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Vital Champions League
2148 from Blackburn
Looked more.
2148 from Blackburn
I've tasked the wife with getting me a bottle of that Aldi red.
Such a pity some choose to watch on sky given the effort the players put in. Looking forward to Bolton game, same approach and effort please.
I doubt that Vic. I'd hazard a guess that 90% plus of our fans live within 15 miles..... 20 max.Possibly 10-25% of our fan base that go to games regularly don't live local, 400+ mile round trips in midweek are not always doable for everyone.
Hoofball up to James Vaughan, to start, made the heart sink.
Nice to see the tactical switch of Nathan Byrne and Gary Roberts paying dividends though. Didn't spot if it was a response to Adam Armstrong swapping sides first or a Wigan tactical swap.
https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/11566338/wigan-3-1-blackburn
Kal Naismaith rated the 2nd best player on whoscored.com... despite being nutmegged.
https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1288963/Live/England-Championship-2018-2019-Wigan-Blackburn
Was hoping that the announcement for the Yellow team leader was to tell Blackburn supporters their team was sh1te.... shame.
Mention of a physical Wigan team and anger in the dressing room half time.
2:55 onwards
https://audioboom.com/posts/7101539...burn-manager-tony-mowbray-furious-after-his-s
Surprised they didn't target our left as Naismith was untroubled bar a few errors and bottling a challenge. To his credit he put a couple of decent crosses in that weren't capitalised on.
First twenty minutes we were awful. Hoofball to no avail. Byrne and Roberts switched wings and Powell substituted and the game changed. Windass played with much more space than normally and linked up brilliantly with Vaughan.Well tonight was a bit like the beginning of the season where we pressed a high line. The first 20 mins or so was broken up play due to the whistle happy ref who set a precedent with the early booking yet failed to follow his same over eager stance in not sending off their player in the penalty incident. Their goal was totally against the run of play & had the final score been 5/6 - 1 it wouldn't have flattered us. Oh how I hope for a similar display against noblot Saturday......
Something about a revision to the rules where the awarding of a penalty, of itself obviously doesn’t prevent a clear goal scoring opportunity.
That said I still thought he should have had a yellow (I didn’t think that he saw a card.)......Also not a red if it’s a failed but honest attempt to get the ball, which given it was a push in the back shouldn’t have saved him. Ref may have been sympathetic in that he committed the foul as a direct result of slipping on his arse ?
That’s a rambling and not altogether clear answer but it’s all I’ve got !
There's absolutely no doubt that it should have been a red & I'm baffled by the ref's decision to not only not send him off but to not even give a caution.
The changed guidance is that if a player makes a genuine attempt for the ball in the penalty area but commits a foul that denies an obvious goal scoring opportunity then it is only a caution. However any push or pull is not a genuine attempt for the ball & is therefore a sending off.
In this instance I don't think there's any doubt that Rodwell tripped over his own feet & it wasn't a deliberate rugby tackle but as he was falling he then grabbed out at Windass & pulled him down just as he was about to shoot & was in the 6 yard box.
Ultimately it did nothing to effect the outcome of the game but if it had I suspect that Cook would have been livid
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Powell still a way off the pace, but isn't showing signs of pulling up and I'm encouraged by that........................
.............with Windass and Macca coming on a bit earlier than they did. ......
Actually, just watched it again & I don't think he did pull him down - Rodwell catches Windass's legs as he's falling over & Windass is already falling down by the time Rodwell's arm comes out which I don't think even touches him
Its nearly 2 years since I last reffed so not sure what the guidance is on accidental contact - all I remember is about it having to be a genuine attempt for the ball. That wasn't a genuine attempt but it not being deliberate I don't think should matter as the only offence that mentions intent is handball