Simon Jordan DEFENDS Referee Anthony Taylor As He's PULLED From Duty This Weekend 😳

Anthony Taylor has been pulled from refereeing in the Premier League this weekend after receiving an onslaught of social media abuse. It comes after Taylor issued 14 yellow cards during Chelsea's 1-0 win at Bournemouth. talkSPORT's Simon Jordan, Jim White and Danny Murphy have their say.

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[sdm_za]

Sancho got a yellow card for smiling 😂

[seanforbes]

Taylor is a terrible ref. Given the number of huge errors he's made to the detriment of Chelsea he shouldn't be refereeing their games. Put aside his overall ability, there are plenty of referees

[iancoughlan]

Danny was far too generous towards Taylor. Most of those yellow cards shouldn't have been given. Every foul isn't a damn card.

[PhilRM]

Any Chelsea game Taylor refs feels like loss before a ball is kicked

[leerobbins]

it's embarrassing the way players scream when they go down

[jackfitzgerald]

Watched the chelsea game at the weekend. Taylor's performance was abysmal as always.
He booked 4 or 5 players for making great challengers. Then booked other players for questioning the bad decisions.
He is a terrible referee.
Constantly keep hearing "RESPECT THE REFEREE "
When will these refs respect football and do there job properly??

[gazzalfc]

The bigger problem is Anthony Taylor coming from Wythenshaw, Manchester and being allowed to ref Man City and Man United

[ikbev]

80% of the cards he gave were unnecessary. He made it all about himself. There was nothing dirty about that match

[DudeOnADualMotor]

I think it's obvious Taylor absolutely hates Chelsea, the man should never be allowed near a Chelsea game again

[dannywall]

I watched that game and majority of the yellow cards were for descent from the players towards Taylor and not actually for fouls

[daakyehenedylan]

Taylor just hates Chelsea. Look at how he has done in Chelsea’s last 5 games

[lona]

Why does he keep officiating Chelsea games. He's been awful for a very long time my goodness.

[ejiroejemito]

Have we forgotten the 2006 FIFA World Cup round of 16 between Portugal and Netherlands, it produced a record 4 red cards and 16 yellow cards…. I will never forget

[claudemakelele]

Taylor is a clown. When ever he refs a Chelsea game, he goes nuts

[BobT]

talksport presenters have had some bad takes over the years but f me this is absolute nonsense, Anthony Taylor has been an issue for years he lost his head when we played Bournemouth yellow carding players for questioning a decision & even smiling at certain points while dishing cards out but apparently he's not the issue

[extricos]

Anthony Taylor has consistently been the worst referee in the Premier League for the last 6 years without fail, year in and year out he has been the absolute worst and just now the PGMOL pull him from duty, shocking.

[tonymcintosh]

Instead of taking him out make him pay the 50 k for his histrionic behavior

[Ncassidy]

Strict yellow cards like this will eventually take the life and emotion out of the game. Players reacting the way they do is exactly how the fans feel when a decision doesn't go their way.
If referees can't handle the heat, either pay them more and tell them to shut up or sack them and get a ref who can deal with it

[soljaman]

Anthony Taylor needs to quit the premier League as he's unable to control matches and players, Not good enough

[nicholasbolas]

Every club supporter knows Anthony Taylor is awful. It's not just down to bias against one club.