Delph's dismissal

[Legion]

Yellow.

[pauliewalnuts]

Sorry, but i think that's a red.

Even if you take a more lenient view of it and don't see it as a red, there's an argument that that's the sort of tackle which gets perceived as a red these days.

It was a shit tackle and he didn't chop him down at the ankle, he stood on his foot, but it was late and dangerous.

[aj2k77]

That's a red. Stamp down the ankle and on to the foot.

[ChicagoLion]

Its red for me, it was a lunge and was after the ball had been played. No excuse.

[PeterWithesShin]

I honestly think it should have been a yellow. But can also see why  it was given as a red and no way will it be rescinded.

And he deserved a red just for the fucking stupidity of the challenge anyway. Benteke, Richardson, Delph, all have cost us with sheer fucking fuckwittery.

[TheMalandro]

Red. Dumb tackle, in hard, no ball contact and caught vulnerable part of player.

[FranzBiberkopf]

Red.

Glaring reason why he'll end up at the Spurs/Evertons/Liverpools of this world rather than any higher.

[Ron Manager]

Red. Pure stupidity.

[Ad@m]

Its red for me, it was a lunge and was after the ball had been played. No excuse.

Behave. He got there a fraction of a second after the ball had gone.

It was a genuine attempt to play the ball and he just missed it. 9 times out of 10 that would be a yellow.

[Dave]

I honestly think it should have been a yellow. But can also see why  it was given as a red and no way will it be rescinded.

And he deserved a red just for the fucking stupidity of the challenge anyway. Benteke, Richardson, Delph, all have cost us with sheer fucking fuckwittery.

Couldn't have put it better myself, on all counts.

[Damo70]

Another vote for red here. Nine times out of ten a player will go for a challenge like that.

[Legion]

At the time I was convinced it should have been yellow.

[nigel]

Yellow at most, for me.
Seen a lot worse go unpunished.

Mind you, given some of the Villa reds this season he should be banned for life!!

[ChicagoLion]

If it should have been a yellow it will get rescinded.

It wont.

[Toronto Villa]

if someone can put up the Konchesky red then you'll see they are both the same. Konchesky got nothing for his in the end but it should have been yellow. In my opinion Delph's challenge is no different in that it is equally wreckless, and unlike Konchesky he didn't follow up on the victim by taunting him.