Couple of seasons ago, I've been banging on about it for quite some time.
You saved me a bit of frustration last night actually, I was not surprised by the ‘deliberate’ calls and expected almost all of them to be paid.
The only one I didn’t understand was the Bolton tackle, because I thought they were allowed to deliberately dispose over the boundary while being tackled, but now I’m reading that’s not the case - so the only frustration I did have came down to me not knowing the rule properly.
It would be better for everyone if commentators spoke about the rules correctly. They often default to pretending the losing team was robbed by the umpires (so they can validate the losing supporters’ irrational emotion in the moment) instead of calling the adjudication correctly. It’s very difficult for the average supporter to learn the rules by watching the games.
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