No. Not according to Diddee's Irish centre half (the one that SHOULD have been sent off)
DUNDEE defender Darren O’Dea PRAISED Harry Forrester for kicking back at Dens Park.
The Rangers star scored their first at Dens Park.
Forrester was booked early in the second half before escaping a second yellow card after a couple of further late challenges.
But asked if he felt Forrester should have been sent off, O’Dea said: “No, he probably gets kicked more than he kicks out so fair play to him, he probably handled himself well.
“He caught me a peach but that’s the way it goes.
“I said to the ref that he had a few chances but he is a good player and was probably just handling himself.
“He probably was a bit lucky but listen it makes no difference now. The game is finished.
“To be honest with you, if it was one of my little strikers kicking centre halves I wouldn’t mind either.”
Dens boss Paul Hartley also shrugged off the controversy.
He said: He could possibly have gone but I am not here to get players sent off. That is the referee’s responsibility.
“I am more interested in my team and how they perform and the second-half performance really pleased me.”
Gers boss Mark Warburton substituted Forrester seconds after he escaped a second yellow card.
But he insisted it had nothing to do with any fears that he might be sent off.
He said: “We were going to substitute him anyway.
“I was going to do all three on the hour mark but David Weir and Jim Stewart mentioned about the danger of losing a player as we did with Waggy last week. But Michael O’Halloran was always coming on for Harry.
“That was the plan, to bring on some intensity and urgency.”
Asked if Forrester could have been sent off, Warburton added: “Another referee might have given it. I’m not sure.”
The Gers boss was more annoyed with referee Thomson’s decision to end the first half without any stoppage time.
He groaned: “I’m a bit bemused that there’s not a second extra.
“We get a free kick 21, 22 yards out in a great position for us, the clock goes from 44.59 to 45 and the whistle goes. I’ve never seen that happen anywhere else.”
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