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Wind forward to March next year . It’s Albion vs Palace at the Amex. 75 minutes have gone in a tempestuous bad tempered affair – The Albion are leading 1-0 and players from both sides have been involved in scuffles and the ugly mood on the pitch is reflected in the near capacity crowd (there are spaces in the away end) where both sets of supporters have been constantly goading each other.
The situation has been inflamed by Zaha, who has been up to his tricks all game – feigning injury, diving for penalties and trying to get Albion players booked – but the ref is firm and is having none of it. Then just on the half way line infront of the East Stand touchline Zaha receives the ball and shielding it he gracefully pirouettes away from one defender and then BANG – he is hit like a thunderclap by Bruno – the strength of the challenge knocks him over the touchline – the challenge is very strong but fair and the ref is on the spot and waves play on to howls of derision from the Palace following and huge cheers from the Amex faithful. Play sweeps up the other end as Zaha lays in a striken heap.
Palace manage to scrabble the ball out of play and their players rush to the prone Eagle starlet who is banging the turf with his fist and pointing at his leg. It’s a bad one – the whole crowd can see his discomfort and the severity of the injury. The ref immediately waves on the medics who charge across the pitch and gather around Zaha. The ref insists play continues as he is off the pitch.
After about 5 minutes of attention he is placed on a wheeled stretcher – in clear discomfort he is taken around the pitch edge towards the West Stand. Here is the dilemma , in the circumstances described , as Zaha is wheeled in front of you do you –
A/ Give him sympathetic applause
B/ Give him dogs abuse
C/ Watch but do nothing
I know what I would do – do you?
The poll is not public - vote honestly.
The situation has been inflamed by Zaha, who has been up to his tricks all game – feigning injury, diving for penalties and trying to get Albion players booked – but the ref is firm and is having none of it. Then just on the half way line infront of the East Stand touchline Zaha receives the ball and shielding it he gracefully pirouettes away from one defender and then BANG – he is hit like a thunderclap by Bruno – the strength of the challenge knocks him over the touchline – the challenge is very strong but fair and the ref is on the spot and waves play on to howls of derision from the Palace following and huge cheers from the Amex faithful. Play sweeps up the other end as Zaha lays in a striken heap.
Palace manage to scrabble the ball out of play and their players rush to the prone Eagle starlet who is banging the turf with his fist and pointing at his leg. It’s a bad one – the whole crowd can see his discomfort and the severity of the injury. The ref immediately waves on the medics who charge across the pitch and gather around Zaha. The ref insists play continues as he is off the pitch.
After about 5 minutes of attention he is placed on a wheeled stretcher – in clear discomfort he is taken around the pitch edge towards the West Stand. Here is the dilemma , in the circumstances described , as Zaha is wheeled in front of you do you –
A/ Give him sympathetic applause
B/ Give him dogs abuse
C/ Watch but do nothing
I know what I would do – do you?
The poll is not public - vote honestly.
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