[Albion] You're Lewis Dunk...

[beorhthelm]

im against shitty shirt pulling no matter who from. there's a good chance the forward scuffs a shot, or just have faith in Sanchez to save.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Misses 2 games ! Which makes it even worse

One game

 

[Springal]

One game

2 games - as it’s his second red of the season

 

[El Turi]

Definitely let him go. Fabio Silva has looked out of his depth this season so I doubt he would have finished it.

 

[Stat Brother]

But that was never, ever going to happen. We are rubbish with 10 men.

Come on Stat, you know as well as I do, we lost that game the moment Dunk did that. We are an excellent football side and drilled fantastically well but mentally we are a bit weak and never react well to going a man down, or missing a penalty, good chance etc. We are nothing if not predictable.

Not for the first time the opposition have started the second half and easily counteracted all the good but unproductive work in the first 45mins.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

2 games - as it’s his second red of the season

Where does it state that?

Edit found it

 

[blue-shifted]

Well the fact that there is no consensus at all here, an hour after the event says to me, that in the split second he had to make the decision, neither option was wrong.

He was weighing two risks and didn't have hindsight.

 

[ChickenBaltiPie]

Was too early in the game. Later and fine

 

[Farehamseagull]

Not for the first time the opposition have started the second half and easily counteracted all the good but unproductive work in the first 45mins.

But they also started the first half well and we them totally negated them. I felt exactly the same thing was happening second half until Dunk did that.

 

[Springal]

Where does it state that?

Edit found it

FA rules

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

That early in the game you have to let him go, especially as it's by no means certain he would score. You leave your team a man short and you're banned for two games. .

 

[Stat Brother]

But they also started the first half well and we them totally negated them. I felt exactly the same thing was happening second half until Dunk did that.

They didn't start the game so well that their centre forward could be so easily put through past all our defenders.

I don't think this team will ever negate another all the time we don't score and crack under pressure.

 

[ukpolska]

Let him go. Massive mistake to have made

I don't think logical thinking plays any part here, you make your decision and live with it - Dunk has more in the bank than any other player out there...

 

[vagabond]

Well the fact that there is no consensus at all here, an hour after the event says to me, that in the split second he had to make the decision, neither option was wrong.

He was weighing two risks and didn't have hindsight.

There does appear to be a fairly strong consensus here that Lewis was wrong to do it.

 

[Springal]

I don't think logical thinking plays any part here, you make your decision and live with it - Dunk has more in the bank than any other player out there...

Yes and no. 7 red cards in 4 seasons in the PL isn’t a great record, especially for our captain

 

[Mancgull]

It was the wrong thing to do, but the decision was made in a split second. Disappointing but Dunk’s been superb of late so I’ll forgive him.

 

[1066familyman]

I think the red was a bit harsh but obviously its a poor decision from Dunk and he knew it immediatly. Shit happens though, better defenders than him have made worse decisions than that over the years. Forget and move on.

In no way is that a harsh red. You could play that video at a referees training course as a text book example of 'deliberately preventing a goal scoring opportunity'.

Red all day long.

 

[zefarelly]

Oh **** me, Maupay sent off as well

In the context of maybe scoring some goals and getting a few points from our last three games thats a good thing.

 

[perseus]

Fall over and "ACCIDENTLY" push the player.

 

[Weststander]

Yes and no. 7 red cards in 4 seasons in the PL isn’t a great record, especially for our captain

Giving Southgate the final excuse.

“I wouldn’t be able to trust his decision making in a make or break tournament match”.