I think it is more likely that one day we'll find out that the team was on the pay of an Asian betting syndicate!
I'm not being serious, but if ever there was an ICT game that we tried to lose, it was this one. Defender & keeper contrive to give away 2 early goals, unnecessary penalty next, then 2 players get themselves sent off.
Neither of those tackles was a red - Tansey pulled out and dropped his foot, and Watkins didn't touch the player, only the ball. That clown of a referee bought the dives. I hope Hughes brings in a ballet teacher to train the players in tragic, twisting aerial dives for the final....
Seen them both on tv now. Tansey did pull out of the tackle, although it did still catch the guy, Yellow card only.
Watkins won the ball fairly, and was the victim of an Oscar winning dive and acting.
Did not make a bit of difference to the final score, but I hate todays ref from previous games. Maybe it was the ref who was paid from the far East and not our players.
Needed to get the poor performances out of the way before next weekend