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choirboy · 22-01-2017, 16:14

Coley played three at the back and Beckles was playing the role of 2 players really......centre back and left back! no wonder he may have looked 'uncomfortable' at times.
Initially I thought the Red Card for Matt was a bit harsh but having watched it on TV I can see that he went in too hard and two footed but not IMHO not too high! There are lots of dubious decisions these days that we see every time we watch the TV from Premier League right down through the leagues. IMHO at least half of the red cards should only be yellow. In t'owd days it use to be a sending off for 'Going in over the ball' which is not what Matt did yesterday. To me his tackle was not over the ball it was just too hard because he is a 'HARD' player! Think of the tackles we used to see from Billy Bremner and Alan Ball, Norman Hunter, 'Chopper' Harris and the rest! I feel sorry for the Referees regarding the directives from the FA on these tackles.
However, the ref yesterday Sarginson, was totally useless at spotting the constant 'push and nudge in the back' of opponents! Carlisle got away with this time and time again yesterday and Billy did it too in the second half on a number of occasions. The refs need to apply the more basic rules such as pushing opponents and pulling shirts. There are too many decisions made that spoil the contest by creating an imbalance of the teams on the pitch by rushing for the red card too quickly! Carlisle had committed five fouls in those early minutes and Matt's tackle was our first free kick given against us!
For the rest of the match I agree with comments about our boys playing really well. I thought that Romy had a great match, he ran his socks off. Rodgers was brilliant and was my MOM.

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choirboy Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Clayton le Moors Posts: 3,028 Liked: 2213 times Rep Power: 230532	Re: Carlisle match thread Coley played three at the back and Beckles was playing the role of 2 players really......centre back and left back! no wonder he may have looked 'uncomfortable' at times. Initially I thought the Red Card for Matt was a bit harsh but having watched it on TV I can see that he went in too hard and two footed but not IMHO not too high! There are lots of dubious decisions these days that we see every time we watch the TV from Premier League right down through the leagues. IMHO at least half of the red cards should only be yellow. In t'owd days it use to be a sending off for 'Going in over the ball' which is not what Matt did yesterday. To me his tackle was not over the ball it was just too hard because he is a 'HARD' player! Think of the tackles we used to see from Billy Bremner and Alan Ball, Norman Hunter, 'Chopper' Harris and the rest! I feel sorry for the Referees regarding the directives from the FA on these tackles. However, the ref yesterday Sarginson, was totally useless at spotting the constant 'push and nudge in the back' of opponents! Carlisle got away with this time and time again yesterday and Billy did it too in the second half on a number of occasions. The refs need to apply the more basic rules such as pushing opponents and pulling shirts. There are too many decisions made that spoil the contest by creating an imbalance of the teams on the pitch by rushing for the red card too quickly! Carlisle had committed five fouls in those early minutes and Matt's tackle was our first free kick given against us! For the rest of the match I agree with comments about our boys playing really well. I thought that Romy had a great match, he ran his socks off. Rodgers was brilliant and was my MOM.