Prestwich_Blue said:
Barcon said:
It wasn't a foul mate. I agree that he had comitted a few before he was shown the yellow, but he was shown the yellow for no reason.
It was a blatant body check and utterly stupid in my opinion and it was right in front of me. We were going mad at him in the ground for giving away a daft free kick in a dangerous area. But even if it was unfair, having been booked, it was insane to do the second foul. He is the new Christian Negouai, who was equally hapless and brainless.
I just saw your post and it made me second guess myself. I had recorded it so I just went back and rewatched it about half a dozen times. Never in a million years was that a foul mate. There was no body check. Maybe the fact that the replay was showing it from behind makes it easier to see. If anything, it was the blackburn player that had his hand in Boyatas face. I agree 100% that the foul for the second yellow was uterly moronic and said at the time that that would be the end of him, but if you get the chance to watch the foul again, give it a watch. Around the 67th min.