Mateus Fernandes Official

[DeanoAustin]

Nine times out of 10, Fernandes would have "won" a free-kick from diving like that, but the ref clearly took into account that Fernandes was trapped in the corner and looking to win a foul. I am happy for refs to make this judgement call. Players often tumble to signal to the ref that contact has been made but the ref is not obliged to give a foul, especially if the contact was not actually forceful enough to upend the player.

100%. It wasn’t a foul and it’s good to see refs not giving them. It’s risky behaviour from Fernandes to do it there.

There was one with their number 2 second half where Kudus dispossessed him and he went down squealing like a pig. Never a foul and ref ignored the theatrics correctly. The lad was up and about it no time.

Great to see refs being a bit firmer with that carry on.

 

[ricky2tricky4city]

You’re not wrong. I thought he was outstanding but there were a few very loose passes that put us in trouble while him hitting the deck first half in our corner flag could have cost us. He showed he can be massive for us but it wasn’t a perfect performance by any means.

Pretty much how he assessed his own performance.

 

[Muttley]

100%. It wasn’t a foul and it’s good to see refs not giving them. It’s risky behaviour from Fernandes to do it there.

There was one with their number 2 second half where Kudus dispossessed him and he went down squealing like a pig. Never a foul and ref ignored the theatrics correctly. The lad was up and about it no time.

Great to see refs being a bit firmer with that carry on.

We saw this same thing happen with Caicedo in the game. A player gets the ball and has it shielded. The opposition player doesn't make any attempt to play the ball and bundles a player over. So we're back to the laws again, and it was a foul. As it would have been if Palmer had held his ground and Mateus had backed into him.

What we really need is players to be able to shield the ball with the other player not being able to go through them in this away. Palmer should have just held Mateus in the corner and waited for our player to show him the ball. Alterntively the second player comes along and comes in from the other side. The pressure should be on Mateus to find a way out of a cul-de-sac or concede the throw-in.

The sadness here is that we're looking at the symptom (Mateus playing for foul) versus looking at the root cause (ref not applying the laws).

It's the officials refereeing behaviours that are changing the game. Nobody has ever given them license to ignore the laws. They just do.

 

[DeanoAustin]

We saw this same thing happen with Caicedo in the game. A player gets the ball and has it shielded. The opposition player doesn't make any attempt to play the ball and bundles a player over. So we're back to the laws again, and it was a foul. As it would have been if Palmer had held his ground and Mateus had backed into him.

What we really need is players to be able to shield the ball with the other player not being able to go through them in this away. Palmer should have just held Mateus in the corner and waited for our player to show him the ball. Alterntively the second player comes along and comes in from the other side. The pressure should be on Mateus to find a way out of a cul-de-sac or concede the throw-in.

The sadness here is that we're looking at the symptom (Mateus playing for foul) versus looking at the root cause (ref not applying the laws).

It's the officials refereeing behaviours that are changing the game. Nobody has ever given them license to ignore the laws. They just do.

Can’t agree mate. It’s not a non contact sport. Fernandes tried to draw contact, felt the touch and went down when he didn’t have to. A free kick often gets given in that situation but it shouldn’t be. The inconsistency is frustrating but it’s never a foul for me. Given the inconsistency in decision making, it’s a terrible decision from Fernandes to go to ground and he got what he deserved.

Thought he was magnificent and showed what he will bring to this team. 85m will be a bargain but he needs a bit of work on decsion making which is to be expected at his age.

 

[harr1984]

Not really a downer just being honest. Maybe my post wasn't that clear because EU thought he had a great game, just that a lot of the time he played short passes poorly. If you didn't notice fair enough but it was definetly there. Despite that he had a great game. If he gets his pass pacing right he will be bloody fantastic and probably world class and I'm not someone to get too excited about a player but I see his potential.

He even mentioned in the interview after the game that he was disappointed in the number of times he lost the ball and that is an area he needs to improve in.

It was a top performance, but not perfect and as you would expect of someone his age things still to improve on. But he's a top talent no doubt...

 

[NaijaSpurs]

I truly believe in a couple of years he will become one of the very best midfielders in the country. The only reason he does not start for Portugal is because they are stacked in that position but his time will come.

 

[NaijaSpurs]

The one thing that RDZ did that irritated me was playing him as a number 10 where he looked poor.

 

[SteveAWOL]

Modric-esque

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[Ace Face]

You’re not wrong. I thought he was outstanding but there were a few very loose passes that put us in trouble while him hitting the deck first half in our corner flag could have cost us. He showed he can be massive for us but it wasn’t a perfect performance by any means.

Tbf that is called for a foul 99 times out of 100. There was a push/contact in his back which, right or wrong, is a foul by the laws of the game since there was no attempt to play the ball (the big difference in Kudus tackle on their LB in the second half).

His tackle on Neto to gain possession right before that was excellent.

 

[FolkestoneSpur]

Not really a downer just being honest. Maybe my post wasn't that clear because EU thought he had a great game, just that a lot of the time he played short passes poorly. If you didn't notice fair enough but it was definetly there. Despite that he had a great game. If he gets his pass pacing right he will be bloody fantastic and probably world class and I'm not someone to get too excited about a player but I see his potential.

In his defence on those short passes, the pitch was really holding the ball up with all the rain.