I'm sorry Alan but the YW is losing the plot imo. He states that Ralston isn't kicked in the head and the challenge wasn't even a booking 😂
Here is his verdict on the Yang red card which also clearly doesn't touch Cochrane of Hearts head.....
Yorkshire Whistler Verdict Initial on field decision: Foul to Hearts and Yang cautioned. After VAR review this is upgraded to a red card to Yang.
Yang attempts to control a high ball with his foot as Cochrane attempts to head the ball. At full speed it appears that Cochrane wins the ball first before Yang’s studs catch him in the face.
I do have some sympathy for Yang as he doesn’t seem to be aware of how close Cochrane’s head is as he attempts to play the ball.
However, Yang’s right foot is fully extended at neck height as Cochrane arrives to head the ball. Once Yang makes contact with Cochrane’s head at this height, I would say this falls in the territory of serious foul play and endangering a player’s safety.
On balance, I would support the decision to upgrade the foul to a sending-off offence.
Verdict: CORRECT DECISION to issue the red card for the offence.
Incredible he sees the 2 incidents so differently when Murrays challange was clearly far more dangerous than Yangs.
Thanks Alan. Enjoyable as always. I might be in a minority here but I am convinced that Wright meant to hurt Idah with the context being his performance last time there and the fact that Wright loves a dodgy challenge/red card
wrt to Hatate foul, although I agree that foul and YC are the correct call, I'm surprised that YW considers it a close call.
As far as I was aware, 'excessive force', was also a key determining factor and not only is that not present here, in fact its more a case that its the Killie player that runs into Hatate.
I don't see how this can be borderline when a key elemnt is missing.
I'm sorry Alan but the YW is losing the plot imo. He states that Ralston isn't kicked in the head and the challenge wasn't even a booking 😂
Here is his verdict on the Yang red card which also clearly doesn't touch Cochrane of Hearts head.....
Yorkshire Whistler Verdict Initial on field decision: Foul to Hearts and Yang cautioned. After VAR review this is upgraded to a red card to Yang.
Yang attempts to control a high ball with his foot as Cochrane attempts to head the ball. At full speed it appears that Cochrane wins the ball first before Yang’s studs catch him in the face.
I do have some sympathy for Yang as he doesn’t seem to be aware of how close Cochrane’s head is as he attempts to play the ball.
However, Yang’s right foot is fully extended at neck height as Cochrane arrives to head the ball. Once Yang makes contact with Cochrane’s head at this height, I would say this falls in the territory of serious foul play and endangering a player’s safety.
On balance, I would support the decision to upgrade the foul to a sending-off offence.
Verdict: CORRECT DECISION to issue the red card for the offence.
Incredible he sees the 2 incidents so differently when Murrays challange was clearly far more dangerous than Yangs.
Thanks Alan. Enjoyable as always. I might be in a minority here but I am convinced that Wright meant to hurt Idah with the context being his performance last time there and the fact that Wright loves a dodgy challenge/red card
wrt to Hatate foul, although I agree that foul and YC are the correct call, I'm surprised that YW considers it a close call.
As far as I was aware, 'excessive force', was also a key determining factor and not only is that not present here, in fact its more a case that its the Killie player that runs into Hatate.
I don't see how this can be borderline when a key elemnt is missing.