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Murray red (and appeal)
- Thread starter Clive Walker
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We must have odd shaped goals if that was top corner.
GoldWithFalmer
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That's fair enough,i was unaware,but felt we had grounds too,the referee quite rightly played it to the letter,more often than not we bemoan when they do not do so.
Why have we lodged the appeal already, surely we could have appealed a little later so that the hearing couldn't be done before the game?
We're appealing because we don't think he played it to the letter, we think he got it wrong.
Presumably there is a time limit.
GoldWithFalmer
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but it was hand to ball?
Wardy's twin
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- Oct 21, 2014
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Surely this is all about 'advantage' i have looked at the replay a couple of times and his body was behind his hands the shot would still have been diverted so no advantage gained.
And how cold it was! We all remember how much that stings. Murray was clearly feeling a bit pathetic, as just a few seconds before the shot he was doing the same thing, holding his arms in front of his face like the little kid at school.
We can't say for sure where the ball would have gone. Looks like it would have hit him, don't know where it would have deflected to. But you shouldn't have your hands there, which is why we often see defenders with their arms behind their backs. That's why I think it should be a penalty. But I don't think he tried to stop a goal, and don't think he did, so I don't think a red card is correct.
I've already put far more thought into it than the FA will though:
FA disciplinary panel:
And as my Dad used to say, this is the problem when strikers try and defend. Dunk or Duffy would have been HAPPY to be whacked in the face by a ball travelling that fast. Badge of honour in the Union of Centre-halfs.
KingKev
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I agree, and when a tackle like Hutchinson's on March is deemed a lesser offence the game needs to have a hard think about consistency- potentially leg-break By tackle from behind = yellow, preventing the need for an emergency tracheotomy = red.
Nonsense, but he will lose the appeal anyway....
Sheebo
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- Jul 13, 2003
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Also feel a bit for the ref here due to how quick this happened and how hard the shot was hit. Very difficult to judge if it was a clear goal scoring opportunity because of this. Looked like Stockdale would have saved it in slow mo and as Stockdale himself said it may have even been heading over the bar (even onto the bar) - I think the sensible decision would be to overturn it. Especially given that Newcastle had 2 fairly debatable ones overturned v Forest
MrSnuggles
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- Apr 29, 2016
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Murray red card has been appealed by the club according to Sky
indy3050
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- Jun 22, 2011
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I couldn't believe the red card came out (watching at home) To me it was a penalty for sure and a yellow card. Its not as if he scooped the ball off the goal line like that Leeds chap the other week, he was clearly protecting his face?? Hopefully the appeal will be successful
Defenders even score with their face.
GT49er
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Yes, but that was Newcastle, not Brighton [cough: Stevens at 'Boro].
If it was Newcastle, the hearing would be on Wednesday or Thursday, probably. It would seem though that as it's Brighton they've already set up an extraordinarily rapid appeal hearing so that they can disallow the appeal in time for Murray to be banned for the Cardiff match.
GoldWithFalmer
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Too subtle,i nearly missed it...10/10.
Exactly!