[Albion] Matt O Riley [26/08/24 - sings on a 5-year deal]

Lady Whistledown said:

Of course he will. Bad fouls happen sometimes, if the ref sees it and decides it merits a yellow card or no card, then it's just one of those things. Gilmour got away with one against Forest last season didn't he? I think it was WBG. Only got a yellow when it could and should have been a red. If the Crawley bloke had punched O'Riley (ie violent conduct) and the ref missed it, that might be different, but a foul is "just" a foul...no chance of further punishment.

I say we move on, keep our fingers crossed that O'Riley isn't badly hurt, and leave that no-mark non-leaguer to what remains of his career with Crawley Town, which I'm sure is absolutely the football career he dreamed of when he was a boy.

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Professor Plum said:

Some of the complacency from a few Albion fans is really mystifying. I really don’t understand the pusillanimous 'let’s not make a fuss, these things happen in sport' attitude. This wasn’t a 'coming together'. It was an outright assault on a key player we’ve spent months negotiating with, 6 or 7 minutes into his debut, by a brutal player who has previous for this sort of thing. Not only that, he smiles and winks after the incident. Why the f*** people are so scared of confronting the club and the player, beats me.

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Flounce said:

The ref was an inexperienced bottler, no?

The fact that the tackle didn’t even get a booking led Crawley to believe that they could foul us at will. Would you have risked an injury in a game where a ref was that incompetent ?

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Flounce said:

I expect the ref to be disciplined if there is an ounce of due diligence carried out on ref‘s performances.

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Littlemo said:

I think there is a place in between tbh. It’s fine to be angry and I think the player should see some punishment for it as it was a horrendous tackle.

That’s it though. Things like he was a new signing, cost £25m, negotiated for over months, debut etc are all completely irrelevant tbh. What he is worth to us or the fact he’s new near no relevance to the actual challenge, and I’m not sure why people talk about them as thought they matter.

It was simply a terrible tackle in a game and they happen.

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Professor Plum said:

Some of the complacency from a few Albion fans is really mystifying. I really don’t understand the pusillanimous 'let’s not make a fuss, these things happen in sport' attitude. This wasn’t a 'coming together'. It was an outright assault on a key player we’ve spent months negotiating with, 6 or 7 minutes into his debut, by a brutal player who has previous for this sort of thing. Not only that, he smiles and winks after the incident. Why the f*** people are so scared of confronting the club and the player, beats me.

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Professor Plum said:

Some of the complacency from a few Albion fans is really mystifying. I really don’t understand the pusillanimous 'let’s not make a fuss, these things happen in sport' attitude. This wasn’t a 'coming together'. It was an outright assault on a key player we’ve spent months negotiating with, 6 or 7 minutes into his debut, by a brutal player who has previous for this sort of thing. Not only that, he smiles and winks after the incident. Why the f*** people are so scared of confronting the club and the player, beats me.

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SeagullinExile said:

Because it’s part of football. Get over it.

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SeagullinExile said:

Because it’s part of football. Get over it.

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SeagullinExile said:

Because it’s part of football. Get over it.

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Professor Plum said:

Sigh. Those things are not in the least bit irrelevant. It’s exactly why he was targeted — to make sure this flash new boy didn’t get ideas above his station. It’s as clear as day to me that Williams was told, or at least encouraged, by his gaffer to give Matt a 'warm welcome' to the game. It was a 100% deliberate foul. That’s obvious because it was so horribly late. It’s a truly dreadful tackle. Watch it from different angles and all will be clear.

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Professor Plum said:

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And you’re one of the worst offenders. You just refuse to admit that it was a shocking incident. Why? No idea. Theatrical diving for penalties is also 'part of football' but that doesn’t make it in the least bit acceptable. Some hints deserve to be called out, and a few people, notably you, refuse to do so.

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Flounce said:

Unpunished GBH on a player because the ref is incompetent is part of football? Did Crawley find that player at Whipsnade?

I will NOT be getting over it. Fouls like that should be a nailed on red card.

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dazzer6666 said:

Pretty much everyone agrees it was a shocking tackle (even his own manager apologised). No-one thinks it’s acceptable. What precisely are you wanting us all to do in terms of ‘confronting the club and player’ ??

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SeagullinExile said:

GBH? You better call a policeman then. I know what they’d tell you.

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Flounce said:

Unpunished GBH on a player because the ref is incompetent is part of football? Did Crawley find that player at Whipsnade?

I will NOT be getting over it. Fouls like that should be a nailed on red card.

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SeagullinExile said:

GBH? You better call a policeman then. I know what they’d tell you.

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Professor Plum said:

Sigh. Those things are not in the least bit irrelevant. It’s exactly why he was targeted — to make sure this flash new boy didn’t get ideas above his station. It’s as clear as day to me that Williams was told, or at least encouraged, by his gaffer to give Matt a 'warm welcome' to the game. It was a 100% deliberate foul. That’s obvious because it was so horribly late. It’s a truly dreadful tackle. Watch it from different angles and all will be clear.

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American Seagle said:

Yeah they would say it was a red card and had no place in the game.

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Flounce said:

What about the gnarly old tart who is part of the Crawley team’s now deleted post. I think Crawley were proud of that tackle. ****s

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