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Haven't you got any friends to play with ? You don't need a thug anyway. No-one can come near to your current resident.
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Never a red + we had boro bricking it
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Haven't you got any friends to play with ? You don't need a thug anyway. No-one can come near to your current resident.
Lush
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I still think it looks like an old wound caused by not wearing shin pads. Any medics in the house?
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
It wasn't a foul, that's all there is to it. Mike Dean got it wrong. He looked flustered by the occasion.
Blue_Boy
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Yes I'm saying exactly that. Shin pads are considered a necessary part of a player's kit & must be worn for the duration of each game by every player including goalies
There was some debate earlier this season (maybe last?) about whether Jack Grealish wears them & he came forward to say he prefers slimline, lower ones so he can play with his socks rolled down as low as possible yet keep within the laws of the game
There are probably better examples than the link below by Wikipedia but it backs this up. If Ramirez began the game with no shin pads at all it's an offence. I don't know what action would be taken during play whether a yellow would be shown or just sent off the pitch to put some on before returning but - not meant cruelly to dismiss it - that injury would be less severe & not influence Dean if the ref or assistants had pulled him for not wearing pads pre game or during.
Not meaning to use this as an excuse but seeing as the injury clearly influenced the red then the lack of wearing pads was a factor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_(association_football)
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Club has confirmed we're appealing the red card.
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Your language is like your avatar... very sick.
portslade seagull
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That was never a red card absolute joke. With 11 we would have won easy
Looked bad but the bloke has a plaster over the cut at the end of the game laughing and joking! No card needed at all especially a red! Rosenior broke his leg early in the season and it wasn't a foul! Not saying it was but just goes to show it doesn't matter how serious the injury it doesn't mean it's a foul!
nwgull
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I didn't realise what it was for at the game; it was that innocuous.
Is there not a video of the incident doing the rounds yet? I was watching Barton's river-dance on Kayal on Twitter within about 10 mins of the final whistle at the Burnley game.
Is there not a video of the incident doing the rounds yet? I was watching Barton's river-dance on Kayal on Twitter within about 10 mins of the final whistle at the Burnley game.
Sadly we know that the FA/FL will close ranks and nothing will come of it, but I'm still writing to the FA anyway to ask why the ref was influenced by the yellow card being knocked out of his hand.
TSB
Captain Hindsight
[video]https://cdn.streamable.com/video/mp4-mobile/neei.mp4[/video]
Watching again, it looks even more of a nothing foul.
Watching again, it looks even more of a nothing foul.
Chief Wiggum
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- Apr 30, 2009
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Glad to see the club are appealing the red card, though knowing how the system works I'm sure the panel will look to protect Mike Dean and uphold his decision. However, can the panel uphold the red card but reduce the punishment from a three game ban to one or two games based on the circumstances? i.e ref being influenced by the sight of the injury, injury influenced by lack of shin pads, Stephens winning the ball, no intention etc etc I think that's the best we can hope for and at least Stephens would be available for Wembley should we overcome Massive
nwgull
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Lush
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It is a bit strange that an injury so painful that it requires oxygen and a stretcher can clear up so quickly.
oldboyroy
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maybe I am wrong but wasn't Stevens on a yellow anyway so it was 2 yellows and a red
Chief Wiggum
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- Apr 30, 2009
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Good point - anybody any idea?
Just read the Guardian review and Stephen's challenge is derided as "ghastly... late, high and with studs up". I can buy the last two but I simply don't get how the challenge can be defined as late when he won the ball. I know I'm viewing this with Albion tinted spectacles but, try as I might, I cannot see that as being a red card. I was driving home when it happened and there was unanimity from the Talk Sport crew (my car's is too old and crap for digital radio) that it wasn't a red card offence.
There are some morons on here today. Jesus. I can't work out which are our own less than gifted fans, and which are Boro, Palace or Burnley.