🚨 BREAKING: David Sullivan has stepped down from his position as West Ham Joint-Chair with immediate effect.
He has also resigned as a director of both WH Holding Limited and West Ham United Football Club “having been made aware of the impending publication of serious historic allegations.”
🚨 Jamie Carragher on West Ham’s disallowed goal against Arsenal:
🗣️ “This is exactly why supporters get frustrated with PGMOL every single weekend. The inconsistency is impossible to ignore now. You watch Arsenal score goals from set-pieces almost every Matchday with blocks, little nudges, players standing their ground in the box, and we’re constantly told it’s ‘clever movement’ or ‘part of the modern game’.
“But the moment another team does something similar against Arsenal, suddenly the microscope comes out and officials decide it’s a foul. That’s the problem people have. Fans just want consistency. If it’s a foul, make it a foul every week. If it’s acceptable contact, then allow it for everyone.
“I looked at the West Ham goal and I honestly didn’t see enough there to disallow it. There’s contact in every single corner situation in football today. Defenders grapple, attackers grapple, players block runs all over the pitch. Arsenal themselves benefit from those situations constantly because they’re excellent at set-pieces.
“What annoys people is that the interpretation changes depending on the team, the atmosphere, or the pressure on the officials. PGMOL keep talking about transparency and improving standards, but supporters are still leaving games confused because the same incident gets judged differently every week.
“If West Ham score that against another side, I genuinely think the goal stands. That’s the uncomfortable conversation people don’t want to have. The consistency simply isn’t there, and until PGMOL sort that out, managers, players and fans will keep feeling robbed by decisions like this.”
FUNNY INCIDENT!
PGMOL’s Chris Kavanagh mistakenly — or deliberately — blew the whistle in the 87th minute of West Ham vs Arsenal.
He seemingly did not know why he had blown it, looked towards his assistant, and then awarded Arsenal a free-kick for nothing.
The West Ham bench complained, and he sent one of them off, seemingly to cover up the blunder.