Should Kasper Schmeichel have been sent off?

[Jimmy]

another point which really annoyed me was the amount of times the ref was just in the way,his positioning was poor and probably led to Scheichel staying on

[MPH]

The player has to deny an obvious goal scoring opportunity.

could it of been more of an obvious opportunity?

the key word is 'opportunity' not obvious. an opportunity does not mean he has to be nailed on to score but to shoot and with him rounding the keeper i dont think you get more of an opportunity than that..

[acooling08]

Sure he should of gone but it didn't make too much difference - if he'd of made a great save on Kings shot then yes I would still be fuming.

And whats up with BBC not showing Bednars peno but showing the Leeds shout? Wankers.

[RedHux]

Speaking as someone who's fairly impartial, it was a pen but not a sending off as has been said DV was clearly looking for the penalty, either after he'd knocked it past KS or he didn't fancy himself to score and was doing that annoying trailing leg thing.

The Leeds penalty would've been a bit harsh for yourselves, but some refs go for that sort of thing..

Haven't seen the Bednar one but he seems to have inner ear trouble at the best of times.

[Kitchandro]

Speaking as someone who's fairly impartial, it was a pen but not a sending off as has been said DV was clearly looking for the penalty, either after he'd knocked it past KS or he didn't fancy himself to score and was doing that annoying trailing leg thing.

The Leeds penalty would've been a bit harsh for yourselves, but some refs go for that sort of thing..

Haven't seen the Bednar one but he seems to have inner ear trouble at the best of times.

That makes no difference, if it was given as a foul it had to be a red card because it was clearly a denial of a goalscoring opporunity.

[maddog]

A yellow was a fair decision i thought.

Vassell seemed to take a heavy touch, take his second touch round Kasper (the ball was then probably going out of play but it's questionable), then he 'fell over' Kasper. Kasper defo made contact, it was a clear penalty but a yellow card was a good choice. Vassell had lost control of the ball slightly.

I know theres rules in the refs handbook that says thats a red, but there needs to be some bend in those rules sometimes at the refs discretion, so a yellow was fair on this one.

I wouldn't quite go as far to say Vassell played for the foul, but who knows maybe he did a little bit.

If Kirkland or Weale were sent off for that one i would go mental and see it as unfair so the same has to be said for the opposition goalie.

[acooling08]

I just think that getting a yellow - the same punishment for throwing the ball away - just isn't enough because of how widespread yellows are today.

[Kitchandro]

Vassell had gone round the goalkeeper yes? so he had quite a good chance of scoring. It was a denial of a clear goalscoring opportunity. 9 times out of 10 you see players sent off for it, the 1 left over is when the ref has a shocker. I don't see how there can be an argument to suggest otherwise.

It makes no difference whether it was a foul, if he was looking for it, if it was a complete dive or if instead of Vassell it was Akinbiyi. It was a denial of a clear goalscoring opportunity and therefore it was worthy a red card. If a foul is given, a red card should be given.

[whitlock]

Vassel is fooking rapid

[Finnegan]

Got to agree with Kitchensink, here.

The rules shouldn't really be open to wishy-washy interpretation, that's when you get ridiculous inconsistency and people becoming frustrated with the officials.

He either dived and needs to be booked or he's brought down, it doesn't matter how harsh it would have been on Kasper Schmeichel - football isn't a sentimental sport. You can debate whether Vassell would have gotten there until the cows come home. A piano COULD have fallen from the sky. Space and time COULD have imploded seconds before the ball crossed the line. Who cares? He was obviously round the keeper and he had more than a small chance of putting the ball into an empty net.

Of course it was a goal scoring opportunity. Of course it was a red card.

[Yorkshire Blue]

On a slightly related topic, did anyone notice Wellens lunge to take the Leeds player out at 2-2 when they were breaking forward late on. Would've been a 'certain' red even though he wasn't denying a scoring opportunity as it was cynical and dangerous. Just wondering if anyone else noticed?

[gazfox9]

Got to agree with Kitchensink, here.

The rules shouldn't really be open to wishy-washy interpretation, that's when you get ridiculous inconsistency and people becoming frustrated with the officials.

He either dived and needs to be booked or he's brought down, it doesn't matter how harsh it would have been on Kasper Schmeichel - football isn't a sentimental sport. You can debate whether Vassell would have gotten there until the cows come home. A piano COULD have fallen from the sky. Space and time COULD have imploded seconds before the ball crossed the line. Who cares? He was obviously round the keeper and he had more than a small chance of putting the ball into an empty net.

Of course it was a goal scoring opportunity. Of course it was a red card.

Couldn't agree more. Once the penalty is awarded a red card should have followed. How anyone in the world could deny Schmeichel denied Vassell a goalscoring opportunity is beyond me.

[DB11]

could it of been more of an obvious opportunity?

the key word is 'opportunity' not obvious. an opportunity does not mean he has to be nailed on to score but to shoot and with him rounding the keeper i dont think you get more of an opportunity than that..

No, the key word is obvious. Gallagher has an opportunity to score when he tries to hit it from the half way line. Does that mean the guy should be sent off for fouling him?