Osborne again, on 30 January 2024 - 07:36 PM, said:
No one commented, because it's what they've come to expect from the officials in this league.
It’s not been commented on much on here, but I believe the pre season directive to referees (see below) leaves too much at the discretion of referees, and has caused more inconsistencies than ever.
“Leniency on "physical" challenges
On the pitch, as an attempt to allow the game to flow better and reduce stoppages, a higher threshold will be applied to "contact" between players - meaning there should be fewer free-kicks awarded for incidents which last season might well have been penalised for being overly physical.
However, as per the existing referee guidelines, any challenge deemed "careless" will be deemed a foul, any which are "reckless" will receive a yellow card, and any player who "endangers the safety" of an opponent will be sent off.”
It seems flattening players, shoving them in the back, pulling a player back by his shirt is below the threshold, especially (so it seems) when it’s on our players.