Exactly. Wrong penalty call, and advantage was already allowed. Then Mkhi was clearly taken out by Kone when he was speeding past both defneders, and Kone was only be booked... PL ref this season is outplaying every past seasons
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Haha, that deflection was class.
They're all under a lot of pressure already. The current top four are all so close to each other they are battling to stay in touch with Chelsea, which is their main priority and beat the other two to top four, nobody up there is looking back at Tottenham panicking.
4-1 ffs, what an undeserved 4-1 
Well done Mike Dean . MOTM.
Saints have offered literally nothing upfront.
Nice work from Rose.
That red card really killed Saints. They didn't deserve to lose this. But oh well, can't do much about refereeing decisions.
A tonking now.
Romeu defending like someone who is playing a kickabout after a feed of pints.
As I said earlier, that is the Top 6 sorted. Now only the order to be decided. We have to go all out for the EL, or if we don't get Top 4 or win it we have to decide next season if we are going to just put a very weak side out in the EL and concentrate on trying to win the PL.
Or at the back. I'm not so sure about Van Djik personally.
4-1. Meh...
Oh ffs...this is Mike Dean's undoing but Soton can't be this naive leaving themselves so exposed.
Spurs were very good today. Kane and Alli are back on form.
Good. Let City sign him.
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awful from van dijk on that goal. Absolute schoolboy. Not saying its the kind of game he was going to stand out but you'd keep your standards.
Would have loved them to play against 11 men.
Mike Dean the cheat. How can referees not be made accountable for their poor decisions is beyond my comprehension. Puzzles me that clubs aren't raising hell about this when dodgy decisions cost you a win and ultimately a lot of money as it effects where you finish?
we will finish second or third plus a couple of the cups.
Forster should have done better in at least 3 of those goals. He really isn't that good. And he can't be the England number one, Hart is much much better.
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I find it appalling referees aren't obliged to come out for a post match interview. Explain their decisions and admit any mistakes they may have made.Mike Dean the cheat. How can referees not be made accountable for their poor decisions is beyond my comprehension. Puzzles me that clubs aren't raising hell about this when dodgy decisions cost you a win and ultimately a lot of money as it effects where you finish?
I hope so. We are doing our bit, but now we need the others and us taking points off our rivals. Cannot rely on the teams below us doing it. They have already done damage to us and are now returning to expected form.
I can't stop laughing at the way Dean pointed to the spot for that pen. It's hilarious he isn't genuinely being looked into for bias towards Spurs, very bizarre behaviour.
Again disagree, Liverpool and Arsenal know they won't win the league, staying in the top 4 is the priority, they will be looking back and worrying about how us and Spurs are close enough to capitalise on any poor run of form.
You really think that would work?
Not sure it would. We would likely despise them even more for being morons.
not arrogant. But I see us winning an awful lot of matches. A lot of the teams above us will play each other too.
bugger
Fantastic performance from Danny Rose imo. He's stepped it up.
Honestly something needs to be done. That was pretty fecking awful from Mike Dean. I watched several replays and still can't fathom why that's a red. Awful decision. If you didn't know better you'd think he put a bet on or something
Exactly. Plus it would completely undermine them all the time
It will never happen obviously and for good reason
Is that an exclamation or a request?
This is almost never mentioned so I must be missing something, but when a player gets dragged down or blatantly as they get a shot off, it is almost never a penalty and no one ever says anything. And then the odd time a penalty is given, and again it isn't questioned. What am I missing
To be fair in this case, I can see Alli was getting dragged down well before shooting, but overall I don't get it.
To be fair in this case, I can see Alli was getting dragged down well before shooting, but overall I don't get it.
Definitely. A bit of explanation on borderline or controversial decisions I think would benefit the fans and also themselves as they can point to why certain decisions went a certain way. As it is unless they have a horror show, which then needs to be compounded by the media losing their shite they aren't held accountable.