George "Brain Dead" Ray

[jamesdad]

I am not a fan of Ray but feel is has some talent as a center half that will suit another club. When he made the rash challenge at the beginning of the second half he was aware of the ref and that he was going to get a yellow card followed by a red. He then acted as if he had been badly injured by staying prone and this resulted in the trainer coming on and eventually the stretcher party. Even the ref was concerned he had a serious injury. When the stretcher arrives he gets up and starts to walk off. He has let his fellow team mates down by making the rash challenge . He has tried to deceive the ref over his injury. He has tried to convince his own medical team that he had a serious injury. Most of all he has lost the support of the fans, when I saw a few people standing and applauding him as he left the field , I shouted out and challenged them that he had tried to cheat everyone by his actions . Artell in his after match interview was fuming by his actions and I feel that Ray should not play again for the club as his actions were a disgrace .

[AstonAlex]

It was a rather bizarre sequence of events and I wonder if his fooling around led the referee to only give him a second yellow rather than the straight red I thought he deserved. Credit to to Cheltenham player for getting up pretty fast and not milking it too.

Can’t see him starting again, barring injury, but likely to be on the bench as we’re a bit short at the back - only 4 fit and available first teamers i think. A good time to recall Offord, Sass-Davies from loan as we haven’t got much to play for? If Ray really has burnt his boats with the manager we need to know if they’re good enough - although I reckon Artell is a bit more forgiving than some in the stands! As Jamesdad says he does have talent, and not just for recklessness.