Game re-started with a free out for Rovers just outside the area following a yellow card for a Bohs player. 100%. So not nonsense.
I had a look back on the incident last night after seeing the post above and there's no indication the ref played advantage as was no foul in the immediate build up and the game didn't restart with a free kick after the penalty claim was turned down so this claim seems to be nonsense.
Game re-started with a free out for Rovers just outside the area following a yellow card for a Bohs player. 100%. So not nonsense.
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The Kerry manager was speaking to the local media and there was a full honesty in what he was saying. Discussions have been had in private also. Speaking out publicly depends on the situation. In the context of the discussion with the local media, they were fair comments. The players cannot have any complaints and if they are honest, they will respond in the right way. The manager took full responsibility for the horror show in Galway. That was on him.
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If I'm wrong I stand corrected but on the clip I saw it wasn't clear the ref was playing advantage or what the free and yellow was for unless it was well before the Rovers player passed the ball to Afolabi as there was no foul on that Rovers player. Either way it was terrible refereeing as he should have blown straight away when Rovers lost the ball instead of ignoring Afolabi being brought down and causing the controversy.
Dundalk's former assistant to the regional manager says it wasn't a peno. So that's it wrapped up now and we can all move on.
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From my point of view there was no foul in the build up to the Afolabi chance/penalty claim. The free was given in the aftermath of that where roughly half of the Bohs team crowded the ref to claim for the penalty and the resulting free & booking was given for dissent in an attempt to restore order to proceedings. I don't think any Rovers player called for a foul in the build up and the ref never signalled advantage or blew the whistle in an attempt to stop play until well after the challenge on Afolabi when he was crowded by Bohs players. Why he only booked one of the many players who surrounded him we'll never know. It could be that the player in question said something particularly egregious or it could be that the ref felt any more was excessive or it could just be garden variety incompetence.
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