Jatta banned and fined

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Originally Posted by i961pie

If it was the other way round I guarantee that 99% of Notts fans would have said it was a red card.

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The same ones who shout for an offside from a throw in :).

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Originally Posted by Lullapie

Totally agree. We watched it live on TV and when it happened we didn?t even think it was a foul.
I think the fact that Jatta was being fouled prior worked against him when he was up before the FA.

If you watch in real time, the referee wasn?t even going to blow until Reeve shouted at him and then did an imaginary card gesture.

Wimbledon have been really well protected over the whole incident.

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At the time, I was incensed that the ref had given a freekick TO THEM and not us. It didn't even occur to me that he'd send Jatta off. It wasn't a too footed challenge, he didn't touch the player, and he wasn't out of control. If he was out of control, he wouldn't have perfectly timed the tackle to win the ball and not touch the man.

As someone else said, Wimbledon have been really well protected. The guy pretending to be hurt and holding his face, of all things, is a disgrace. But the reason clubs like that go all-in for the ****housery is because it works. The amount of times they pulled our players' shirts across both legs was ridiculous. It was basically their default tactic if one of our players got away. The refs should have stamped it our early by booking them.

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Originally Posted by slack_pie

At the time, I was incensed that the ref had given a freekick TO THEM and not us. It didn't even occur to me that he'd send Jatta off. It wasn't a too footed challenge, he didn't touch the player, and he wasn't out of control. If he was out of control, he wouldn't have perfectly timed the tackle to win the ball and not touch the man.

As someone else said, Wimbledon have been really well protected. The guy pretending to be hurt and holding his face, of all things, is a disgrace. But the reason clubs like that go all-in for the ****housery is because it works. The amount of times they pulled our players' shirts across both legs was ridiculous. It was basically their default tactic if one of our players got away. The refs should have stamped it our early by booking them.

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I agree about the shirt pulls. My impression was that they are organised and committed and pull shirts a lot to gain an advantage. I couldn't really tell you what else they do. Will be interesting watching them in the final aganst a neutral team to see if I think that without my black and white tinted glasses on.

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Originally Posted by i961pie

If it was the other way round I guarantee that 99% of Notts fans would have said it was a red card.

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Of course, and 99% would have been wrong IMO.

With the Dons about to win it’s clear that cheats do actually prosper.

Play acting happens every week and I actually thought when watching the game Smith was exactly what we need in our side, physicality, energy and decent on the ball.
The disappointing thing is Jatta gave the ref a decision to make, then slaps their player all when we have a second leg to go, ironically he?d been out muscled and timid at least since Christmas.

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Originally Posted by kill_the_drum

Of course, and 99% would have been wrong IMO.

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They might have been wrong with hindsight and slow motion replays.