19-12-2015, 22:27
(This post was last modified: 19-12-2015, 22:28 by Slick_Footwork.)
I think the loss today was down to 2 reasons, James McClean and Mike Dean.
After the tackle against Spurs, you would expect McClean to have calmed down. Unfortunately this wasn't the case. Given that he's nothing more than a 'worker' at this level - I don't think he offers enough to justify his hot head.
Which leads me onto Dean...
The red card for McClean was correct. However, had Dean spotted as the obvious foul on McClean prior to his tackle, the situation wouldn't have materialised. While there's no doubt that McClean was an absolute clown for the tackle - I have no idea how a professional ref at this level can miss the foul before hand.
The penalty... This was a 'soft' foul anywhere on the pitch which was touch and go if it should be given. However, if the ref is going to give the foul then it happens quite clearly a few yards outside of the box. If the Bournemouth player steps up and pops a free kick into the top corner, no complaints; but to give a penalty is ludicrous.
As for Rondon red, i'd have to see it again, but clearly the Bournemouth player is the aggressor. Both players are head to head and because the Bournemouth player falls over, Rondon is shown a red and the aggressor is shown only a yellow. The inconsistency is beggars belief.
As for the game itself, it was very frustrating that Bournemouth were bossing the game XI on XI. However, they are notoriously fast starters who score early in games and I believe that if we hadn't been reduced, our spell was coming and we would've gone on to win the game. I genuinely don't think they would've had the quality to break us down with XI on XI and we would've scored against them. We still managed a spell with 10 men and probably deserved a draw given the nature of their equaliser.
You sometimes get these games where everything goes against you, but it leaves a sour taste that everything in this game involved the referee's incompetency. I was absolutely fuming after the game, but looking back now, I think this will be a one off.
After the tackle against Spurs, you would expect McClean to have calmed down. Unfortunately this wasn't the case. Given that he's nothing more than a 'worker' at this level - I don't think he offers enough to justify his hot head.
Which leads me onto Dean...
The red card for McClean was correct. However, had Dean spotted as the obvious foul on McClean prior to his tackle, the situation wouldn't have materialised. While there's no doubt that McClean was an absolute clown for the tackle - I have no idea how a professional ref at this level can miss the foul before hand.
The penalty... This was a 'soft' foul anywhere on the pitch which was touch and go if it should be given. However, if the ref is going to give the foul then it happens quite clearly a few yards outside of the box. If the Bournemouth player steps up and pops a free kick into the top corner, no complaints; but to give a penalty is ludicrous.
As for Rondon red, i'd have to see it again, but clearly the Bournemouth player is the aggressor. Both players are head to head and because the Bournemouth player falls over, Rondon is shown a red and the aggressor is shown only a yellow. The inconsistency is beggars belief.
As for the game itself, it was very frustrating that Bournemouth were bossing the game XI on XI. However, they are notoriously fast starters who score early in games and I believe that if we hadn't been reduced, our spell was coming and we would've gone on to win the game. I genuinely don't think they would've had the quality to break us down with XI on XI and we would've scored against them. We still managed a spell with 10 men and probably deserved a draw given the nature of their equaliser.
You sometimes get these games where everything goes against you, but it leaves a sour taste that everything in this game involved the referee's incompetency. I was absolutely fuming after the game, but looking back now, I think this will be a one off.