No head-butt, although he should know better than jump up aggressively and grab the player and put his head near his face. Watching the tackle again, I thought that was a red, He went in hard from the side without being anywhere near the ball. Massive 45 left!
With the exception of Sanderson's brain fart, it's the sort of first half we needed, they haven't threatened and not even an attempt on goal from them....... they were set up to contain and frustrate, so now they are going to have to come out and attack a bit more which will hopefully leave space fo Ilias and Willock to exploit.... C'mon Rangers......
It almost certainly will though. They've pressed us very high and well. We were struggling to get out, but were starting to play well, had the lead and then Mr ****ing brain dead did his thing. Hendrick looks good.
I wonder if he has a history of losing his rag. If not, Warbs may give him another chance if he's repentant
Bit extreme !!! I didn’t see a butt, just a forward motion to stick his face in their players face !!! no contact on their player, ref overreacted to be honest and fell for the Blackpool players faux outrage however that doesn’t make Sanderson exempt from being stupid to do it in the first place.
Come on! That's a red, every single time. He moved his head into their player's face. To be fair, I don't think he made a meal of it. I've never seen anything other than a red given for that.
They’ll chuck Madine on I’m sure. Always seems a handful. Fancy us to grind it out. Famous last words.
Sanderson had tackled him v hard twice just beforehand. Got to take it if you give it out. Stupid boy.
From what I saw of the toss-up, Stef won the toss and elected to change ends or elected to take the kick-off and allow Blackpool to change ends. A change to try to win the first half?
That has counted as a head butt in football for a long time now, you don’t need the full on Kirby kiss to get a red! Surely all players know that moving your head towards another players bonce is a no no. He grabbed him by the shoulders too, not sure if that counts as raised hands or something. Just ****ing stupid, but as far as I can see on a quick search he hasn’t got a record of daft behaviour.
Let’s file that under ‘Ultra cautious’ Willock not great first half, but the change just invites them on to us…..
The Dominator gives us a bit more stability in the middle....... Bigger workload for Chair and possibly gets both Hendrick and Steff further forward
Sanderson was playing ok. Pity he over reacted. Presumably he will now be banned for a few games? I think they’ve looked one of poorest teams we’ve so far played at home this season. Despite being down to ten, I’ll be very disappointed if we don’t get something from this.
