We know it wasn’t given but should it have been?

IMO - I cannot see a how it could not have been given.

The ref seemed in a great position to see the contact.

My view from roughly centre of West Upper in real time was it was a foul tackle.

Since seeing the replays on SKY, is there any doubt?

Jerome may have exaggerated the fall but how do we know, or the ref for that matter.

Is the first offence (the tackle that didn’t contact the ball but did contact the player impeding his progress) OVERRULED if the ref believes that some playacting took place following that?

Rowett said in his RD interview that the referee told him “he wasn’t sure”.
How does that stack up then against then booking Jerome?
So he can be unsure if contact was made or not and yet be positive that simulation was in play!


I saw a bloke take a tumble down a few steps on the way out of the stand at the end of the game.
I’d would have stopped to help him but couldn’t be sure if the launching of his walking stick about 8 foot in the air as he went down was genuine.