I am very sorry and upset at what appears to be a developing witch hunt of Brennan Johnson. From the camera angle looking straight down the pitch, it can be seen the Gillingham Player's hand is in front of the shoulder of Brennan and pulls Brennan's arm back. You can see the rippling of the shirt as this action takes place. The ref has a perfect view of it and decides to award a penalty. If the Gillingham player doesn't attempt to pull him, there is no decision to be made by the referee. The Sky commentator decided that the penalty was dubious from the main match camera angle and then changed his mind completely when seeing the straight down the pitch camera angle. The Gillingham player having made the challenge, looks at the referee to see what his decision is and on seeing his decision to be a penalty, not once complained or made any attempt to challenge the ref's decision. His whole body language gave off the impression that he had made a mistake and the ref had called him out for it.
Mike Jones should now be called upon to make a full and frank statement of exactly why the penalty award was a mistake and the precise reasons for coming to this decision which effectively has given Steve Evans a full rein to make all his public announcements to the denigration of Brennan. I want to hear that Mike Jones agrees fully with Steve Evans' statements made, otherwise I find it hard to give credence to anything he has to say on the subject.
Can anyone point to any of the penalties Brennan has won this season where there has been no contact on him whatsoever (A definition of a dive for me) ? It's very simple. Do not attempt to touch a player with your hand or outstretch your arm to impede them. If you do, you take a risk. I don't condone over exaggeration in going down and often feel this leads to a penalty not being given more than it is, e.g Saurez for Liverpool at Arsenal when he threw himself up in the air following the foul challenge, did a couple of somersaults and a pirouette or two and thus convinced the ref not to give a penalty when it clearly was !