Sour Grapes

[davieG]

Perhaps I should send him the highlights

STAN TERNENT slammed referee Andy Hall as Town slumped 3-2 at home to League I leaders Leicester City.

The manager was frustrated at a series of decisions by the West Midlands whistler in a match settled by Lloyd Dyer’s scuffed stoppage-time winner.

His main gripe was over the 65th-minute penalty which allowed Matty Fryatt to put the Foxes two up with his second goal of the afternoon (his first was in the 50th minute).

Hall ruled that right-back Jim Goodwin had handled Dyer’s cross, but Ternent insisted: “He went to block the ball, and while I’m not saying it didn’t hit his arm, there was no danger and the lad was outside the 18-yard box and near the dead-ball line.

“It’s quite incredible.

“We talk about the Respect programme, but the referee came off at half-time and said he had made only one mistake. At the end I asked him how many mistakes and he said ‘none’. Where’s the respect?”

[AmericanScott]

He needs to start wearing some specs if he can't see that ball was clearly in play.

[thybluefox]

! What a bad loser, the lad was in the penalty box, and the ball hit his arm, its as simple as that.

Thank god we don't have a manager like that anymore.

[lildave3]

Tit.

[JakeShingler]

He needs to start wearing some specs if he can't see that ball was clearly in play.

Maybe Specsavers.

[hairy]

He should manage Sheffield United. He and the Chairman would get on very well.

[Bert]

I think Ternent meant that Lloyd was outside the box. Not that it matters.

[General Smuts]

Good save by Jim Goodwin.

[Lovejoy]

Whata fool . Times like this I actually feels sorry for refs.

[Wasyls Pec Deck]

I would've thought with all Stans years in football he would know the rules by now... if the ball hits a defenders hand in the area its a penalty, end of. berk

[Unabomber]

Some Hudds fans also feel hard done by with the pen, but the guy had his hands up and handled the ball as it was going across goal, so it is a penalty.

Just sour grapes.

[Jimmy]

Some Hudds fans also feel hard done by with the pen, but the guy had his hands up and handled the ball as it was going across goal, so it is a penalty.

Just sour grapes.

most of them are too busy bitching about Lloyd Dyer's celebration

[thybluefox]

most of them are too busy bitching about Lloyd Dyer's celebration

Haha, yeah, I saw that on the highlights, what a lad!

[The Reverend]

[davieG]

I think Ternent meant that Lloyd was outside the box. Not that it matters.

Well if he did, and you may be right what relevance does that have to hand ball offence

[Jonezy]

Bet he hasn't tried to concede a penalty/red card combo early in game just for the FA to rescind the red card. TWICE! Then this one makes a nice change, as it is actually a pretty straight forward penalty decision.

[Babylon]

there was no danger

I'd say that was quite a dangerous position for us to be in crossing from there. I really don't see what the argument is, the guy was sliding in to block the ball with his hand sticking out. If he was stood still and the ball was blasted at him I could understand their point of view, but this isn't a case of ball to hand because he threw himself in the way!!!!!

[dandannieldanok]

How he can say that isn't a penalty is beyond me, the bloke is a bumbling old fool.

[Daggers]

How he can say that isn't a penalty is beyond me, the bloke is a bumbling old fool.

Maybe the quote was made before he and the world had the opportunity to see DavieG's still?

[dandannieldanok]

Maybe the quote was made before he and the world had the opportunity to see DavieG's still?

He had already realised in his quote that the ball had been handled and you would have to be poorly sighted to say that wasn't in the area. The still just confirms what the ref and everyone in the ground saw.

[Corky]

most of them are too busy bitching about Lloyd Dyer's celebration

That was class, they wouldn't have been complaining if it was the other way round.

Poor old Stanley, slightly bitter. Maybe he should be asking why our striker was allowed to turn and pass inside their area?

[Koke]

Lloyd Dyer's celebration was class.

Get in there, son.

[Corky]

Lloyd Dyer's celebration was class.

Get in there, son.

He was just copying that boy who tried to kick the ball into the car at half-time

[JoelGoddard]

Stan needs to think about what he's saying. Still, if he's happy to make himself sound like a moron then that's fine with me. The ball hit Goodwin's arm in the area. It was a clear penalty. Given his logic, I assume that if the same were to happen in our penalty area then Stan would come out and say "a penalty should definitely not have been given." He'd definitely claim a penalty if that was the case! The ref got it spot on and everyone knows it.

[Thracian]

Clearly a penalty and, not that it's relevent to the decision, clearly a position from which Leicester might well have had a chance of scoring. So Stan collects no more points than his team.

What really pleases me about all this though is that our manager has stayed detached, sympathised with Stan's right to his point of view and graciously pocketed three points without the faintest flicker of triumphalism.

Exactly the sort of reaction which will avoid unnecessarily antagonising the opposition and which will simply keep us focused on the job that is important to us which is simply concentrating on the next game and trying to win some more points.

It might not seem particularly important but if the manager demands that his players are focused and don't allow things to disturb their concentration, then setting his own example over this issue will only emphasise the point.

So often, as on this occasion, Pearson's reaction to situations is professionalism personified. In time that professionalism could be important, especially if we avoid the sort of ill considered and contradictory comments by which Holloway used to weaken his position generally and especially his credibility with the players.