The purpose of a ‘soundrel’

Without goals there is no future, more so in the Premier League. Whatever they were, or marked however they were marked, and that must have been what he thought too Thomas FrankBrentford coach, when he gave the captain stripes Ivan Toney in his dream of returning to the Gtech Community Stadium in the small town west of London. The Northampton striker, third top scorer last season in the English league, then Haaland and right, has been the best possible ‘reinforcement’ of the winter for mediocre Brentford, who have weakened without him, sinking in the classification. But nothing lasts forever, and there are no bad times either. Tony, was sentenced to eight months for non-compliance with betting regulations. On Saturday he returned as the leader of the ‘bees’ and scored a goal from a direct free kick, thanks to an allowed ‘fool’ in placing the ball, to have a better angle, deceiving the referee.

”I’m back, I’m back! (I’m back, I’m back!’ he shouted hotly Tony after the game, in front of an excited fan, who celebrated the victory against Nottingham Forest (3-2), after five consecutive defeats. He promised to “show off” on the day of his return, and he did so well in the face of demanding ‘tricky tests’, including one of the most ‘cheating’ acts of football players, who should not be tolerated. In setting up the Forest barrier and the referee, Darren EnglandOn his back, Tony He was caught moving the foam strip marked by the referee on the grass, to reposition the ball twice and thus find a better angle for the direct free kick. The shot at the first goal was worth Brentford’s reaction, with VAR not stepping in to disallow it.

Nottingham Forest have lodged an official complaint with the Premier League and referee group (PGMOL) over the controversial goal of Tony in Brentford. He was right to argue that, under Premier League rules, the goal should be assessed as a “serious missed incident”, as moving the spray is a punishable offence. It was another unfortunate weekend for English referees, as in two of the four games played there were regrets for errors in some decisions, where the VAR did not ask for a correction. In Sheffield United-West Ham, a cheeky and colorful tackle in place of the ‘blades’ defender Anel Ahmedhodzic about Jared Bowen, at the time of the injury, did not receive any punishment. It’s like a rugby game, but the referee, Michael Salisbury He doesn’t want to review the play.

The lack of unified standards for referees continues to plague English football, causing confusion. “It’s hard to accept,” complained the Forest coach. Nuno Espírito Santomore resigned than his namesake at West Ham, the Scot David Moyes, complaining about the Premier’s current adherence to refereeing standards. “We shrug our shoulders and say ‘it’s okay.’ Now I shrug my shoulders again, because we don’t know what they’re going to do.” The chaotic scenes seen at Bramall Lane and the controversy experienced at Brentford included Tony They do nothing to improve the referee image in question.