Nottingham Forest have been charged by the FA for their controversial social media post following the Everton defeat.
They suffered a 2-0 defeat against Everton, in a game marred by controversial decisions. Forest had three good claims of penalties, all denied by the on-field referee as well as the VAR.
The official club account on X voiced its criticism of the VAR decisions, branding them as “extremely poor” on social media.
They suggested bias given that the referee was a Luton fan, another club fighting relegation,
The strong reaction was vastly criticised by most of the pundits. The FA and the Premier League also issued statements condemning their post, with the FA also launching an investigation against the club.
And according to The Mirror, Nottingham Forest have now been charged by the FA along with their manager Nuno Espirito Santo, and full-back Neco Williams, who have been charged with misconduct about the incident.
Forest had three clear penalties denied
Although Forest’s response may have been deemed unprofessional, they might feel disappointed by being denied three penalties that, in hindsight, should have been awarded to them.
Everton defender Ashley Young was involved in all three incidents, escaping punishment from the match referee and VAR.
The first appeal occurred when Danilo fell under Young’s challenge, but VAR allowed play to continue.
In another instance, Young’s arm appeared to block Hudson-Odoi’s shot, but VAR determined no foul had occurred.
Despite later executing a sliding tackle on Hudson-Odoi, Young again escaped without penalty.
Forest have brought this all upon themselves. Wolves have had issues several times this season and Gary O’Neil has a touchline ban today for his reaction against the West Ham decision but the media post by Forest was bound to bring about a charge.
Rather than just accepting poor referee’s and favouritism/ bias , why not back NFFC and push for higher standards and openness and honesty as we see in Rugby, cricket tennis etc in fact in every sport where technology is being used to enhance it
Whilst I can understand the prem and their “wrap around” organisations going off the deep end at any criticism, it does seem to me, when trying to be objective that there is a serious problem with officiating and that we all ought to be concerned with driving those standards up. That really should be done in the closed season without the glare of publicity….
The truth always hurts
ima forest supporter we have been punished way to much by referees and the FA. it seems as though they dont want us in the premier league
Forest have first hand experience of corrupt officials, so tend to be quite sensitive on the issue. Three penalty shouts, none given by the Luton Town supporting VAR reviewer, and they’re expected to believe everything’s above board. Pull the other one.
Forest could have avoided this if they had made a statement before the game outlining their concerns about the VAR official, maybe the official would then have thought twice and made the right decisions.
I am not a Forest fan, however, I watched the game on TV and there were clearly three penalties. It is time that the FA looked at their officials and took positive action, and stopped papering over the cracks and blame everyone else. Be brave and take action NOW.