Re: When is a red card not a red card? : Tue Jul 23, 2013 8:50 am  

Albion wrote:

Is it? I'm sure that a Wigan player shoulder charged Laffranchi when we were on their line and he dropped it. I don't actually think the refs pick up on it anymore.

I saw that, think it was Dudson. It was the most blatant shoulder charge I've seen all year.

Re: When is a red card not a red card? : Tue Jul 23, 2013 8:54 am  

I've not seen the incident on tv yet but I will tonight when watch it back so I'm not going to comment on that until tonight.

However, I thought Taylor was a absolute s**t head in his reaction when leaving the field straight after the "incident". He was laughing and smirking.

Re: When is a red card not a red card? : Tue Jul 23, 2013 9:05 am  

Child sh@t out of making the decision, and indeed helped keep them in the contest during the first half, the Puletua 'forward pass' to Lomax being a prime example.

Re: When is a red card not a red card? : Tue Jul 23, 2013 9:15 am  

Makes me miss Ganson as a full time ref. He was never afraid to make the big calls - never pussied out like Child did yesterday.

Re: When is a red card not a red card? : Tue Jul 23, 2013 9:23 am  

rammsteinbloke wrote:

Makes me miss Ganson as a full time ref. He was never afraid to make the big calls - never pussied out like Child did yesterday.

I said the exact same thing to my mate on the way out.

Re: When is a red card not a red card? : Tue Jul 23, 2013 9:56 am  

St pete wrote:

I've not seen the incident on tv yet but I will tonight when watch it back so I'm not going to comment on that until tonight.

However, I thought Taylor was a absolute s**t head in his reaction when leaving the field straight after the "incident". He was laughing and smirking.

I think thats more to do with his coach realising what he had done and getting him out of the fire early. Wasnt a nice tackle, after watching it back i agree a yellow and an on report would have sufficed.

Re: When is a red card not a red card? : Tue Jul 23, 2013 10:53 am  

Teessidewire wrote:

Rogues. Did you take into account the fact that the ball was long gone, it was on O'Brien's blindside, and the fact that he hit the base of the skull? Horrible cheap shot and straight red for me.

I didn't think it was that late, I'll have another look sometime later (wife has me in decorating mode ) It was a definite shoulder charge and worth a penalty, I'll go with whatever the disciplinary decides, that's their job.

What about the Wilkin incident on Charnley in the first half? Accidental?

Re: When is a red card not a red card? : Tue Jul 23, 2013 11:01 am  

How do you upload pics onto here? I've seen someone tweet a pic on my timeline of a picture of the shoulder making contact with the head.

Re: When is a red card not a red card? : Tue Jul 23, 2013 11:03 am  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

What about the Wilkin incident on Charnley in the first half? Accidental?

No doubt in my mind, 100% accidental.

As for Taylor - dumb, don't think I'd complain too much if he had a red. My problem with it is that it was completely unneeded rather than particularly late or high (wouldn't have helped that O'B would've been stooping to pass, which Taylor should've accounted for) - it was just a bit of a malicious cheapshot that went much more wrong than he expected.

Re: When is a red card not a red card? : Tue Jul 23, 2013 11:29 am  

Albion wrote:

How do you upload pics onto here? I've seen someone tweet a pic on my timeline of a picture of the shoulder making contact with the head.

What`s the twitter handle of whoever posted it?