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CPFC v Millwall Match Thread

MrRobbo said:
I tend to lean on the side that it wasn't intentional, but gross negligence. And as a professional, he needs to be able to understand the potential danger, even in a slit second. There is likely a bit of cowardliness in there too, should be going with his head really.

The ball was about chest height when he made contact, but the follow through took his boot to 6'3.

IMO I dont think its an exaggeration to say this could have been fatal, he nearly took his head off.

Other bad tackles are punished because they could cause serious injury. For me this is in a whole different category.
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Totally agree. A high boot is penalised regardless of whether it makes contact and this one certainly did. On balance Mateta was lucky since the consequences could have been much more serious, possibly career ending or, God forbid, even worse.
 
CrazyBadger said:
Well said. My sentiments exactly.

I don't think there was any malice in the challenge - I think it was a poor decision by an inexperienced 2nd choice goalkeeper. My problem here is that this shouldn't even be happening. NO player should think that a challenging for a ball with the foot that high is acceptable in any circumstances. For their keeper to think it is, shows a deeper problem. The comments by Alex Neil after the game are part of that problem. Completely irresponsible to attempt to justify his players actions by saying something like 'I thought he got the ball'.
There are reckless potential career ending challenges, and then there are reckless potential life ending challenges. This was the latter and has no place in (any) sport, regardless of how close they were to 'getting the ball'.

I'm undecided on the individuals punishment, however as I see no malice in it. A Red card and 3 game ban for the player? but doesn't seem enough especially for a 2nd choice keeper who only plays in cup games - which they have no more of this season. It'd more likely go for a BAN from football activities for a period of time.

There should though, be further sanctions/Punishments for the club, who have failed to instruct their player on what is and is not acceptable. With that in mind and coupled with Alex Neils comments AND the disgusting chant of the Millwall fans, I'd be looking at either a massive fine and/or banning Millwall from entering the FA Cup next year.
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...and relocating their entire fan base to Chad.
 
Isley46 said:
Same chant from was aimed from Holmesdale at their defender who turned his ankle blocking a cross and went off injured.
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This was done as a direct response to the Millwall fans singing "let him die" to Mateta. The Millwall player simply rolled his ankle and there's no way that chant would have happened without Millwall doing it first, and definitely not if the player was surrounded by medics and clearly in distress. They carried on singing about Mateta's injuy even after he was taken to hospital in an ambulance.

Just because Palace responded in such a way doesn't make us as vile as they are. We are talking about a club's following that think it's harmless fun to wave Turkish flags at Leeds fans. The sad thing is I really wasn't surprised that they did it.
 
Teddy Eagle said:
Apparently there are allegations of homophobic chanting towards Chilwell as well.
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Hardly a crime, but apparently more serious than assault these days. I’m sure there will be some Police Officers planning their own assault on Millwall fans houses looking to right this heinous crime.
 
Eaglecoops said:
Hardly a crime, but apparently more serious than assault these days. I’m sure there will be some Police Officers planning their own assault on Millwall fans houses looking to right this heinous crime.
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The FA are investigating it, because it's a breach of regulations. It has nothing to do with the police.

Quite why anyone would take issue with that I'm not sure.
 
silvertop said:
There is a chance I may have heard similar from our fans when playing our friends from the South Coast.
Let's see how well behaved we are on 5th April..?
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There was a lad who was sentenced to 3 months for singing that chant earlier in the season, think he was Ipswich, never been in trouble with the police, sung it inside Portman Road coz a few others sang it & security copped hold of him then 2 police handcuffed him & took him away. The bbc did a feature on it end of last week.
 
Eagleman13 said:
There was a lad who was sentenced to 3 months for singing that chant earlier in the season, think he was Ipswich, never been in trouble with the police, sung it inside Portman Road coz a few others sang it & security copped hold of him then 2 police handcuffed him & took him away. The bbc did a feature on it end of last week.
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He was banned from attending football matches for 3 years - I don't think there was any prison sentence involved at all, assuming we're talking about the same story.

A few different clubs and individuals have faced bans and fines for similar chants in the last couple of years.
 
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