Re: Torquay United v York City 23/3/13
Posted: 25 Mar 2013, 13:15
I don't think the number of defenders matters any more, it's just whether the attacking player had a 'clear goal scoring opportunity' or not. In this case it seems pretty clear cut that he did, had he not been fouled he would have got a shot away and in had a very good chance of getting the ball in the back of the net.Yellow4life wrote:In my opinion, poke was rushing out so this decision for a red card was a very tight one. Cruise did intentionally push him over but it all depends if cruise was "the 2nd last defender" as its officially known. (poke being classed as the last defender). If he was deemed to be then there is no choice- which I think he was; just, if you look at who's covering. imagine without cruise being there, who would be the next defender and where is he placed (McDonald?) - the attacker is ahead of him.