Cheltenham Town v Exeter City Official Matchday Thread

[andrew p long]

Yep, completely agree.

Me too. From this angle it looks a clear foul... by the forward on Pym...

 

[StroudGrecian]

At times I think we invite too much pressure when we are winning or drawing, we often sit too deep, when were are 1 - 0 up I think our side is better suited to looking for another rather than simply protecting what we have.

Have to agree with this, seemed to me both Collins and Taylor were in the 'holding midfielder' role - belt and braces for our generally trustworthy defence, but this shape blunted our offensive play, with Bowman and Jay isolated.

 

[STURTZ]

Pym sees the cross, goes for it and punches it clear, their forward is purely incidental, no penalty.

 

[elginCity]

I can't see anyway that that is a penalty, possibly Troy Brown touched Varneys shirt?

Devils advocate, here. Agree with that, it appears to me that Troy propelled Varney into Christy's path before motoring right into the net and laying prone for quite some time, as 'guilty' players often do.

 

[fred binneys head]

So why was Christy booked?

 

[elginCity]

So why was Christy booked?

After the pen awarded he ran straight at the ref, poss verbals ?

 

[Hants_red]

As to the second Pym booking, it was similar in some ways to the incident at Northampton where he barged Sam Foley out of the way to get the ball, and it was Foley who got booked!

 

[scottus86]

Alternative viewing angle in this video from Cheltenham Town https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoenpjTJ5Fk

From that angle it's a foul on Pym. Pym has come out, punched the ball away and the been "poleaxed" by their forward. Our freekick, even if the forward was injured.

Not only that, the same ref missed a blatant penalty against Macclesfield. We have been on the bad end of many reffing decisions this season, whether that's minutes being added on on top of the stoppage time proposed, soft cards given, penalties for us being missed and soft ones being given, but it all evens itself out over the season, so we should get a few penalties in the next few games, we'll probably miss them though.

 

[PeteUSA]

Devils advocate, here. Agree with that, it appears to me that Troy propelled Varney into Christy's path before motoring right into the net and laying prone for quite some time, as 'guilty' players often do.

I think you're right, based on the footage from the side, which would have been the referees view. I think he gave the penalty for the shove on Varney that propelled him in an awkward fashion into Pym. Its a bit of a blur but thats how it looks; a little more than "touching his shirt" I feel.

 

[burtiew]

Can we appeal against the first booking?