bt sports - vanarama highlights show

[cambgull]

Just watched the highlights. A few points to make of the key sections of the match:-

Red card - I personally thought this would a little harsh. Yes, his hands were up and yes, he was the last man. He was also stopping a ball from hitting him directly in the face. It's the natural reaction of anyone who isn't a boxer to get your hands in the way of something about to ruin your beautiful facial features. Nothing more malicious than instincts to me.

Penalty - There was a foul on (I believe) Tonge before the foul. I think the referee was making up for the red card decision.

1st Torquay Goal - Lovely ball from Cruise followed up by a perfect cross from Cameron and a scrappy but effective finish from O'Achie. Very promising.

2nd goal - Nice passing build up followed by a great long range shot from Richards. How refreshing is it to see someone take a pot shot successfully from outside the box? Seems to rarely happen for us.

3rd goal - Lovely link up play from the 2 strikers followed by another scrappy but effective finish from O'Achie. Doesn't matter how they go in, of course.

For someone who doesn't get chance to go to many games in a season, it certainly looks like we're starting to play well with some good individual talent in the team. Here's hoping we can push on now and really start to contending for promotion/play offs.

[Gullscorer]

Yep I've just seen the highlights and the red card seemed harsh to me too. However, as Matt has said, if his hands had not been up we might well have gone on to score the first goal anyway.

I don't care if O'Achie's goals are scrappy, crappy, happy, or slappy, the important thing is that we now have players who are snappy rather then flappy and can find the gappy and tappy the ball in the net..

[ferrarilover]

Have you seen the picture? His hands are miles out in front of him. Ball's going nowhere near his face. It's a stonewall handball, it's denied an obvious goalscoring opportunity, ergo it's a very simple decision to send him off. They've since appealed and been laughed at.

As to their commos bleating on about the lino giving it instead of the ref, I really can't wait until one of theirs gets his leg broken right in front of the lino, who doesn't subsequently give the foul, see what they have to say then.

Was the finish for the first really that scrappy? Looks to be as though he very classily opens the face of his foot to steer it into the net. It's not the best video, so I could be wrong. Second one was a great goal. I spoke to Chris after the T&D game (Richards' first) and he was desperate to sign him. We're all now seeing why.

Matt.

[ethantufcbaker]

Have you seen the picture? His hands are miles out in front of him. Ball's going nowhere near his face. It's a stonewall handball, it's denied an obvious goalscoring opportunity, ergo it's a very simple decision to send him off. They've since appealed and been laughed at.

As to their commos bleating on about the lino giving it instead of the ref, I really can't wait until one of theirs gets his leg broken right in front of the lino, who doesn't subsequently give the foul, see what they have to say then.

Was the finish for the first really that scrappy? Looks to be as though he very classily opens the face of his foot to steer it into the net. It's not the best video, so I could be wrong. Second one was a great goal. I spoke to Chris after the T&D game (Richards' first) and he was desperate to sign him. We're all now seeing why.

Matt.

Matt is this the picture your on about

http://www.redimps.co.uk/cms_images/mat ... 50x113.jpg

[cambgull]

Considering the fact that he's turned his face away and the fact that the video shows him very quickly extend his arms to block the ball still suggests reactions to me, not the act of someone purposefully trying to cheat. It's just too fast for a big, bumbling centre back.

By the rules of the game, he's handled the ball as the last man and probably deserves a red card. Still doesn't mean that it isn't a harsh decision.

[ferrarilover]

It is, but in much better quality.

Matt.