the booking he got was a joke

Didn't actually make contact with the keeper, and in any case he had a right to go for the ball as it was loose in the penalty area. And it wasn't dangerous.

The ref was swayed by the booing of Ashton by the Boro fans, he probably thought "I'd better book him or it'll be me they're booing".

I've got a mate who's a Boro fan and he was at the game, sent me a text saying the ref was a disgrace and biased against Boro. Have to say that from my angle (on the sofa) he seemed to get everything pretty much right (except the Ashton booking), the "penalties" were both outside the box, and Yakubu got penalised a lot but he was fouling a lot too.

I don't think the Schwarzer / Ashton injury was intentional either, you could see that Ashton was going for the ball, and if anything Schwarzer moved into him.

Posted By: Hull Canary on April 24th 2006 at 14:17:53

Message Thread

Hey, boro took a player off with a head injury yesterday from ashton (Other Football) - pants, Apr 24, 14:07:10
- Did you notice Andy Gray's views on that incident... (Other Football) - Dr Baker, Apr 24, 15:28:51
- Yeh Ashton should have been sent off yesterday really... (Other Football) - Brandonio, Apr 24, 14:09:25
  - was it that bad? (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Apr 24, 14:10:36
    - Can't stand Alan Green. (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Apr 24, 14:14:02
      - 100% agree. (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Apr 24, 14:14:53
      - But Chiles is soooo miserable (n/m) (Other Football) - duke of york, Apr 24, 14:14:52
        
        that's cos he's a west brom fan (Other Football) - camcan, Apr 24, 14:16:02
        
        West Brommidge. (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Apr 24, 14:15:38
        
        he also hates Robert Earnshaw (Other Football) - duke of york, Apr 24, 14:17:00
        
        Baggie (baggy?) at work hates him, too. (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Apr 24, 14:18:11
        
        'Baggie'... (Other Football) - Brom, Apr 24, 14:22:35
        
        programme seller in cardiff loved him (Other Football) - camcan, Apr 24, 14:19:45
        
        I met a Cardiff fan last week who reckons hes the worst footballer ever (Other Football) - DiscoDaleGordon, Apr 24, 14:26:31
        
        ! (n/m) (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Apr 24, 14:31:00
    - It was pretty bad. (Other Football) - BeverlyHills0201, Apr 24, 14:11:29
      - he got booked for nothing in the second half though (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Apr 24, 14:13:06
        
        the booking he got was a joke (Other Football) - Hull Canary, Apr 24, 14:17:53
        
        I was all on to lambast (great word that) riley, cos hes a tosser normally (Other Football) - pants, Apr 24, 14:22:20
        
        totally agree (Other Football) - Hull Canary, Apr 24, 14:26:14
        
        haha (Other Football) - pants, Apr 24, 14:42:06
      - Sounds like he's taking the 'New Shearer' tag a bit too literally. (n/m) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Apr 24, 14:12:20
  - goal keepers are over protected (Other Football) - pants, Apr 24, 14:10:26
    - that was a yellow card offence... (Other Football) - Brandonio, Apr 24, 14:13:09
- Hoorah! (n/m) (Other Football) - duke of york, Apr 24, 14:08:13

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