We need to be more ruthless in front of goal

[ravenrover]

The ref very clearly explained his decision to the complaining Shrimpers which aligned with my comment

[drfchound]

I have to admit being very relieved when the ref got the yellow card out instead of the red one.

[Jonathan]

I find it amazing that people think it should have been a red for Fleming, the player was wide of goal Olowu was cruising back covering, a yellow all day long
Now the clothes liner by Joelinton on Bournemouth keeper should have been a straight red even if there were only.minutes to go

I’ve looked at the footage several times from the full match replay and the situation is as I described it. The Morecambe commentators were incensed and they said that “red” was the collective view after half time discussions with all those in the Press Box! There really was no way that Olowu could have got to the Morecambe player. The only rationale that could be applied is that their man was about 5 of yards short of the box, but he was in a central rather than a wide position and only had TSL to beat. If you are going to do an analysis of the event you would note that the ref’s position did not him a good perspective on Olowu’s distance from the fouled player, because he could not have properly judged his (in)capability to reach him to make the tackle. Also, he gave himself only 12 seconds to make his decision, probably not long enough to get the assistant’s view before he made the decision on red or yellow. If the collective opinion is that the referee was bad I’m afraid that this is only further evidence of that fact. Have a proper look at it - it’s at just over 37 minutes in the full match replay.

Ultimately the ref gave a yellow and, as hard as that may be for us to live with, we’ll just have to accept it.

[GazLaz]

The underlying numbers in the games so far have been fine. I don’t see much cause for concern.

[ForsolongaRover]

The underlying numbers in the games so far have been fine. I don’t see much cause for concern.

The debate over stats vs entertainment goes on and stats are surely only relative to performance against the opposition of the day. And for good reasons, Morecambe are not expected to do well.