Chambers

Quoted from 75

There's a millisecond in it. It was in the middle right of the park, plenty of defenders in front of him. Their lad had to make the challenge, only he knows in his mind if he wanted to take Chambers out. If it was me, I'd have tried to win the ball, as soon as I'd stretched and lost out, I'd have made sure the lad didn't make me look a mug and gone through him, with the knowledge the ref would have know I'd played the ball, but in my head I'd have known I'd have taken the man as well. To be fair, he was so committed, he wouldn't have had much choice. Come on lads, most of us here have played the game at some crap level, it's the same at league 2 I'm sure!

You might have a point if the challenge was on the ground but it wasn't and if he did that to me he could have taken my old boy out  

Quoted from Marinerz93

You might have a point if the challenge was on the ground but it wasn't and if he did that to me he could have taken my old boy out  

Haha, I'd had six pints and can't remember to be honest! Will look at the footage if I can bear to after the shocking result.

Quoted from MarinerWY

Blades are certainly allowed at Sunday league level. Although regarding checking of boots, I agree this is something that used to happen before every match only a few years ago, however I haven't had boots checked with one random exception for quite a few seasons now.

Fair one, it seems gloves and tights are as well. What next? Big flipping hats? It's all gone to excrement.

Quoted from 75

Will both have to see the challenge again Herts, I've no problem with the tackle as above. Will look again when it's online and we'll maybe comment again. I don't condone any tackle where the perpretrator tries to genuinely injure a fellow professional like that shithead Parkin on Josh Gowling in the final, but I've no issue with someone doing his job when the odds are against him in a fast moving environment. Or even if he knows he's beaten (not in this case) and taking one for the team.

It comes down to was there intent to inflict that injury? For me, I was ten yards away with a clear view. No, no intent. Intent to win the ball when up against it, intent to make sure the opponent didn't get away and take one for the team. Yes, yellow maybe at worst for me.

Get all that BPV and actually there is a lot of sense on what you say and you where closer than me as I was in the Upper Findus just above the incident on seat 29.

Looking at the pic that Ash has posted it looks like that the players boot has made contact above Ash's knee. If you think about if a players boot makes contact at that part of an opponents leg then it appears it was a dangerous tackle with intent..........Sending off? Maybe maybe not but excusable under the guise of "professionalism" definitely not.  

So a dangerous challenge can go unpunished............? In this league when the ref was so far away from the play yes without a doubt. A fitter ref may have seen it closer and differently, who knows? Agree about watching it again and I will, also maybe the ref should and he may see it as red rather than a yellow.

    

  

Hurst thinks the ref had a good game and didn't seem overly concerned with the tackle on Chambers. My view is that with or without the injury, which some are right in pointing out shouldn't have a bearing on the punishment, it was a dangerously high tackle and i've seen reds given for less.

Hurst also said that Tombola was good until he 'blew up' and said he isn't fit enough for 90 minutes of football, which is a concern this far into the season.

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Not dangerous at all that.

Quoted from LH

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Not dangerous at all that.

Every picture tells a story...............

Straight red for me, played the man not the ball and we fell apart without Ash

Quoted from LH

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Not dangerous at all that.

This picture needs to be shoved in the ref's face and the lino sacking.

Its a bloody kung fu kick