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Billy Sharp - tweaked his ankle a little bit. (but with God's grace, might live)







shaolinpunk

shaolinpunk

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Nov 28, 2005
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It really didn't look that bad, look like he just got knocked over by the tackle

Very bad news for Donny, he's their main hope of staying up
 


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the munch

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Jul 1, 2011
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there were alot of nasty tackles going in, should have been a couple of straight reds. tv replays showed a nasty one on barnes which was horrendous,
 
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S

Seagull over NZ

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Jul 7, 2003
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It didn't have the look of a red card but you could see his ankle turn right over on the impact of the tackle. Not a good tackle but hard to say it was a red.
 






Seagull27

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Feb 7, 2011
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If it was a red then the tackles on Barnes and KLL were reds for sure.

Shame about Sharp though, I do feel for Donny with the injuries they've got. Could struggle if they can't get some quality depth to their squad.
 




jcdenton08

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Oct 17, 2008
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It was a horrible tackle, looked even worse on the replays, he truly clobbers his standing ankle with both feet, definitely should have been a red.

But then Spurr could easily have gone for two yellows in 5 minutes on Lua-Lua and the knee high tackle on Barnes was a straight red all day long, amazed when he only gave a yellow - I was certain he was off
 




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bhaexpress

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Jul 7, 2003
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The ref was very poor. However you have to have sympathy for Sharp, horrible way to start your season.
 


Zebedee

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Jul 8, 2003
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Was Dunk lucky to stay on the pitch? A lot of Donny fans seemed to think so. Not sure myself.
 








GT49er

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Only saw it on streaming - looked a foul, but not a particularly bad tackle. But perhaps I'll get a better look on The Championship tonight. Certainly don't think it was a potential red card, though.........just very bad luck on Sharp and Donny. I hope he makes a full recovery, and quickly.
 


jcdenton08

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Zebedee said:
Was Dunk lucky to stay on the pitch? A lot of Donny fans seemed to think so. Not sure myself.
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Yes. Very lucky. It was very malicious I feel, two footed from behind and nowhere near the ball.

Our players obviously felt a bit battered and bruised at half time, and resolved to assign one player to 'leave their mark' on the star man - it happens all the time. The player does it knowing they will get a yellow, and hoping they knock the player (and often the team) off their stride - teams do this against Arsenal all the time hence the huge number of serious injuries their players suffer and the number of yellow/red cards the opposition teams get.

Basically, we sent someone out there in the second half to 'do' Sharp and maximise our chances of winning. Fair enough, I say - that's exactly what they did with Lua-Lua in the first half.
 




Spiros

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Jul 9, 2003
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Broken in 3 places? I don't think so. Looked like his ankle from where I was. If he had a leg broken in 3 places then no way would he have tried to stand up to walk off the pitch. Looked like a poor (but not malicious) challenge by Dunk and Sharp got his foot caught in the turf
 


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bhaexpress

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jcdenton08 said:
Yes. Very lucky. It was very malicious I feel, two footed from behind and nowhere near the ball.

Our players obviously felt a bit battered and bruised at half time, and resolved to assign one player to 'leave their mark' on the star man - it happens all the time. The player does it knowing they will get a yellow, and hoping they knock the player (and often the team) off their stride - teams do this against Arsenal all the time hence the huge number of serious injuries their players suffer and the number of yellow/red cards the opposition teams get.

Basically, we sent someone out there in the second half to 'do' Sharp and maximise our chances of winning. Fair enough, I say - that's exactly what they did with Lua-Lua in the first half.
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It's a matter of opinion but to be fair to our players LuaLua got on the wrong end of some bad tackles and the tackle on Barnes was truly dreadful. Two wrings don't make a right I know but on the other hand don't give it out if you can't take it back.
 


Triggaaar

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Oct 24, 2005
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Really sorry to hear it's a bad injury. The ref hasn't helped by ignoring the hard tackles, and allowing it to spice up so much.
 






C

chez

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Jul 5, 2003
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I haven't seen it properly but the ref has to take some blame for the injury. If he had made the correct decisions with the two tackles that should both of been sending offs for Donny then I reckon Dunk wouldn't have made such a rash tackle (if that's what it was). That said, regardless of how shit a ref decisions are, as a player you have to keep your head.
 


Beach Hut

Beach Hut

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Jul 5, 2003
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Big shame for him but life goes on
 


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