Hmm - praised Green a coupla weeks ago; now I see yellow!! Roar V Newcastle at Lang Park tonight; Williams gives the Jets a free kick; kick taken quickly and ball kicked straight into Seo's butt, because he wasn't facing the ball; Williams gives Seo a yellow card. What did I miss?
Okay, so technically Seo was inside the 10 yards, but it's hard to see it as encroachment when he was heading the other way. Hard to say he was time wasting or delaying the restart of play because he had his back to the kick and didn't seem to me to be blocking or delaying the kicker. Newcastle wanted the quick kick huh? While why kick it up Seo's rear end? One could be arguing that such an action is unsporting and the yellow card could have gone against the Jets. On the otherhand, it could have been play on because the Jets wanted the quick kick and if it wasn't deliberately kicked at Seo, I'm definitely missing something!! It's certainly putting a new meaning on the term "dot shot"!!
Mind you, to be totally honest, the Roar only have themselves to blame for losing this game. They weren't playing like a team on a roll. Poor penalty kick by Lynch. Defence asleep at the 90th minute. So how much does a ref's decisions affect a game? Tonight - not much.
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Did I miss something or isn't a minimum yellow card to bring down an attacker when he has gone past the last defender - ie Adam Griffiths in bringing down Matt McKay to cause the penalty in the first place?
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