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Frazer Lloyd-Davies
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Let's not be naive here. Holding happens at both ends of the pitch. Edwards did exactly the same in the first half during a corner or free kick. Unlike Bradley, when a goal kick was given, their player spoke with the referee, rather than taking the law into his own hands.
What's more, these instances are usually 50/50. Sonny wasn't an innocent party. There never is one. They were both holding onto one another. And as said, this happened at both ends of the pitch. We're not being hard done by.
If referees were to clamp down on this sort of thing you'd see countless penalties every game. Some might say that would stop it, but the powers that be are never going to advocate four or five penalties and/or red cards. I believe they tried it in the first weeks of a Premier League season one year only for a complete lack of consistency. At least this way, the defenders of both teams tend to get the benefit of the doubt.
What's more, these instances are usually 50/50. Sonny wasn't an innocent party. There never is one. They were both holding onto one another. And as said, this happened at both ends of the pitch. We're not being hard done by.
If referees were to clamp down on this sort of thing you'd see countless penalties every game. Some might say that would stop it, but the powers that be are never going to advocate four or five penalties and/or red cards. I believe they tried it in the first weeks of a Premier League season one year only for a complete lack of consistency. At least this way, the defenders of both teams tend to get the benefit of the doubt.