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Lars Sivertsen

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487 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Football Weekly
Spurs drop points in survival battle and mayhem at Madrid: Football Weekly

We have to check the tape.

Football Weekly
Spurs drop points in survival battle and mayhem at Madrid: Football Weekly

And then whichever the first clear foul is, you give that.

Football Weekly
Spurs drop points in survival battle and mayhem at Madrid: Football Weekly

And whether that's a penalty or a free kick the other way, then fine.

Football Weekly
Spurs drop points in survival battle and mayhem at Madrid: Football Weekly

And I think if you're actually strict on it for a few weeks and months and actually support the refs in face of the inevitable backlash when things go against the big clubs, I think it's possible to change this.

Football Weekly
Spurs drop points in survival battle and mayhem at Madrid: Football Weekly

But you've got to remember, we came into the season with Howard Webb talking about how we're going to have a clampdown on this.

Football Weekly
Spurs drop points in survival battle and mayhem at Madrid: Football Weekly

And the clamped out didn't last.

Football Weekly
Spurs drop points in survival battle and mayhem at Madrid: Football Weekly

And I think what happens is there's a couple of controversial decisions.

Football Weekly
Spurs drop points in survival battle and mayhem at Madrid: Football Weekly

Referees get told it's a physical game.

Football Weekly
Spurs drop points in survival battle and mayhem at Madrid: Football Weekly

Football expects this to be allowed.

Football Weekly
Spurs drop points in survival battle and mayhem at Madrid: Football Weekly

And then we're back at this again.

Football Weekly
Spurs drop points in survival battle and mayhem at Madrid: Football Weekly

And hopefully next season they will try again.

Football Weekly
Spurs drop points in survival battle and mayhem at Madrid: Football Weekly

No, and they are much stricter on it, which is why every time I've heard this described as a VAR problem, I don't get it because it's not a problem elsewhere where they have VAR.

Football Weekly
Spurs drop points in survival battle and mayhem at Madrid: Football Weekly

It's more a sense that they've decided to allow and to have a high bar for interference in the Premier League, which I think is just leading to these wrestling matches.

Football Weekly
Spurs drop points in survival battle and mayhem at Madrid: Football Weekly

Seb, I was second screening this, and having not really watched the championship this year, I looked up some stats ahead, as I do, and I noticed with some glee that Millwall have been more or less the team you'd expect them to be.

Football Weekly
Spurs drop points in survival battle and mayhem at Madrid: Football Weekly

They had the second lowest pass-complete ratio in the league this season, but won the most aerial duels.

Football Weekly
Spurs drop points in survival battle and mayhem at Madrid: Football Weekly

I was like, yeah, all right, I know what I'm getting here.

Football Weekly
Spurs drop points in survival battle and mayhem at Madrid: Football Weekly

But as much as I was mainly watching Spurs, I did watch a bit of this, and it wasn't that game at all, really.

Football Weekly
Spurs drop points in survival battle and mayhem at Madrid: Football Weekly

I thought they were kind of...

Football Weekly
Spurs drop points in survival battle and mayhem at Madrid: Football Weekly

Was that because Hull were really clever in the way they approached it?

Football Weekly
Spurs drop points in survival battle and mayhem at Madrid: Football Weekly

Because they kind of forced Millwall into a situation where they had to pass the ball around a lot and try to open the lock, which they didn't seem comfortable doing, really.