Paddingtonwolf
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He was reckless then
It's more a case of those others needing to be upgraded to red cards rather than downgrading Delph to a yellow to suit bad decisions elsewhere.I think if you compare that to the tackles by Wheater, Roberts and Worrall on Jota alone, they're not even in the same bracket. And they all received a yellow card.
I'm saying he went to win the ball without in my subjective view malicious intent to take out the player, nor the force to cause damage unless he was unlucky. In my view that shouldn't be a red although as I said previously I acknowledge in the modern game it is. To be clear I am not advocating going back to the 70's here, just to where the game was about a decade ago.
I agree with you that there was no malicious intent in Delphs' challenge, he saw a ball that was loose and tried to win it. The rules as they are mean we have a comparatively watered down game but it should also mean we have less serious injuries
My biggest issue is the lack of retrospective action because the referee sees it. Rhetorical question but if he's shown a red and it's a mistake it can be reviewed so why if he doesn't but still makes a mistake can't it? If it were changed it would make for an interesting appeals process as presumably it would be the team sinned against that would appeal even though they wouldn't directly benefit and conceivably could be disadvantaged if the opposition player gets a ban from a game against a league rival.Yet tackles such as Wheater on Jota and Bennett on Sane aren't punished correctly. They could have caused far more serious injury than Delph's last night.
The standard of officiating is abysmal across all divisions right now.
Yet tackles such as Wheater on Jota and Bennett on Sane aren't punished correctly. They could have caused far more serious injury than Delph's last night.
The standard of officiating is abysmal across all divisions right now.
No punishment for Aguero - which is absolutely the correct decision.
Really unlucky for Willian there, great effort.
Preston in front at Villa Park
Preston in front at Villa Park