Second red card for Virgo. Is he useless?

[Icy Gull]

There is some shit posted about Virgo on this site, mostly clueless

 

[SirDouglasLoft]

Bristol Rovers away
game where calamity hawkins came on and went off 2 mins later
Today
I'm sure there;s another aswell

That was Elphick.

 

[RM-Taylor]

That was Elphick.

i stand corrected then.

 

[mrhairy]

Perhaps If you went to games like today then you would have seen just how important Virgo was today in the heart of our defense. Sending off could not see it properly from our end but unlucky by all accounts. Virgo is a Brighton boy and always gives us his all. Deserves more respect.

 

[Vankleek Hill Seagull]

I think he dives in because he knows once a player gets past him he's in trouble due to his lack of pace.

what is a experienced player then? Virgo has played championship and SPL football (including the Glasgow derby)

But wasn't Celtic buying Virgo a favour from Gordon Strachan to McGhee? Plus Virgo at the time hadn't been playing centre back. He'd been used up front where he'd been able to get a few goals for us making him a bit more versatile.

If Virgo is making challenges because of his lack of pace (and stupid ones at that), is it because he doesn't have a defenders brain, or he does but just doesn't know how to use it?

 

[dougdeep]

Amazing. None of you were there, but he's been found guilty and convicted already.

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

Hope the defence don't go back to their old ways in his absence

 

[portslade seagull]

Virgo has been outstanding in the last few games...just hope we don't miss him

 

[Trigger]

Amazing. None of you were there, but he's been found guilty and convicted already.

Well, I was there... And he deserved what he got today.

 

[ac gull]

but we can have our best defender ( mr poyet's view ) el-abd back now!

 

[blockhseagull]

Was a rash challenge and looked like a red but he was our best player until he was sent off and made two very important blocks in the first half

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Virgo made Beckford look piss poor , he had a really good game up until he was sent off. The ref made the correct decision. Kisnorbo only got a yellow but got away with with conceding even more free kicks without receiving a second yellow.

 

[Padders]

Virgo was having a great game, and was unlucky in being put in the position of having to make the challenge by an unnecessary throw out by Brezovan.

 

[Acker79]

Listening on the radio, it sounded like it was in a position - to the side of the pitch, a fair distance away from goal - where lunging in was unnecessary.

It doesn't undo his previous hard work, but it was a stupid thing to do, and to blame Brezovan for Virgo's unnecessary action is unfair. Yes Brezovan should have held on to the ball a bit longer, but it wasn't his fault Virgo jumped in putting the ref in a position to send him off.

 

[Highamgull]

Virgo was having a great game, and was unlucky in being put in the position of having to make the challenge by an unnecessary throw out by Brezovan.

Agreed about the game he was having - he hadn't put a foot wrong until then. There was nothing wrong with the throw out - it just wasn't strong enough forcing Virgo into a clumsy challenge which he had to make. The fact he got the red card was as much as a result of the reactions of the Leeds players as anything else.

 

[seagullwedgee]

I was there today, Virgo was immense.......

Until that ridiculous challenge, just watched it on BBC, yes Brez throw was ridiculous but there was no real danger and no need at all for Virgo to go in like that, freeze frame it and he canes him across the knees at point of impact, and if someone did that to us I would want them to go, no doubt about it. And watch AVs body language after it happened, he knew the game was up.

This is his one big weakness.... why do it at all? but why do it out there, with no threat/

 

[Acker79]

Wasn't his last red card a needless lunge out on the line near the half-way line when there was no immediate danger?

 

[Coca-Cola Kid]

Total twat if you ask me. Costs us 2 valuable points. Could be the pivotal point in our road to avoid relegation (again!)

 

[SNOOBS]

Not worthy of a red, reaction got the decision. You must have missed that as well as a number of good performances recently being in Toronto.

 

[Vankleek Hill Seagull]

Not worthy of a red, reaction got the decision. You must have missed that as well as a number of good performances recently being in Toronto.

I wasn't concerned about Virgo's performances as I know that he has been performing well now that he's settled back in his favoured centre-back role.

The problem I have is that if he appears to be good, then why does he seem to enjoy getting red cards for fun based on stupid and needless challenges on opponents. Does he not learn from previous mistakes? That's why I asked earlier whether it would be better for him to be partnered with an experienced defender who can nurture his talents rather than Elphick.