GB has had 50 accepted penalties in their 7 games - just over 7 per game. That's 11th most in football (so not even top 10).
Further, if you took away just 1 per game, they would be well into the 20's - suddenly, one of the best in the league. Just one less penalty per game.
So it's not like they have been far and away worst in football. Perhaps the refs league-wide are just calling things more tightly than in the past?
Such as the lining up offside type stuff - maybe teams have been doing that all along and they're just calling more closely now?
Don't know, but looking at the numbers, based on perceptions expressed here (including my own, honestly), I would have expected GB to be in the top 5 for most penalties... hasn't been the case.
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