Quote Originally Posted by Taffy Blue in Berkshire View Post
Poor lad took one in the face today and was getting his shirt pulled a lot. Thought the ref could have protected him better and arguably he should have had a penalty.
That shirt pull in the box in the second half? It was blatant, the ref was right there and a few minutes later gave us a free kick outside the box for the self same thing. It’s as though shirt pulling in the box is legitimate defending nowadays.