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First yellow was a terrible decision as was the one for Maxwell and their player second half. Ref was poor all round today for both sides.
Quote from: big fat yorkshire pudding on November 23, 2024, 08:31:51 pmFirst yellow was a terrible decision as was the one for Maxwell and their player second half. Ref was poor all round today for both sides.17 league games and 3 decent refereeing performances. Most of the other 14 have been diabolical.What is happening to refereeing standards. Every season they get a little worse. The linesman on our side simply didn’t understand the off side rule which is not acceptable. Does he not know it is when the ball is played and you’re allowed to run past a defender from a position behind him.
Given the number of yellows the ref gave against us first half ‘this one’ was always on the cards (no pun intended….it was actually!) having said that, how Luke Molyneux’s ‘tackle’ at the start of the second half at the edge of our box didn’t warrant a red I’ll never know!Credit to the Carlisle player who sat, looked up at Luke & laughed. If he’d rolled around (as we’ve seen plenty cheats do) I could well have seen that yellow on 50 minutes being a red.
Interesting how differently people can read Molyneux's tackle between not even a foul, a fair yellow and lucky not to be a red card. I thought he was clearly wound up & frustrated because he'd been fouled 3 or 4 times and not got a sniff from the ref and stupidly made a poor challenge but it wasn't bad enough to warrant a red.
Red cards see McGrath miss the FA cup game they cover all domestic competition apart from the EFL trophy