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Match Day Thread Sunderland AFC v Cambridge United FC – Saturday 23rd April 2022 - KO 15:00

Discussion in 'Sunderland' started by RTB, Apr 20, 2022.

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Your prediction:

Poll closed Apr 23, 2022.
  1. Home win

    87.9%
  2. Away win

    3.4%
  3. Draw

    8.6%
  1. Smug in Boots

    Smug in Boots Well-Known Member

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    He doesn't need to though.

    An attacker can be 30 yards from goal, running onto a ball 10 yards from him and if he's pulled down it's a red card.

    He doesn't need to have even touched the ball.
     
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  2. Arlyman

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    Agreed. But also from the pitch side angle it looks like he was trying to get to ball though. It doesn't look like that on the normal camera angle and from the refs angle may have looked like he was just trying to take him out, and so the red was a pretty easy call for him.
     
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    Smug in Boots Well-Known Member

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    If Rotherham get a winning penalty, from a similar challenge, I'll be going nuts <laugh>
     
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  4. Arlyman

    Arlyman Well-Known Member

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    Right, but it's swings and roundabouts. What about the one we didn't get when 2 up in the Lincoln home playoff? Might already be up if not for that one.
     
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  5. FellTop

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    Perfect example of how such fine margins make the difference. Decisions by humans, where interpretation is required, are always open to mistakes and the potential consequences that are long lasting. We will never know if that was the one that cost us, but it is a great what if...
     
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  6. Arlyman

    Arlyman Well-Known Member

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    You're exactly right. But God know where we could be if the universe had tilted even just a little bit more our way over the years.
     
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