mikey471 wrote:This was a straight red card. It's a attack to the face with an open hand which looks like a blatant gouge.

Mrs Barista wrote:Agreed. One thing I'm not sure about professional sportsman has the time and the inclination to referee can ask the 4th official. Multiple replays whilst Lineham was being treated showed it was at least a penalty. Sometimes onfield decisions are changed then the ref's received a word in his ear. If that had been Danny McGuire instead of Lineham, in a meaningful game, my view is that there would have been a penalty as a minimum and more likely a dismissal.

spegs wrote:Do you seriously believe in your own self loving opinion that a professional sportsman has the time and the inclination to gouge a winger in the tackle from that angle? Are you and Jake married....or do you just attend the same self righteous seminars?