ROSM
Well-known member
I am told that some brighton players heard the ref tell Rice that his 1st yellow was at the upper end of yellow and that he was lucky and needed to watch his step.Rice thought he was being clever by just flicking the ball away to delay the FK, 100% second yellow. Veltman was going to try to kick the ball against Rice to accuse him of failing to retreat which would have been harsh but Rice was the architect of his own downfall. Veltman was clever and did nothing wrong
In which case a) rice should have been more careful and b) veltman possibly had an inkling what to do
Fault still sits with Rice though if he doesn't do what he did then veltman doesn't make contact