Les Beeavinu

2 of them shouldn't have been yellow. No ill discipline at all.

Howe being their manager doesn't worry me at all. I'm not sure the Man U egos will be over impressed with him.

People get hurt from accidental collisions all the time.

Here's a picture of James Tarkowski elbowing Ethan Pinnock in the head on Friday. Looks pretty bad from that picture to me but Stuart Atwell saw no issue with it. Rightly so, it was accidental.

A still shot isn't evidence, it doesn't give any context.

I think this difference between the two is how deliberate the actions were. I'd like us to try, just to make the argument.

Interesting that a lot on Twitter - which I've always said is a haven for well balanced arguments and common sense - agree with them. "The game is gone" is a building narrative - people are getting fed up with it now.

Not for simulation though.

There's a chance. Once the TV companies start picking up the noise that it is ruining the product and football has gone soft, they will start getting that point across to the Premier League.

It wasn't deliberate, that's for sure which according to the law is a requirement for violent conduct.

It was.

VAR could've given a penalty, after which the referee can review any cards.

Vitaly has been told not to, he got booked all the time.

I doubt he rang them.

Indeed, if there is to be a countdown, let it be done off the pitch and out of view please. Or just scrap the stupid law.

Hey @Themepark, as you've posted a picture of Thiago as evidence for his sending off, can you give a view on whether his action was more violent than this action yesterday that wasn't deemed worthy of a yellow card.

Indeed, we went to Brighton and lost like 90% of Bees fans and 99% of opposition fans expected. Why anyone would think a manager is under pressure as a result is beyond me.

All the drama and theatre by the refs leads to about 1 decision every 10 games. Pointless and performative.

Yep, another nonsense law that has led to no improvement whatsoever.

Just seen the replay of the red card for the first time. You can talk about letter of the law and what you can and can't do as much as you like but we shouldn't have laws that are sending off and giving three match bans for that surely. Soft...

I seem to recall Thomas had a spell where he was over thinking games and playing some unusual tactics that very often didn't work. I think he finally got back to trusting the players and making the opposition think about our strengths. KA...

Imagine going every week where you're desperate to leave on 80 minutes to get ahead of the queues. Madness.