Quote Originally Posted by MadAmster View Post
Pretty even stevens for 45 minutes. They had the early doors header from Edwards that Wildsmith did well to parry. Later in the half we had Dobbs' header which hit the bar. Barnsley slightly the better for 20 or so minutes and then we grew into the game. Injury time and Edwards thinks he's in a rugby lineout and we get a penalty, well put away by Collo.

They had a good opening 2 or 3 minutes in the 2nd half but we then took control. 3-0 didn't flatter and it could/should have been more. That's now 16 games on the trot where we haven't been beaten in normal time. Just the penalty shoot out loss at Anfield.

All well and good but it won't mean a thing if we don't beat Cheltenham at the weekend. The Cup is no more than a side show for us at the moment. League wins are the only priority.
I've watched the penalty several times and can't see an intentional handball. At best it was ball to hand rather than hand to ball. I'd say the ref was on the take or more likely awarded the pen to ensure the bigger team wins. No controversy that way.Maybe I need to go to specsavers or perhaps the ref does. Either way, we get these decisions against us every week so there's no point in complaining about another one.