You have soft players who go down at the slightest touch and are ruining the game, because half wit refs like Atkinson 'buys' it, the comments by the fans late on prove how bad he is.
Always like a sore loser, except no teams lost today so I don't really know why you are so bitter. Brown deservedly got a red card for that nasty two footed tackle.
I'm glad you're familiar with the term going down easy. Because your going to be hear it thrown your way alot this season.
Anyone who says after watching the replay of the challenge by brown is not a straight red is having a laugh. It's over the top, it's a scissor challenge and RVW is luck that his ankle wasn't broken. Didn't look that bad during the game but the replays show how bad a challenge it really was. Shocking. Gave the ref no choice at all.
I think it's only the Sunderland supporters who don't think it was a bad tackle, everyone else can see common sense. If that was a NCFC player who did it, I'd be more annoyed at the player who made that dangerous tackle rather than blaming the ref for doing his job.
In fairness, there is a thread about the red card only on their board, and a lot of their fans are saying that in the cold light of day and on reflection, it was probably a deserved red card.
I did just now read that some say it's harsh or a yellow card, but they do admit he shouldn't have done it. Just glad RVW didn't get hurt, would have been annoying for him and us after he just came back from an injury.
They like moaning at referees though, heard one or two on the internet having a go at the referee the other night, even though they'd beaten Chelsea.
