Late in the game Hull had a penalty shout for a clumsy challenge by sess
Bar checked and cleared it
I thought we was lucky to get away with it tbh
what a kick in the face that would have been....
I was expecting a yellow card for their striker, made a meal of it for me.
Chris Kavanagh comes good for us again! ::tongue::
I thought Kavanagh refereed the game well. From experience, I know that confidence is a big part of refereeing well just as it is for footballers playing well. Kavanagh gave me the impression yesterday of being a fully confident referee. This is not to say a referee doesn't make any mistakes but he will make fewer. I think he called the penalty shout and the sending off correctly.
There's was nothing in it. The player went down far too easily.
Never a penalty.
Quote from: Southcoastffc on October 18, 2026, 11:00:40 AMChris Kavanagh comes good for us again! ::tongue::
We are W5 D2 and L1 since 2024 with Kavanagh in charge...obviously ignoring the self destruction we committed at OT when Mitro lost the plot.
It wasn't a penalty, but it was close. If the ref had awarded them a penalty I don't think VAR would have overturned it.
On a different day, with the ref looking at the situation from a slightly different angle, and especially against one of the bigger teams, it could easily have been (wrongfully) given.
With this in mind I guess you could say we were lucky, but the decision was 100% correct.
I thought the handball from the Hull defender on Bobb's shot in the 1st half was more egregious. He was basically playing keeper with his body position.
Regardless, both were consistent with the season in that VAR seems to have a HIGH bar for intervening, which I like.
Sess needs to be a lot more careful in the box though. He keeps finding himself in these penalty shout situations.