Adrian Schmidt

@dayygeee @colinmufc2 GK isn't allowed to barge players out of the way

@colinmufc2 “Pablo’s space”….😂😂😂. We are witnessing live madness. GK should stay away from space of player that wants to score?

That’s the thing I don’t think the foul on Raya happens if Pablo isn’t being fouled himself and grappling to get away from Trossard Reya also came into Pablo’s space and not the other way around.

@colinmufc2 Great point that Raya comes into Pablo's space. Noone else has mentioned it. If Pablo doesn't grab Raya's arm I wouldn't see it as a foul. But his arm grab is no more a foul than what Trossard and Gabriel are doing to him

@slbsn Isn't it a pen for holding the attacker?

Is there a “total accident” exemption for handball? We know about natural position but when did total accident come in. Also how did the ref get to goal kick?

@jaybothroyd Trossard and Gabriel were holding Pablo's shirt before the contact with Raya.

Rice and Trossard are irrelevant because the foul on Raya came before and that is in the rules… each incident has to be looked at in chronological order… that’s a FACT! The show is only an hour we can’t go through everything as much as we want to! Grow up mate

@abkayus @fcb_elias1 There are two Arsenal players pulling Pablo's shirt BEFORE Pablo puts his arm across Raya. Should be a pen to West Ham.

@fcb_elias1 To be clear, the foul by Pablo isn't like and other examples that are being shared. Pablo has his arm fully across the goalkeeper, holding the opposite arm. This clearly limits Raya's ability to claim or play the ball and is markedly different to other goals that have stood.

🚨 Jamie Carragher on West Ham’s disallowed goal against Arsenal: 🗣️ “This is exactly why supporters get frustrated with PGMOL every single weekend. The inconsistency is impossible to ignore now. You watch Arsenal score goals from set-pieces almost every Matchday with blocks, little nudges, players standing their ground in the box, and we’re constantly told it’s ‘clever movement’ or ‘part of the modern game’. “But the moment another team does something similar against Arsenal, suddenly the microscope comes out and officials decide it’s a foul. That’s the problem people have. Fans just want consistency. If it’s a foul, make it a foul every week. If it’s acceptable contact, then allow it for everyone. “I looked at the West Ham goal and I honestly didn’t see enough there to disallow it. There’s contact in every single corner situation in football today. Defenders grapple, attackers grapple, players block runs all over the pitch. Arsenal themselves benefit from those situations constantly because they’re excellent at set-pieces. “What annoys people is that the interpretation changes depending on the team, the atmosphere, or the pressure on the officials. PGMOL keep talking about transparency and improving standards, but supporters are still leaving games confused because the same incident gets judged differently every week. “If West Ham score that against another side, I genuinely think the goal stands. That’s the uncomfortable conversation people don’t want to have. The consistency simply isn’t there, and until PGMOL sort that out, managers, players and fans will keep feeling robbed by decisions like this.”

@DaleJohnsonBBC Or 3 should West Ham have had a penalty for any of the fouls being committed before the foul on Raya?

Thoughts on the VAR intervention to disallow West Ham's equaliser?

@Simon_Hughes__ If it's a statement don't say "is it any surprise", say " it's no surprise". Bad grammar distracts from the reasonable point.

given the biggest decisions in football are now judged in freeze-frame is it any surprise the game is slower, more cautious and at the highest levels largely very boring beyond the controversies of contested moments. I am not using a question mark because it's a statement.

@barneyronay @wevewonitall That's not in the laws. He's just making it up to justify shitty refereeing.

@wevewonitall Watch the ref on match of the day explain that there is a hierarchy of fouls depending on where the ball is. I had no idea. Clearly you don’t either. It’s quite useful.

Felt soft at the time. Looking back he grabbed his arm. So it’s just a foul and that’s that. No idea why shay given kept calling it “controversial“ on match of the day, other than being a bad tv analyst theguardian.com/football/2026/…

@adrianjclarke Raya was fouled, but so we're 5 West Ham players. And Arsenal have been fouling keepers all season at set pieces without punishment. No consistency, and it looks a lot like bias

People see what they want to see but Raya was clearly fouled as he was about to catch the ball. All the other stuff going on in the box is usual corner kick nonsense. Raya is prevented from catching the cross. That trumps everything. There's no controversy. Great VAR call.

@BluPheesh @adrianjclarke None of it affected the goal?? You're kidding. Pablo was being fouled by two different Arsenal players contributing to the contact on Raya. Todibo too. In fact, of the 6 West Ham outfield players in the box, only Callum Wilson wasn't being fouled

@adrianjclarke Neutral here. Think it’s pretty clear it’s a foul on Raya. Yes, there’s other stuff going on in the area but none of it affected the goal bar Raya being fouled. Arm across him AND shirt being pulled. Not a controversial decision, just a critical time for it to happen.

Here’s a 40 mins vid of Arsenal doing the same thing

The issue isn't about impeding the goalie. The issue is every team in the league have had their goalies impeded by Arsenal players this season, and nothing was done about it. They allowed those grapples, pushes, shoves and thereby set a precedent on how corners and set pieces were to be officiated this season. Chalking a goal off for impeding the GK, after setting a precedent to the contrary, on the most important game of the run-in and thereby deciding the title and relegation is why people are angry.

I wouldn’t usually post a thread all about one decision in a 90 minute game of football, but today’s was so significant, and so outrageous, it has to be highlighted and discussed.

@CeriTravers @NeilDotObrien The whole point of this is that these people aren't the poorest in society - they're richer than the average worker

@NeilDotObrien It’s a drop in the ocean (if those figures are even factual) to the amount of your mates and donors who don’t pay their fair share in tax. Let’s go after the poorest in society though, as they are an easy target.

Today's Telegraph reports on some of my research about the growth of really large welfare claims - with over 600k households now getting more in benefits than the average person takes home after tax. Quick thread: (1/10)

@timleunig Yes, so an additional 300000 homes might knock around 2.5% off house prices. It's not much.

Best estimate is that a 1% rise in supply cuts prices by 2% relative to what they otherwise would be

@timleunig Maybe. If you build in the right places at the right cost. But the impact of supply doesn't seem to be large

Correct. But if we had built more they would have become more affordable, relative to earnings, which worlds have been a better outcome!

@timleunig @DavidGauke House prices are little changed in real terms (proportional to earnings) in the last 20 years. Affordability fluctuations over that period mainly reflect fluctuations in mortgage rates.

There is an affordability problem because there is a shortage. That is literally what happens when there is a shortage. Doesn't matter if it is oil or houses, stuff is expensive when there isn't much of it (relative to demand)

@doktor_val @CJAWorrall Real house prices - as measured by the house price earnings ratio - are little changed in the last 20 years. The rise we saw from the last century had a lot to do with lower interest rates. Supply has had an impact, but it's modest

Let's read a bogus article together. What is the actual issue behind the 'dwellings per household' argument and supply-scepticism? 1/ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

@GreenJennyJones @ZackPolanski Are you horrified by what the Palestinians did to the Israelis on October 7 and the various intifadas? If you want peace, campaign for Palestinians to seek peace with Israel. If they did, there would be no war.

I'm quite shocked at the level of abuse directed against @ZackPolanski our Jewish Leader. Being horrified at what the Israeli Govt is doing to the Palestinians is *not* being anti Semitic. It's part of being against war, wanting peace.

@bbcnickrobinson @BBCr4today What we need is for the government to address the root cause of the problem, namely the entrenched anti-Israel obsession on the left of politics and the Muslim community, which in many cases flows into antisemitism, and to stop prioritising electoral advantage over truth.

Do we need to hear people in all communities stand up for Jews as they would stand up for black people or Muslims if they were coming under converted violent attack. I put that question to the Home Secretary on @bbcr4today and suggested she had almost unique power to lead the response to the attacks on British Jews because she’s a politician with a history of opposing & protesting against Israel’s actions, calls herself a “devout Muslim” and could say uncomfortable things to people who share her views on Israel share her faith. This was her impassioned reply x.com/BBCr4today/sta…