[Albion] You're Lewis Dunk...

[Sorrel]

If I'm Dunk, then I'm going to pull him back. But should he have done? No.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

I think he did it purely on instinct and immediately regretted it.

Sanchez would probably have saved it anyway.

 

[Swansman]

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.

 

[Washie]

This is why he doesn't play for England. 7 reds in the prem shows his mentality just isn't good enough

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[Stat Brother]

Ha, had Brighton won 0-1 everyone saying let him through would now be saying 'dunk was right to do it'.

 

[Farehamseagull]

Let him go!!

Absolutely ludicrous decision, we all knew we’d lost that game the moment he did that.

IF Silva had scored, which there was absolutely no guarantee he would have, I would have stilll massively backed us to get the winner, like we did against Southampton.

 

[Springal]

Ha, had Brighton won 0-1 everyone saying let him through would now be saying 'dunk was right to do it'.

Yea. But that didn’t happen did it so it’s the wrong thing to do. Especially with 40 minutes left

 

[Goring-by-Seagull]

I would have taken the red and trusted the team to hold out with 10

We can't even hold out when we have 11 though

 

[Seasidesage]

Let him go but that's what Dunk thought a second after he did it...

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Answering the question with the benefit of hindsight is very different to the instant decision that would have to be made in the circumstances.....

Great post and very true


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[Weststander]

Let him go.

He’d still have the goalie to beat. With 11 Albion players playing, a Wolves win would by no means be probable.

Dunk:

- Handed Wolves 40 minutes to score goals, they did. Zero points to the Albion, we stay deservedly rooted in the bottom 6.
- He now misses a game, so we lose our defensive kingpin for almost a game and a half.

In the modern era naive to say the least for an experienced pro, with VAR, just stupid

 

[Farehamseagull]

Ha, had Brighton won 0-1 everyone saying let him through would now be saying 'dunk was right to do it'.

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.

 

[Springal]

Let him go.

He’d still have the goalie to beat. With 11 Albion players playing, a Wolves win would by no means be probable.

Dunk:

- Handed Wolves 40 minutes to score goals, they did. Zero points to the Albion, we stay deservedly rooted in the bottom 6.
- He now misses a game, so we lose our defensive kingpin for almost a game and a half.

In the modern era naive to say the least for an experienced pro, with VAR, just stupid

Misses 2 games ! Which makes it even worse

 

[Stat Brother]

Yea. But that didn’t happen did it so it’s the wrong thing to do. Especially with 40 minutes left

The question isn't 'You're Lewis Dunk, in hindsight what would you do'.

My point is many are answering that question and I firmly believe their answers would be different depending on which is right.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Trust your goalkeeper.

This. There was every chance Sanchez could have saved a goal or Silva missed.

 

[Sheebo]

I reckon there’s a good chance Sanchez would’ve saved it as that young lad is not confident. Either way, he scores and we are level with 11 v 11 and can go on to put our dominance on the game we were totally bossing. Wrong decision, Lewis knows that too, and now he’s out for last 3 too and a big blow for us getting points. Luckily we’re safe (well we are) and it matters little compared to if this was early on in season. Got to learn from these mistakes and stop doing them - better game management needed.

 

[oldboyroy]

No guarantee he would have scored anyway so let him go

 

[Weststander]

Misses 2 games ! Which makes it even worse

I didn’t realise that, an added game due to accumulated yellows and the red at Smellhurst?

 

[Wellesley]

I'd have taken the ball off him Bissouma stylee and then gone on a run. Nobody can say for sure, but I probably would have dribbled my way into the Wolves box and scored a Worldy too.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Depends on the stage of the game for me. In this instance, you let the player go. There is a chance Sanchez might have saved it, or he might even have missed, but even if he'd scored, there was plenty of time left to pull it back.

On the other hand, with less than 5 minutes to go, yes, make the foul.

I won't advocate fouling a man, but if Dunk is going to foul then yes, at the end of a game, that's the time to do it.