If an opposition player did that to one of our boys we'd all be demanding a red card. Delph's always been a red card waiting to happen with his clumsy and aggressive lunges.
Quote from: Toronto Villa on December 28, 2014, 07:02:11 PMif 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.They were not the same, in the Konchesky / Hutton melee there was forehead to forehead stuff, taunting (as you said) and general argy bargy. You can't just pretend that didn't happen, because it did.not to mention running to the ref from both sides and general outbreaks of pushing and shoving. Those shouldn't affect the ref's decision, but they do, you can't just pretend they didn't happen.
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.
Quote from: pauliewalnuts on December 28, 2014, 07:10:21 PMQuote from: Toronto Villa on December 28, 2014, 07:02:11 PMif 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.They were not the same, in the Konchesky / Hutton melee there was forehead to forehead stuff, taunting (as you said) and general argy bargy. You can't just pretend that didn't happen, because it did.not to mention running to the ref from both sides and general outbreaks of pushing and shoving. Those shouldn't affect the ref's decision, but they do, you can't just pretend they didn't happen.Konchesky got sent off for the foul. The afters didn't help in fact Hutton could have gone also for being stupid. My point very specifically was the challenge and it is the reason Konchesky was sent off.On a different note, was Delph utterly stupid for going in like that? Well off course and he ran the risk that the ref's decision that followed was not going to be lenient.
that's a red for me. late and high