Morecambe 3 [O’Connor, Ayunga, Stockton] Wycombe 2 thread

[dannymorc1]

Cole the Goal scores again. Superb goal, what a cross from Ayunga. Let's win this Morecambe Super Reds.

[Keith]

Bedeau is superb, what a signing. Wildig playing really well too. O’Connor looking solid.

Man of the Match performances all over the pitch.

Twenty minutes to go, COME ON!!!

[Keith]

Wildig off for Fane!

[dannymorc1]

How was that not a red card. Foul given, last defender, he should be OFF.

[Keith]

HOW THE F*** WAS THAT NOT A RED CARD???

The ‘making a genuine attempt’ only being a yellow card was when a penalty was awarded, so it avoids ‘double jeopardy’? That was a clear foul on the last man, just outside the penalty area.

Ref has been very poor today.

[Keith]

Watch him add ten minutes on at the end!

[Keith]

O’Connor gets the MotM but I would have given it to Ayunga, as would the commentary team.

Five minutes added on! Has a physio been on the pitch? Where has five come from?

[Vinny]

YEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!! BRILLIANT FROM THE SHRIMPS v 12 OPPOSITION

[Keith]

How did Ben Tref find more than a minute more during time added on? Nearly six & half minutes added on when he announced five???

But who cares??? FANTASTIC game & result.

The defeat at Wycombe brought an end to our good run, this could be another turn around in this season!

[dannymorc1]

What a fantastic result. A superb performance throughout. This definitely is the performance of the season. Brilliant.
COME ON YOU MORECAMBE REDS. WOW, WOW,WOW !!!!!!

[black morse]

How badly hurt is Cole?

[dannymorc1]

Get in the pool now Keith!

[Keith]

How badly hurt is Cole?

Don't think it was anything to worry about. Killing some time at the end of the game... ...hopefully.

[Old Man Kensey]

Played so well today. Hope Stockton is okay!
Ref had a mare, talk me through why that isn't a red card please.

[ianmcm]

Fabulous effort! Looked much more solid, even despite conceding 2. Wycombe are a decent side so this is a big result obviously. Hopefully it will add some belief, which would appear to be growing anyhow.

[BerlinWaller]

Two superb but very different performances in a week! What a win! We had a proper front 3 today with Ayunga showing us that he does have it in him to be a League 1 player. He was a danger all game with a goal that took forever to go in and a worldie of a ball for Cole. We battled against a horrible set of players who bullied the weakest Ref i have seen. Wigan were a joy to watch but that mob were horrible. There was a red card offence but it was for the running forearm smash on Shane not the foul on Cole.

Great result, League 1 continues to thrill.

[Keith]

Ref had a mare, talk me through why that isn't a red card please.

They changed the 'interpretation' of red card/last man.

Now I *thought* the situation was, that if there was a foul in the penalty area on the last man AND the defender/keeper was deemed to have 'made a genuine attempt to play the ball' then it was only a penalty to avoid the team being punished twice.

However, this was clearly outside the area. Even if the ref felt it was a 'genuine attempt to play the ball' (which is not how I saw it) it was still denying a clear goalscoring opportunity.

I thought it was still supposed to be a red card when not a penalty. As it is, they didn't face any real punishment for a cynical foul.

Ref did as much as possible to help Wycombe. Their player committed five fouls before getting a yellow, Greg did one and straight in the book.

[BerlinWaller]

Ref had a mare, talk me through why that isn't a red card please.

They changed the 'interpretation' of red card/last man.

Now I *thought* the situation was, that if there was a foul in the penalty area on the last man AND the defender/keeper was deemed to have 'made a genuine attempt to play the ball' then it was only a penalty to avoid the team being punished twice.

However, this was clearly outside the area. Even if the ref felt it was a 'genuine attempt to play the ball' (which is not how I saw it) it was still denying a clear goalscoring opportunity.

I thought it was still supposed to be a red card when not a penalty. As it is, they didn't face any real punishment for a cynical foul.

Ref did as much as possible to help Wycombe. Their player committed five fouls before getting a yellow, Greg did one and straight in the book.

The ball was 10ft in the air, Cole had a lot to do for it to be a clear opportunity.

[Keith]

The ball was 10ft in the air, Cole had a lot to do for it to be a clear opportunity.

You wouldn't have expected Cole to be one-on-one with the keeper if he hadn't been fouled?

[redrobo]

Excellent fight back TWICE and a very encouraging performance from Ayunga who may finally getting to put his game together and become an established starter in EFL1.

Once again AO'C got us back into the game but it's the new lads who have impressed me and brought much needed stability to the defense.

To early to judge Fane but one well timed slide tackle late on was an example of him prepared to go in where it hurts.

We can go forward with a belief that we can get out of the relegation battle. But still hope for a couple of new players and in particular a striker / wing man.

[sandgrown]

fabulous atmosphere, and a great team effort against the top team, Tuesdays first half repeated for 95 mins. today, no weakness anywhere no need to fear top teams from now on.

[Freez]

We won that despite the ref. Taffazolli should have been yellowed for his first foul, he was holding Cole then dragged him down when he turned him. But the refs weak decision making enabled Wycombe to bully us, case in point was the second goal. Fouls by Akinfenwa on Ockers when he headed away, he barged him while heading, jumping at the man. Cole did it first half and got penalised for the same thing!
Ayunga was the pick but to a man, we stood up to be counted. Onwards.

[glagys]

The ref was the worst I have down here for some time now,
tafazolli was all over Cole first 20 mins with the ref never giving Cole the decision, then the ball goes out of play and the ref has a word with taf,now if he didn’t think he was fouling Cole why speak to him, then a blatant shirt pull on Cole gets taf a talking to ( should have been a booking), the match was an hour old before he got a yellow,
Great result against a horrid spoiling team ( Ben Toners blue army )
He should never ref again

[fulwoodshrimp]

I thought Ayunga had a great game and troubled the Wycombe defence constantly. I thought the referee Ben Toner was awful and he allowed Akinfenwa to persistently foul his marker. One of the few pieces of decent refereeing was the advantage he played befor our equaliser. I think he is highly regarded as a referee by the Football League but he is one of those who thinks the game is all about him. Must be the worst referee imo at the Mazuma this season and we have had a few poor ones.

[fulwoodshrimp]

Surely someone at the EFL should view the whole game and see what a biased, incompetent referee we had today and decide he is no longer needed in this beautiful game. He favoured Wycombe constantly and did his best to get them 3 points. No suggestion of impartiality at all about his performance.