Our defence does need to improve but the pair we have there at the moment haven't played together much and are still getting used to the partnership, bound to make mistakes at this level but they'll only get better. Finishing is something we need to improve on. In honesty I still can't see us making the Play Offs but whatever happens none of our fans can complain at where we are now.
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[Albion] The Dunk sending off
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Our defence does need to improve but the pair we have there at the moment haven't played together much and are still getting used to the partnership, bound to make mistakes at this level but they'll only get better. Finishing is something we need to improve on. In honesty I still can't see us making the Play Offs but whatever happens none of our fans can complain at where we are now.
Watch it again, he knew exactly what he was doing.
He glanced behind him, saw Dunk was there then kicked it away.
Nice to know the assessors are as bewildered as the rest of us.And when there was an offside against Brentford which we took quickly and were in a good position, and he made it get taken again as he thought it was in the wrong place - if he'd looked to where his linesman was flagging he'd have seen we had taken it in the right place.
I imagine, as the game finished, him thinking to himself 'I've done well there'. Clueless.
And the ref fell for it but ……………………………………… so did Dunk.
BensGrandad
New member
The FL Show showed how stupid Dunk was to force the ref, who was useless, into making the 2nd yellow card decision.
Sheebo
Well-known member
- Jul 13, 2003
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Oh you were 100% very lucky to win yesterday and you know it. Deflected goal. Dodgey red. Ref who may as well had a Brentford shirt on. Anything that happens after the red becomes fairly irrelevant - of course you're going to have clear chances...
I appreciate you're happy you've won your cup final and seen a proper stadium - even managed a song once you'd scored...!!!!! I guess you were shocked that you'd taken over 2k away but that shock shouldn't have lasted half hour at the start of the game... Ok ok a bit of
there but you were lucky. Good team though I must admit.
Sheebo
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- Jul 13, 2003
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Of course he did. Anyone who plays football knows he knew what he was doing too - see it all the time. [MENTION=12595]Acker79[/MENTION] is def wrong on this occasion & has been fooled by Jotas cheating too
HawkTheSeagull
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I cant remember every time the ref blew the whistle, there may have been more correct decisions - but if there was, then I certainly cant remember them. At the time it happens - its completely different. That said, you do need to remember bookings and key incidents if you need to do a report for whatever reason, which is in Dunks case.
Buzzer
Languidly Clinical
- Oct 1, 2006
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Definite shove as the TV showed but we see that sort of thing all the time in football. I could understand the yellow if Dunk hadn't been booked but I would have thought, as others have said, that common-sense would have been a stern talking to for both players and just get on with it.
Prince Monolulu
Everything in Moderation
Eejut, bloody eejut
champion7
fast and furious
Officials on Saturday were poor but let's not blame the ref for Dunk's sending off.
Many have commented in the past that the majority of professional footballers are pretty thick and stupid. Dunk has proved that they clearly have a point. His actions that got him send off were immature and idiotic. I hope the club have imposed a two weeks wages "stupidity tax" on him. Let the club, supporters and team mates down.
Many have commented in the past that the majority of professional footballers are pretty thick and stupid. Dunk has proved that they clearly have a point. His actions that got him send off were immature and idiotic. I hope the club have imposed a two weeks wages "stupidity tax" on him. Let the club, supporters and team mates down.
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
Never a booking. If that had been during play, then it might have been a free kick, but never a booking, not for a push. So why, in this instance when Dunk is trying to get the ball for OUR free kick is it a booking?
If the ref is judging a push to be a cautionable offence, he has to judge if that push has been 'violent' or 'reckless', for which Dunk's is neither. Taken with the fact it was a free kick to which their player is obstructing, then the decision is even more ridiculous.
We're 1 down, Dunk is trying to get on with the game and take our free kick, and has not done any different to what most players would do if someone was obstructing them getting the ball to take a free kick.
People seem to think a 'push' in football is an automative yellow or even red card. It isn't. As said, raising your hands has to be a violent or reckless act toward the opponent, not a simple push to his arm to get him off the ball.
Ridiculous decision.
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
As said above, I can't even see why it's a yellow? A push is not an automatic caution offence. Push to his head, then yes, to his arm to get the ball, not in my book. I agree with the common sense definitely, but even if Dunk wasn't on a yellow, I don't think that is a yellow card. If the ref is judging that to be 'reckless' and/or 'violent' then he's got it wrong.
I have never seen a more blatant sending off in my life
Exactly my thoughts.
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Really? You surprise me ..even pushing aside the rights and wrongs in this case
It was a stone wall yellow in the first half when Dunk hacked their player down and then he pushes a bloke over in the second half on the back of that first yellow, gave the ref no choice whatsoever