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The point i am making - as BC seems confused on my earlier post - is that Balogun's card being suspended (which it should not have been once the decision was made) has made a mockery of every other red card whether it was deserved, or whether it was deemed worthy of any review. It gives anyone the ability to question almost any card and ask for it to be suspended rather than automatically applied and that is fundamentally wrong. The ref calls the red card, and at this level it goes to VAR. It's not 100% perfect, but it's what we have. It is upheld or overturned on the field. Decision made. End of story. Player knows he is out for the next game at a minimum. In the following days the disciplinary committee can look at it and determine the ref got it right or wrong. Again, not a perfect system, but it's what we have. They can choose to increase the suspension (as they did with Quansah), or they drop it back to a yellow if they feel the ref got it wrong (which they didn't in either case). However, the act of suspending a card is unheard of. Be honest, was it on anyone's radar until this happened? I had never heard of this happening before at almost any level. Even the 1962 card for Garrincha, which is the only other example cited in almost 200 World Cup red cards, was not suspended, a ban was simply not imposed. At that time, there was no automatic suspension like there is now, but a disciplinary committee chose to issue a warning rather than a match suspension. [full story here and its quite interesting: https://fansided.com/soccer/bribery-secret-calls-and-a-vanishing-witness-inside-world-cup-red-card-fifa-actually-reversed].

Quansah went in studs first, his foot was halfway up shin level before he reached the ball, and if you can see his leg "bouncing" off the ball then you're a better man than I! One replay angle even suggests that he positively, actively planted his studs into the guy's leg - see at 0:17 in the video below. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/videos/cp8rrwk5624o

I can't make head nor tail of it. Both were deserved red cards. Neither intended to do what happened. Both were "out of control". Both (unwittingly) endangered their opponent - Balogun turning over the ankle as he couldn't halt his momentum and Quansah's leg bouncing up off the top of ball. I really struggle to see how they can be viewed differently from a punishment perspective.

https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC149117/filing-history Clearing the decks....

Not a great video of the second goal. Not so much good free kick as bad defending and goalkeeping. ICT2-1.mp4

Full time, Wick Academy 1 - 2 ICT. Didn't really see above likely to make the breakthrough this season, but the right back, he moved left later in the second half, was pretty good.

2-1 ICT. Free kick just outside the box.

Half time 1-1. Pretty even, look good going forward, but some loose stuff in midfield. Wick had a few chances from misplaced passes. Shooting downhill second half.

Penalty to Wick, looked soft, keeper saved low to his right. Still 1-1.

Sam Reid scored in the fourth minute. 31’ | 📢 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗢𝗔𝗔𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗟 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗔𝗖𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗠𝗬!💥" A cross from deep by Sutherland finds Allan who controls and passes to Macgregor. He turns past his opponent and slots the ball home. 65’ | Goal for ICT A well taken FK from 19yds finds the bottom left corner of the goal. Sam Reid opened the scoring and Sam Thompson scored a second half free-kick. Szymon Rebilas also saved a first half penalty.

Wick equaliser, 1-1. Over the top of the defence and couldn't clear.

Not got any team lines, but ICT 1-0 up.

Development squad up in Wick tonight.

... and now the England player got an additional game ban. His studs up challenge WAS deserving of a red card, and possibly even the additional game, but with the Balogun situation, it's just made a nonsense of things. Not able to appeal either.

what day is the new tops on public sale in club show gong buy the new away one

Probably

...am I the only one that likes the new away shirt then? hides

And we’ll also be facing Musa Dibaga after Dunfermline bought him from Crusaders where he apparently did really well.

t new away strip is lucky. ICT have won every game they have worn it for 🤪

We’ll face Liam Polworth this season as he’s joined Livingston.

Just seen Dibaga has signed with Dunfermline

Gold? I see vomit

Go Alfie go, best signing of the summer!

Watched what I thought was the best advert for football so in this WC. It takes two teams to make a great match and Egypt deserve much credit for their part in the game and their willing to attack with speed when the opportunity presented it! The game was kicked into life when Egypt scored early in the match. A penalty miss by Messi (who despite scoring the equaliser, I thought showed his age and had a poor game), just added to drama and tension. The final 30 minutes of the match were absorbing with the final goal a great cross and header. I feel the thing that got Argentina over the line were the Argentina fans. The racket and support when their team was ‘down’ was nothing short of remarkable. bc

That's better. Is it a worry though that we haven't kept a clean sheet in any of these friendlies'?