Referee

[ffc2004]

For me that wasn't a pen with Fredericks, thought it at the time looking right at it from H5, and still think that now.  He went looking for it and went down very easily.

[snarks]

For me that wasn't a pen with Fredericks, thought it at the time looking right at it from H5, and still think that now.  He went looking for it and went down very easily.

No denying he went down easily, it was the arm across the face though, that was the foul. At the very least it was obstruction. If it wasn't a foul, was it a dive and should he have been booked then. (I was in H4 so my view would be similar to yours)

[SP]

What a contrast today's ref was to Wednesday.  Ignoring the afters in the second half was sensible but I expect he'll be criticised by his observer.

Once again the away coaches spent the entire match bending the ear of the 4th official.

[Whitesideup]

For me that wasn't a pen with Fredericks, thought it at the time looking right at it from H5, and still think that now.  He went looking for it and went down very easily.

No denying he went down easily, it was the arm across the face though, that was the foul. At the very least it was obstruction. If it wasn't a foul, was it a dive and should he have been booked then. (I was in H4 so my view would be similar to yours)

Incidentally an arm thrust into someone's face is never obstruction .. not ever.

[Southcoastffc]

For me that wasn't a pen with Fredericks, thought it at the time looking right at it from H5, and still think that now.  He went looking for it and went down very easily.

No denying he went down easily, it was the arm across the face though, that was the foul. At the very least it was obstruction. If it wasn't a foul, was it a dive and should he have been booked then. (I was in H4 so my view would be similar to yours)

Incidentally an arm thrust into someone's face is never obstruction .. not ever.

What is it then? 

[Bill2]

For me that wasn't a pen with Fredericks, thought it at the time looking right at it from H5, and still think that now.  He went looking for it and went down very easily.

If it is an arm to the face I thought it would have been a straight red and a penalty. However, from H2 it was more an arm across the neck/shoulder and he only played the man with no intent to play the ball. So in mind OK in American football a foul in ours.

No denying he went down easily, it was the arm across the face though, that was the foul. At the very least it was obstruction. If it wasn't a foul, was it a dive and should he have been booked then. (I was in H4 so my view would be similar to yours)

Incidentally an arm thrust into someone's face is never obstruction .. not ever.

[snarks]

For me that wasn't a pen with Fredericks, thought it at the time looking right at it from H5, and still think that now.  He went looking for it and went down very easily.

No denying he went down easily, it was the arm across the face though, that was the foul. At the very least it was obstruction. If it wasn't a foul, was it a dive and should he have been booked then. (I was in H4 so my view would be similar to yours)

Incidentally an arm thrust into someone's face is never obstruction .. not ever.

I'd agree a thrust into the face is a foul and a red card, this was an arm across to stop the runner going past, it just happened to be across his face. I'm not sure whether deliberate or not, but clear intent to stop Fredricks getting to the ball. Hence my comment at the least obstruction.