t a free kick. I would like to see a PL referee actually explain that to the general public. But I cannot see any way either of those decisions could have been correct – penalty & red card no doubt.