Were they penalties on Morrison?

From where I sit in the Ninian, it looked like Morrison was being pulled down in the box. At one point, he nearly had his shirt taken off him.

Anyone see the incidents and did then mention anything on Sky. Was going to look at my recording but can’t remember what time the incidents occurred. Anyone remember :thumbup:

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Originally Posted by Auntie Andy

From where I sit in the Ninian, it looked like Morrison was being pulled down in the box. At one point, he nearly had his shirt taken off him.

Anyone see the incidents and did then mention anything on Sky. Was going to look at my recording but can’t remember what time the incidents occurred. Anyone remember :thumbup:

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Just after we scored our 2nd was the most obvious foul

There was one incident where he was definitely having his shirt pulled and the co-commentator thought it was a penalty, but Morrison was deliberately falling backwards and making the most of it. I reckon you'd feel aggrieved if a penalty was given against you in those circumstances. Can't remember anything being highlighted other than that one incident.

Big bug bear of mine. If that happens anywhere else in the pitch , would the ref give a free kick ? The answer is yes.

Refs seem to think the rules outside the box don’t apply inside.

One of them was definitely a penalty, Colback hauled Morrison to the floor

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Originally Posted by City123

One of them was definitely a penalty, Colback hauled Morrison to the floor

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He must be a good deal stronger than he looks.

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Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman

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He must be a good deal stronger than he looks.

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Grab and fall backwards, never fails :thumbup:

Good way of making referees think the attacker backed into you as well, making you fall

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Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman

There was one incident where he was definitely having his shirt pulled and the co-commentator thought it was a penalty, but Morrison was deliberately falling backwards and making the most of it. I reckon you'd feel aggrieved if a penalty was given against you in those circumstances. Can't remember anything being highlighted other than that one incident.

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Cheers :thumbup:

There was one point he was being pulled and the other forest player climbing all over him

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Originally Posted by City123

Grab and fall backwards, never fails :thumbup:

Good way of making referees think the attacker backed into you as well, making you fall

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To be honest, it's two aspects of the modern game I hate - the constant shirt pulling and the falling backwards with your arms in the air. As if a shirt tug could bring a big lump like Morrison to the ground (in slow motion with his arms in the air, I hasten to add). So many players do that these days. Cheating either way as far as I'm concerned.

The Colback one I saw on a replay and it looked a lot more than a shirt pull.

When I saw it I thought it was a clear penalty, but it seems s bit of a lottery.

Don't understand why they didn't have a bigger man marking Morrison as Colback would have had no chance in a free jump against him

Can't remember any others.

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Originally Posted by Lawnmower

The Colback one I saw on a replay and it looked a lot more than a shirt pull.

When I saw it I thought it was a clear penalty, but it seems s bit of a lottery.

Don't understand why they didn't have a bigger man marking Morrison as Colback would have had no chance in a free jump against him

Can't remember any others.

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I don't know why gunnar didn't aim for mozza every time forests marking was laughably

The game's biggest offender is that twat Shawcross. How he doesn't get red cards for his constant physicalities at set pieces I do not know. Every ref must know what he's doing. Makes my blood boil :furious:

The colback one was definitely a penalty all day. The others looked like he was pulling the others shirts as much as his own.

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Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman

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He must be a good deal stronger than he looks.

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Ive never seen anyone so confident in the absolute bollocks they post. Have you ever played a game of football? It’s really easy to be pulled off balance. Especially when you aren’t expecting it.

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Originally Posted by Croesy Blue

Ive never seen anyone so confident in the absolute bollocks they post. Have you ever played a game of football? It’s really easy to be pulled off balance. Especially when you aren’t expecting it.

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Sincere apologies for my confidence in my opinions. I appreciate I should be a lot more insecure about them given the high level of intellectual debate on this board.

Yeah, I've played football. I was shit, though.

Watched an awful lot of it over the years too. It's odd how easily players big players can get pulled down by smaller, weaker ones when they are standing still with their arms in the air, isn't it?

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Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman

Sincere apologies for my confidence in my opinions. I appreciate I should be a lot more insecure about them given the high level of intellectual debate on this board.

Yeah, I've played football. I was shit, though.

Watched an awful lot of it over the years too. It's odd how easily players big players can get pulled down by smaller, weaker ones when they are standing still with their arms in the air, isn't it?

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Being over 6 foot normally comes with rubbish balance .

Probably more difficult to pull over a short player

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Originally Posted by Lawnmower

Being over 6 foot normally comes with rubbish balance .

Probably more difficult to pull over a short player

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I reckon you could pull pretty much anyone over if they're looking to be pulled over.

There have been numerous occasions this season where Cardiff City should have been awarded penalties for fouls on Morrison in the penalty area.

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Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman

Sincere apologies for my confidence in my opinions. I appreciate I should be a lot more insecure about them given the high level of intellectual debate on this board.

Yeah, I've played football. I was shit, though.

Watched an awful lot of it over the years too. It's odd how easily players big players can get pulled down by smaller, weaker ones when they are standing still with their arms in the air, isn't it?

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It was a penalty.

Same as a couple of others. They couldnt handle him and resorted to pulling and holding him. The ref allowed it to carry on. This was the most obvious one.

He wasnt just standing still he was looking to move and jump. He had no need to just throw himself to the floor as he would have murdered them without the fouls.

Could he have stood up.? Probably but as he was being fouled and had no chance of winning the ball because of the foul and he had got nothing previously he went to ground highlighting the foul.

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Originally Posted by Hilts

He had no need to just throw himself to the floor

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In the incident I'm talking about he didn't. He just fell backwards, slowly, with his arms in the air.

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Originally Posted by Nick

There have been numerous occasions this season where Cardiff City should have been awarded penalties for fouls on Morrison in the penalty area.

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Then perhaps we need to reassess who we target in the penalty area.

Morrison will take 2 men out of the game. Why not aim for Bamba or more annoyingly, Manga who seems to be told to stay back on every corner. Would much prefer one of the smaller lads stay back such as Bryson to allow Manga to go up.

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Originally Posted by WJ99mobile

Then perhaps we need to reassess who we target in the penalty area.

Morrison will take 2 men out of the game. Why not aim for Bamba or more annoyingly, Manga who seems to be told to stay back on every corner. Would much prefer one of the smaller lads stay back such as Bryson to allow Manga to go up.

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Bamba got the assist didnt he? Not sure if he was being aimed for though.

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Originally Posted by Hilts

Bamba got the assist didnt he? Not sure if he was being aimed for though.

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I didn’t think so I thought it was a great recovery.

Just watched the incidents from my recording. Morrison was definitely dragged to the ground by his arm by Colback. The commentator said it was a definite penalty. The other one was where a defender jumped on his back whilst the other pulled his shirt. Both could have been given as penalties.

Stonewall pens, couldn`t believe the ref didn`t send Morrison off for his constant fouling of the forest attackers, should,ve been 3 pens at least to them,.. oh you mean up the other end , No.

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Originally Posted by Auntie Andy

Just watched the incidents from my recording. Morrison was definitely dragged to the ground by his arm by Colback. The commentator said it was a definite penalty. The other one was where a defender jumped on his back whilst the other pulled his shirt. Both could have been given as penalties.

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Don't you know Morrison is a big fella though??

So, no penalty for me.

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Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman

I reckon you could pull pretty much anyone over if they're looking to be pulled over.

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Why would he 'look to be pulled over' ? He is dominant in the air and given a clean jump is likely to score

If the defender grabs him and pulls him over then it's not surprising he'll go down.

Sometimes they are given , sometimes they aren't - often because he's involved in the grappling too.

This one though was just a defender panicking because he was completely mismatched against a player who'd already scored and was likely to do so again.

What about that Fox fkr for elbowing Patterson

Straight red card imo but ref didn’t see it

Will he get a retrospective ted card for what was a truly irresponsible act of senseless gbh