Crofts - lucky to stay on the pitch?

[shaolinpunk]

For those who were at the game, how bad was the incident involving Crofts? From what I've seen, Peterborough were fuming; everyone seems stunned he wasn't sent off, even Gus.

What happened and would you have been surprised if he'd got his marching orders?

 

[HitchinSeagull]

Posh player running through towards goal and Crofts seemed to take his legs away in a cynical professional foul, however it was up the other end so cant be sure if he got a toe to the ball.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Too far to see from the away end but seeing it once from a long way off it did look dodgy. But the ref was the worst I have seen - possibly ever. Ulloa was sliced down time and time again and got no protection. How he kept his temper I have no idea.

 

[Leicester Seagull]

I couldn't make out what contact had occurred (if any) from where I was. It looked as though both players lost their balance and fell over!

Having said that, I would not have been too surprised if he'd seen red, simply because the Peterborough player was through on goal and the home fans were going mental.

 

[HitchinSeagull]

I spoke to a Posh fan on the train and he seemed quite level headed, he said he thought the ref was awful and it was a definite sending off but he said he thought there were dodgy decisions against us and he was equally bad for both teams.

 

[Birdie Boy]

As everyone else has mentioned, we were too far away but everyone seemed to think he was going to get sent off. He was a crap ref though, for both teams.

 

[Lincoln Imp]

Any comment can only come from people sitting around the halfway line or higher. It looked terrifying from the away end although to be honest the reaction of the crowd frightened me more than the collision.

 

[Stumpy Tim]

Looked like a stonewall foul to me. Someone was coming across so he may have escaped with a yellow, but it looked a foul and probably a red.

The ref was AWFUL

 

[smiler]

I thought that referee realised that he had made a mistake in not sending Crofts off and spent the rest of the game giving Peterborough everything

 

[Triggaaar]

I thought that referee realised that he had made a mistake in not sending Crofts off and spent the rest of the game giving Peterborough everything

That's how the radio commentators saw it. Decision after decision going their way after the Crofts incident.

 

[Blackadder]

As already mentioned, the play was up the other end running away from us but everyone around me feared the worst. We were amazed (and very relieved) when the ref gave nothing.

 

[thony]

Any chance that he might be given a retrospective red card (and hence ban)?

 

[darters74]

not if the ref saw it, and waved play on

 

[cardboard]

Any chance that he might be given a retrospective red card (and hence ban)?

No....

 

[goldstone]

Any chance that he might be given a retrospective red card (and hence ban)?

The way he's been playing recently it wouldn't be a great loss. Maybe he got the ball before the player?

 

[saafend_seagull]

Why would it be a red? He wasn't last man, CB was covering. Couldn't see if it was a foul though from where we were, but since that moment he was the most biased ref I have seen in years.

 

[gazingdown]

Looked like a stonewall foul to me.

What do you mean by "stonewall"?

I've heard this term a lot (more common now) on MOTD and it doesn't make sense, surely they mean stone-cold.

I suppose it's like americanisms creeping in, they are often grammatically incorrect but used so much that they seem "normal".

 

[brakespear]

What do you mean by "stonewall"?

I've heard this term a lot (more common now) on MOTD and it doesn't make sense, surely they mean stone-cold.

I suppose it's like americanisms creeping in, they are often grammatically incorrect but used so much that they seem "normal".

According to Urban Dictionary:

In football, where an unambigous foul is committed in the penalty area. The prefix 'Stonewall' is used to highlight the obvious nature of the incident; stonewall being a particular type of wall used throughout Scottish highlands and other mountainous regions as they are really obvious and nobody ever walks into them, ever. Except the occasional rambling referee.
"The referee has walked right into that one! He must have been swayed by the fans here at Old Trafford. The player has been hacked down at the waist by a flying scissor kick just outside the six yard box but the ball has not been touched. That was a stonewall penalty."

This may not be entirely accurate however

 

[gazingdown]

I know that is is used but it's wrong no? Stone-cold is the correct term.

The UrbanDictionary there is wrong in what stonewall means BUT is correct in stating how it is (mis)used.

 

[cardboard]

I know that is is used but it's wrong no? Stone-cold is the correct term.

The UrbanDictionary there is wrong in what stonewall means BUT is correct in stating how it is (mis)used.

No, its stone-wall as in obvious, solid, clear cut. Stone-cold means nothing of the sort