Stuart White

[Stuart White @StuartW1976]

@ADMarsden @CrossCountryUK I wouldn’t hold your breath. Mine took months, then declined as originating train was GWR despite the delay being solely XC. They sent it to GWR, surprise surprise they decline. I complained to XC, they say delay GWR’s responsibility 🤦

[Stuart White @StuartW1976]

@ufarte_lopez @Darrenpick40547 @JamieRaynor @tntsports You are popping up all over posts regarding this tie. As you’ve rightly pointed out, you smashed us last week. You shouldn’t even care, yet here you are. Weird.

[Stuart White @StuartW1976]

@GooseMcflurry7 @Greenhough65291 @NathanElam14 @Al_Tereego I’m not sure you even know what that actually means. Pro football is ruthless & unforgiving - as it should be.

[Stuart White @StuartW1976]

@guyfoxy Alty manager said he was led to believe players could still see the ball OK. Game being on TV will likely have had an influence. Suspect players might have adapted how they played it (less long balls). Not ideal, but think it’s just an e.g. of ref trying to get game completed.

[Stuart White @StuartW1976]

@GooseMcflurry7 @Greenhough65291 @NathanElam14 @Al_Tereego He didn’t stop him definitely scoring. He stopped him from having an obvious goalscoring opportunity. In the pro game, the ref can’t show the leniency you’re demanding when it’s a clear red card offence. That’s why Duke got sent off in 2013, despite the match situation.

[Stuart White @StuartW1976]

@GooseMcflurry7 @Greenhough65291 @NathanElam14 @Al_Tereego In which case, surely you agree the red yesterday was correctly given? Lapslie’s about to have a free header a few yds out & GK is struggling to get there. Defender pulls him back, no attempt to play the ball. Getting ‘a’ shot off isn’t same as getting shot off you shd have had.

[Stuart White @StuartW1976]

@GooseMcflurry7 @Greenhough65291 @NathanElam14 @Al_Tereego EFL refs get criticised for inconsistency, can’t win. Ref doesn’t get to pick & choose which parts of DOGSO law he’d rather not enforce, just cos a team is already losing by a few. Take it outside the area. If he’d pulled Lapslie down when clean through, are you saying no red?

[Stuart White @StuartW1976]

@JamesRobin54469 @Dr_Ippon Not sure what point you think you’re making. I know all this. My point was tying a strong tackle by a L2 player to England’s supposed poor performance is absolute reductive nonsense.

[Stuart White @StuartW1976]

@iiiTechnoDuckxX @bry1959 @jamo9mks @sounders Yep, his foot is on the line. On the line is in the area, so he encroached.

[Stuart White @StuartW1976]

@ArinaitweLyoses His foot is on the line. The line is part of the penalty area. He was encroaching & cleared the rebound. Retake was the correct decision.

[Stuart White @StuartW1976]

@MancBastard1880 Yeah that’s never getting called a back pass. It’s an interception whilst sliding. Even though he in effect guides it back to keeper, laws still wouldn’t view it as a controlled, deliberate pass of the ball. It may also hit his shin, not foot/ankle. But yeah, let’s blame the ref.

[Stuart White @StuartW1976]

@GeezaVibe @cook11245 @premierleague @ManCity Sorry but it clearly hits the thigh. Watch (on the close up view) the skin on the thigh clearly flatten out as ball meets it.

[Stuart White @StuartW1976]

@BlazorJP @JobanSingh_ @WSM_AFCOfficial Which, in and of itself, isn’t a defence.

[Stuart White @StuartW1976]

@StuLeeder @WhistleBlowerDK Just as he tries to do i.e. over his shoulder? Why should he ‘expect to be meeting a head’, just because the ball has bounced up? You suggesting every single time in that scenario someone will be trying to come in to head it? You’re making assumptions to support your criticism.

[Stuart White @StuartW1976]

@adsleeder @WhistleBlowerDK @StuLeeder It looks like on replay - key phrase - it was a mistake. Does that make you feel better? The learning will be whether he could have positioned slightly differently (or other tweaks) to get a better view etc.

[Stuart White @StuartW1976]

@StuLeeder @adsleeder @WhistleBlowerDK That’s a massive assumption. I don’t critique ref decisions ever because I’ve not joined in on this one? The reasons for not ‘explaining themselves’ immediately after a game are well-publicised. KMI incidents panel etc deal with that, if you genuinely want to understand.

[Stuart White @StuartW1976]

@steveburnley @WhistleBlowerDK @StuLeeder IMO he didn’t intend to hurt the Lincoln player (given what I’ve explained to date), no. But as @WhistleBlowerDK says, that’s irrelevant. He’s gone to play the ball & caught a player who he wasn’t looking at. Tricky to be deemed endangering in those circumstances.

[Stuart White @StuartW1976]

@adsleeder @WhistleBlowerDK @StuLeeder What is this ‘backing’? He’s said he can see why it was given at full speed, but with the benefit of a replay he wouldn’t have gone red & with VAR likely overturned. What more do you actually want?

[Stuart White @StuartW1976]

@adsleeder @WhistleBlowerDK @StuLeeder I can see why it was given. It’s certainly more of a red than the Brum one. If you can see your opponent all the way & choose to raise your foot to their face, in the modern game you’re asking for trouble.

[Stuart White @StuartW1976]

@WhistleBlowerDK @adsleeder @StuLeeder Agree.