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TV pundit joins the Dean attack

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images-18TV pundit, former Arsenal defender Lee Dixon, has every sympathy with the Irons fans who saw the team’s chances of beating United wrecked by referee Mike Dean.

Reporting for NBC, Dixon said after the game: “The Hammers fans have a real case. At the time I didn’t believe it was a sending off and after replay upon replay it’s obvious it wasn’t.

“Mike Dean watched what was happening and followed the ball and didn’t even look likely to give a free kick. Then maybe he heard a scream from Jones or something and he decided to think about it before reaching for a red card.

Until then there was nothing in his body language to suggest he was going to do anything. He clearly wasn’t sure and if you are going to send a player off you have to be sure.

“That changed the whole dynamic of the game and West Ham can feel very hard done by.”

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Hugh Southon is a lifelong Iron and the founding editor of ClaretandHugh. He is a national newspaper journalist of many years experience and was Bobby Moore's 'ghost' writer during the great man's lifetime. He describes ClaretandHugh as "the Hammers daily newspaper!"

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  • tonpark says:

    the worst referee on this planet!! shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near a football pitch!! the man is a joke!! he couldn’t even be trusted to run a bath!! but as usual ! he will get away with it ! do anyone see him threatened obiang? he said to him,: look at me again and you wont be playing: really? one day someone will chin him!!

  • Hammer64 says:

    This guy has to be the worst in the Prem. And that is the worst of a bad bunchThe PL gets all this praise as ‘the best League in Europe’ (which I don’t agree with as it happens) but if they want it to be the best this is one area to improve. I watch some of the other leagues and, again going against general opinion, it seems to me that in the PL every little contact that causes a player to fall over automatically gets blown up as a foul. The refs just love a chance to point and order the players about. This card has to be rescinded but this isn’t the first time for us this season and the games don’t get replayed!

  • bubbles says:

    He is terrible . Ruined the game . Got both the big decisions wrong … AGAIN … is there no one in authority that can act to stop this idiot.

  • mooro66uk says:

    Unfortunately Bubbles they are bigger idiots and too arrogant to even see the need for any action. Something has to change soon or we risk our league becoming a laughing stock.

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