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This is going to cause a lot of anger as some managers will not follow suit like "Look at me, Im on telly" DEAN has done.


PREMIER LEAGUE MANAGERS HAVE THEIR SAY ON GRAPPLING IN THE PENALTY AREA
Sportsmail asked a host of top Premier League managers about shirt-pulling ahead of this weekends fixtures:

ARSENE WENGER (Arsenal)
'We discussed shirt-pulling not only with the players but with the referees. What I see more and more is the position of the referees. Many times they are in the way of the pass because they want to be too close to the ball.
'The difficulty on corners is sometimes you have three different fouls and the referee has to choose the most obvious one. Only when you watch a game in slow motion can you see that there were two or three other fouls on the corner.'


JOSE MOURINHO (Man Utd)
'My problem with new rules is always consistency. If the penalty that favours Manchester City is always a penalty for every team, fine. The only problem is if it's a penalty for Manhester City and not a penalty for Watford.' (FUCK OFF YOU OBSESSED CUNT)


PEP GUARDIOLA (Man City)
'Referees came and spoke to the players about the rules but we'll speak to them again tomorrow. I don't know if it's happening more often but we must be aware of what happened at Stoke and be careful.'


SLAVEN BILIC (West Ham)
'It (shirt pulling in the area) has to stop. It was a good decision taken by the referees to be consistent.
'I don't think it's going to be that extreme like in the Stoke game, but last year there was a bit too much grabbing. I don't think the crowd want to see it totally stopped — it's not ballet.'


DAVID MOYES (Sunderland)
'We've definitely had to reassess how we defend at corners. I think if you pull somebody's jersey in the area, it's a penalty.
'We're seeing a lot now of what you might term "cupping" — you're nearly hugging your man and saying "sorry you can't move". For me, that's a penalty.'


TONY PULIS (West Brom)
'I've always believed in man-to-man marking but I'm wondering if we need to switch to a zonal system. It's something I'll be looking at in the next few weeks.'


ANTONIO CONTE (Chelsea)
'Before the season referees came and explained. It's good. It's important to respect always the referee and the new rules.'

Sterling actually didn't pull a shirt.....wonder if that got mentioned when the refs came back for a chat.

Mase wrote:Sterling actually didn't pull a shirt.....wonder if that got mentioned when the refs came back for a chat.

And was actually pushed first by Shawcross, who in his post-match interview didn't think it was a pen either. Dean is a limelight hogging prick

Well Vertonghen just grabbed Matip around the waist and pulled him down. No penalty. Ref even spotted it but just gave em a talking to

Moanio is on borrowed time.

Hazy2 wrote:Moanio is on borrowed time.

We are next up for theCnut I expect more Shiite coming. I hope Pep makes him look as small as he is .

Clear one for Liverpool not given today. Ref looking at it.

carolina-blue wrote:

Hazy2 wrote:Moanio is on borrowed time.

We are next up for theCnut I expect more Shiite coming. I hope Pep makes him look as small as he is .

I believe that would be Hull.

Saul Goodman wrote:Well Vertonghen just grabbed Matip around the waist and pulled him down. No penalty. Ref even spotted it but just gave em a talking to

This is the issue. The directive is that the players are spoken to first before giving the decision. If it continues then the penalty is given. The commentators have gone on and on about it this game but what they fail to mention is that the referee blew/was in the process of blowing when the ball came in meaning that the ball wasn't actually in play, so no foul.

The ref got it right for me.

Mourinho with another sly dig. Utter twat

Well at least Dean is consistent...gave one for Palace

Funny that Pep and Conte have the best quotes of that lot. Newcomers get it.

Cheers

freshie wrote:

Mase wrote:Sterling actually didn't pull a shirt.....wonder if that got mentioned when the refs came back for a chat.

And was actually pushed first by Shawcross, who in his post-match interview didn't think it was a pen either. Dean is a limelight hogging prick

That penno was just to even things up, as Deano didn't give Stoke a penalty earlier when he should have.
He obviously saw the replay at H/T, so it was inevitable that any excuse would do.

So I take it us and Stoke were the only cunts who got penalized ???..everyone else can grab shirts all day long in the penalty area ?

Fucking gutless some of these refs are.

carl_feedthegoat wrote:So I take it us and Stoke were the only cunts who got penalized ???..everyone else can grab shirts all day long in the penalty area ?

Fucking gutless some of these refs are.

well, we are lucky enough to have the lovely Mr Dean in the centre tomorrow night

Bilic comment made me chuckle. I mean as a player I'd say he spent more time hanging onto someones shirt than not. He is a good coach but people have forgotten whata ruthless (but talented) player he was.