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Greer laments 'worst moment in football'
           

  GORDON Greer admits missing out on the League One play-off final will be his lowest moment in football, but Town’s suspended skipper will put personal disappointment to one side for the good of his
  team.

           

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I still say that it wasn't a sending off! Won the ball in my opinion, yellow card at the most! Perfectly good tackle!

What has winning the ball got to do with it? He's clearly planted his foot into Deon Burton. At first I thought it was harsh but having seen it on TV, I would have been incredibly pissed off as a Charlton fan if it was only a yellow.

Shame, but it was a red. He's followed through (with his foot...)

It wasn't the initial high tackle that was the problem, it was the blatent follow-through.

It was a blatant red.Shame he'll miss the final now

Twas a red, shame he'll miss it, as although he does make the odd error, he's a rock. No coincidence our upturn in fortunes on the pitch started when he joined.

i've raved about thew guy lately and stand by it.i'd have liked him to play next week.
that said i'm not at all worried at him missing the final, as ljf is very good at centre back.

Watch the highlights on skysports.com and the commentator is disgusted by the challenge  :nod:

There have been worse but it was an easy decision for the referee.

The game changed after this so Greer's moment of madness was ultimately worth it. I'm sure Deon Burton wouldn't agree though.

I suppose you could say it was a blessing in disguise! I'm still standing by my decision that a yellow card was more than worthy! Maybe i'm just biased!

He booted Burton in the ribs! Whilst this should be applauded, it is still a red card!

unsure if it a red card tbh. seeing it again and again i think a yellow would have been better

I can understand that DMR, but, for me i don't think he couldn't of stopped the momentum.

it's the typical ball and player challenge.nice to get away with,but not for our gordon

Having watched it again I think that Deon Burton should have been sent off for getting his ribs in the way of our Gordon's foot.

Blatant cheating by the homer Ref :D

I had a similar challenge in my last game of the season against Shortwood United. 50/50 challenge with the right back. Ball about 2-3 ft in the air, both went in and i got the ball (studs showing) and managed to catch the man around the groin area and got penalised for it! I thought this was a totally legitimate challenge.

Ref called me back i send i can't challenge like that etc. I posed the question of asking him of how i should challenge?!?! Because to me and as i've always been told. If you don't go in 100% you get hurt and plus if i dangled my foot, it would of got injured!

Did you get sent off

NOPE! Not even a yellow! Good Times!

Ribs?

Looks like his arm to me.

Whatever it hit, he should have got out of the way.

I don't like Burton, he was crap for us.   He made a meal of it, got Greer sent off.

Greer knew he was gone, why do you think he tried to run off?

Rediculous challenge, didn't even need to win the ball with his foot. People who think that's a yellow are saying that because they are biased.

But oh well it's done and he's missing out.

You need to watch it again. It was absolutely, irrefutably, 100% intentional. Momentum doesn't even come into it. If it was down to momentum his foot would have gone to the ground but he makes a special concerted effort to plant his studs into Burton's chest.

momentum.............jeez ::)

It actually looked to me like he didn't think he would get sent off and was quite surprised to get red carded.

I agree with arriba though. I'm quite happy with LJF. Amazing how a player can look like a nervous, mistake-prone, almost inept liability and yet you move him five yards nearer the middle and he turns into a rock solid centre back ???