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Exeter City vs Ipswich Town match day thread

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Grecian in Guzz

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Just watched 365 - definite push on Nombe in box, look at guilty reaction of Ipswich player.
Could have been interesting end to game if pen awarded & scored - incidents like this change games / seasons.
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VAR would have given it.
Not sure about that andrew :unsure:

To misquote Mark Twain: “Predicting anything about VAR is hazardous, especially the outcome reached”

I have rewatched it several times now and it is a clear push but the Sky commentators prattle on about “not quite enough contact” for a penalty and felt the referee got it right. Isn’t a push a push ?

When TAA shoved Ryan Sessegnon over reasonably hard in the box a couple of weeks ago VAR did not even look at it. The day before that Cancelo was given his marching orders and a penalty awarded for something less than the TAA shove. Cancelo’s push was about the same as matey on Nombe yesterday.

All a bit of a mess really.

Cannot help but think mind that if the boot had been on the other foot yesterday with a penalty awarded against us there would be plenty on here calling out “not enough contact. Sh!te officials”
 

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Cannot help but think mind that if the boot had been on the other foot yesterday with a penalty awarded against us there would be plenty on here calling out “not enough contact. Sh!te officials”
Coaches, managers and fans, all hypocrites.

Foul against us: "referee, clear foul, get your card out"

Foul by us: "come on, play on, it's a man's game"
 

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I noticed the co-commentator on Sky yesterday paraphrasing several times what I think was part of a directive to referees a year or so ago to reduce/eliminate players “buying” penalties or free kicks i.e. contact with consequence.
Presumably it’s to recognize that football is still (just about) a contact sport so some level of contact is inevitable.
But one of the factors which leads to it becoming an infringement is if there is a significant adverse consequence for the player fouled rather than he/she using slight contact to fall over when it isn’t necessary.
Referees obviously still have to make a subjective judgement though which maybe right or wrong and which we may agree or disagree with.
I think it comes back yet again to consistency.
As I said elsewhere I didn’t think was happened to Sam was very different to the level of contact Jack Sparkes had on an Ipswich player.
One was waved away the other was given as a free kick in a dangerous place and deemed worthy of a yellow card.
Plus, I’m also still narked about the (clear) foul on Tim Dieng which meant their second goal which came from a corner should have been a free kick to us, because there was contact with consequence!
 

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Exactly
There were gaps on the big bank
Must of been all thin fans yesterday
Absolute joke saying it was a sell out
Gaps? Not where I was. Also people standing on the yellow lines.
Hard to see how any more could have fitted in.
 

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Capacity is now sub 7800 isn’t it? 250 to 300 seats used for segregation/journos and 250 to 300 ticket holders not turning up explains the attendance figure. Capacity of the BB isn’t just about kow many people you can fit on the terrace but also about evacuating them in an emergency.
We've had this before.
ST holders are counted whether they turn up or not. If they didn't turn up there would be more gaps
 

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Just watched 365 - definite push on Nombe in box, look at guilty reaction of Ipswich player.
Could have been interesting end to game if pen awarded & scored - incidents like this change games / seasons.
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Did Cowley mention it?
 

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We've had this before.
ST holders are counted whether they turn up or not. If they didn't turn up there would be more gaps
People who buy tickets and don't turn up are not counted. I wasn't talking about season ticket holders.
 

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People who buy tickets and don't turn up are not counted. I wasn't talking about season ticket holders.
There won't be that many though will there. Why would you do that (and not contact the club if your plans change)?
 

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People who buy tickets and don't turn up are not counted. I wasn't talking about season ticket holders.
I don't pretend to know but why would a sold ticket be treated differently to a season ticket?! Both are 'money in the bank' so it doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
 
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