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Should of had 2 penalties! :evil:

Stuart

StuartRDFC wrote:Should have had 2 penalties! :evil:

Stuart

In fact there was a third claim (for handball) in the first half as well. Quite how Akurang gets booked for diving when Nix is far more guilty of throwing himself to the floor for their penalty is beyond me.

Formic wrote:

StuartRDFC wrote:Should have had 2 penalties! :evil:

Stuart

In fact there was a third claim (for handball) in the first half as well. Quite how Akurang gets booked for diving when Nix is far more guilty of throwing himself to the floor for their penalty is beyond me.

Quite right, their penalty looks even more crazy with that replay, given the standard set by the referee on our claims (I.E. unless he hits you with a sledgehammer as you are about to tap the ball into the net, and then writes a letter of confession and immediatly presents it to me, I will book you for diving.)

Not so sure about our second claim, but Akurang's is fairly straightforward. I can't believe he got booked.

Just one of those things....it doesn't mean anything now though and has very little effect on our position or season...the mistakes for there first and second, for me, are the most concerning factor...saw a lot of punching the ball away from dale as well..and it didn't look pretty...lets hope we remain calm and solid again for the last 3 potentially 4 games.

Did they only remember the floodlights in the second half?

We were so open at the back by the looks of things, I don't think I've seen a team carve us open that easily, so many times yet this season!