Really? One station with massive queues surely. We waited nearly an hour yesterday to get on a train across to Lewes. And we weren't at the back of the queue.
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If he sees the tackle but doesn't see the follow through clearly enough and the 4th official has a better view, I think it's bizarre to argue the 4th official shouldn't intervene. And if it was the other way round no-one in red would have had a problem with it. As @JRs_Cigarette says above, Jones's mistake was to clearly indicate one thing and then change his mind - that undermines his authority and is always going to infuriate our side - if there's any doubt, just pause.
On what basis? Being at the end of the tram line that has nothing like enough capacity to make a difference? Bear in mind that they were talking about 60% more people (50k v 30k). For big games anyway.
There's wider infrastructure around it. Long Eaton station, Beeston station, the tram line. Roads, parks, pubs. Multiple ways to approach the area. The Amex is much worse. Though both are/would be shit.
Long Eaton station - 3 miles away.
Beeston station - 3 miles away.
Tram line - capacity of a tram is about 200, so if you can run one every 5 minutes (which you can't), that's about 2500 people an hour.
Roads - All those cars on the A52 or trying to get down to the Chilwell by-pass would be a distaster, even allowing for relative ease of getting onto the M1.
Pubs - are you sure?I still think it's the right decision but an absolute clusterfuck of a way to get there. MGW will be a miss but I'm less worried with our options now than at points in the past at least. Great point and onwards, it's nice to be looking forward to games and feels like we've not played at home in ages.
It probably isn't a bad time to give Morgan a rest either, which he's realistically not going to get whenever he's fit and available. It's been a busy start to the season for him, especially with the England call-up.
Feet up this weekend and then back for Chelsea the following Sunday.
Hadn't noticed on Sunday the presumably deliberate ploy of making Brighton think Ward-Prowse was going to take the penalty before handing the ball to Wood at the last minute.
It was an interesting call more widely because you'd have thought that Ward-Prowse would have been on penalties (unless I'm imagining his record is better than it is based on nothing more than his set-piece reputation). Still, Wood scored - correct decision.
Tbh I was thinking it would be MGW as the incumbent. Wasn't sure where Wood came into the equation, as he hadn't had a sniff of taking a penalty since he joined, as far as I recall? Still, sent the keeper the wrong way, job's a good'un.
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Missed 6 out of 26, so pretty average (which is about 80% scored, I think). Wood has missed 3 out of 33.
MGW started celebrating before Wood kicks it
Wondering now whether MGW will end up with a longer ban due to his reaction after his dismissal
Don’t think he’s a serial offender, so probably a fine. Nuno, on the other hand, is, I think, already on a warning from Liverpool and/or Bournemouth last season, so could be an extended touch line ban.
I think it was a fair enough reaction to Jones signalling that he thought MGW had played the ball and then changing his mind under apparent pressure from the Brighton bench and an intervention from Taylor.
Accept the tackle was a yellow (it was) and argue that the reaction was due to extraordinary behaviour from the ref.
The broom cupboard review panel voted 3-2 that the referee was, indeed, a wanker and MGW shouldn’t have been sent off.
Obviously this changes nothing.
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It's even dodgier when it appears Taylor's first words on it are he got the ball
