I don't think so. Remember a similar thing happened with Wickham last year. A great decision for me and more refs should do the same. A shame, because nobody likes seeing teams go down to 10.Bruun said:I thought a red card should be dealed with immidiately and that the ref can't let the game go on if a red card is waiting.
pudge said:Shocking from the ref, how can he have denied a clear goal scoring opportunity when Sakho got a shot away?
He played advantage, Sakho got to the ball, shot and missed. Plus, Williams pushed him into Fabianski.
Never a red and you can't have it both ways by playing advantage, getting the advantage AND then giving a free kick
I think the ball was going in the direction it went in whether he was fouled or not so the shot would have been from the same area anyway and he still had the opportunity to score.Henkeman said:KippaxCitizen said:But he didn't deny the goal scoring opportunity...?!
He did though - without the block he would have walked it into the net.
pudge said:Shocking from the ref, how can he have denied a clear goal scoring opportunity when Sakho got a shot away?
He played advantage, Sakho got to the ball, shot and missed. Plus, Williams pushed him into Fabianski.
Never a red and you can't have it both ways by playing advantage, getting the advantage AND then giving a free kick
But it's not "denying the goal", it's "denying the goalscoring opportunity".Henkeman said:pudge said:Shocking from the ref, how can he have denied a clear goal scoring opportunity when Sakho got a shot away?
He played advantage, Sakho got to the ball, shot and missed. Plus, Williams pushed him into Fabianski.
Never a red and you can't have it both ways by playing advantage, getting the advantage AND then giving a free kick
Yes, you can - it's in the laws. If it had gone in, then no red card would have applied. It didn't so it does. Foy is applying the laws correctly.
KippaxCitizen said:But it's not denying the goal, it's denying the goalscoring opportunity.Henkeman said:pudge said:Shocking from the ref, how can he have denied a clear goal scoring opportunity when Sakho got a shot away?
He played advantage, Sakho got to the ball, shot and missed. Plus, Williams pushed him into Fabianski.
Never a red and you can't have it both ways by playing advantage, getting the advantage AND then giving a free kick
Yes, you can - it's in the laws. If it had gone in, then no red card would have applied. It didn't so it does. Foy is applying the laws correctly.
Except he didn't by not giving a free kick for the handball, so...Henkeman said:pudge said:Shocking from the ref, how can he have denied a clear goal scoring opportunity when Sakho got a shot away?
He played advantage, Sakho got to the ball, shot and missed. Plus, Williams pushed him into Fabianski.
Never a red and you can't have it both ways by playing advantage, getting the advantage AND then giving a free kick
Yes, you can - it's in the laws. If it had gone in, then no red card would have applied. It didn't so it does. Foy is applying the laws correctly.