Agreed re Beaton and I must say I was concerned re poss repercussions from a ref fraternity that Lenny has rightly criticised! That Alston tackle, 2nd half on McGinn, was a disgrace and a straight red card 'all day long' with Beaton positioned about 4 metres from the incident! It was dangerous with no intention of playing the ball and I don't buy this idea of 'taking one for the team' in this case!
That yellow card decision was outrageous and rightly condemned by Chris Sutton on BT Sport. A few weeks ago I watched a Europa League match on BT Sport and there was a similar incident when a player 'took out' an opponent in the same way - the decision was a straight red card and the ref dismissing any argument about it - a totally different stance taken on it. Also Boyly was very lucky that his leg was not broken after that Tanser tackle! Again many a ref would have dismissed an offending player for that type of challenge and a lotta people forget that a player can 'pull out' of this type of challenge and should suffer the consequences!
