Roddy B wrote:
If they appeal it, I find it very hard to believe it will be refused unless the FA/ref come up with some mythical explanation to defend it. Not sure on the latter part though, they might have to ban Jagielka for play acting after his pike effort when he skied it. Could also ban Tim Howard for his reaction after Carroll stroked him, he somehow ended up in the back of the net as though he'd been hit by a freight train.
This wasn't looking like a bad post until the end of it, what else could Howard do? you go up for a ball and a player comes into you and gets nowhere near the ball, he's bound to be forced back into the net. It was a clear foul but the way Atkinson was going about his job we were never getting it. It wasn't just the rolling round after the non foul by Rodwell but that he then had an imaginary limp going off the pitch, embarrassing.
