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Hill Dickinson Stadium, Liverpool, UK.

07/01/25
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00:00Hi David, just going to go straight into it and ask for your thoughts on Michael
00:19Keane's red card for supposed violent conduct and it's not deliberate
00:29so I don't think any of all those things I've said mean it shouldn't have been a red card
00:35Do you think the referee is unable to apply common sense in that situation now or should
00:43he have been able to?
00:44I think it was a really poor decision to send them to the screen in the first place.
00:50I've said they're on TV so I'm just repeating myself.
00:53Joe Carella got his hair pulled, somebody pulled it, violent conduct, deliberate action, no
01:00problem with that.
01:02This was in the game, this was in the game, on a ball coming up.
01:09Unless you've probably played the game you might not understand and it sounds like maybe
01:12a few haven't understood because they don't play the game and they haven't played the game.
01:15I've been a centre-half.
01:16There's no way I'm jumping to out-jump a big centre-forward and think, by the way I'm
01:21going to out-jump him and at the same time you know something I'm going to pull his hair.
01:25You don't know anybody in the planet who's good enough to think that way when you're jumping
01:31I suppose if everybody grew their hair a bit longer there's always an extra chance that
01:38you could have your hair pulled by accident, in mistake.
01:42A lot of you's couldn't do it because you've got short hair.
01:46But if you want to grow your hair long then I suppose there's a better chance you're
01:49probably going to get your hair pulled.
01:51I thought it was a ridiculous decision.
01:54A bit more by far.
01:55I thought the ridiculous bit came from far.
01:58That's all.
02:06And then what do you think in relation to Jack Grealish?
02:09I mean frustrated with the player on that or do you understand his frustration as that
02:13game unfolded?
02:14I think everybody was frustrated with it.
02:16I think when everybody saw it on the screen everybody went I can't believe it.
02:20I've had a chance to see it many times over now.
02:24And I take the point there is a picture which shows he's as if he's got a clump on his hair.
02:30And certainly not deliberate.
02:33Have you seen, I'm not sure if VAR looked at this or not, but have you seen Huang's tackle
02:39on Harrison Armstrong in the second half?
02:41He got a yellow card.
02:43It also looks a bit of a difficult tackle as well.
02:46So I'd be interested in your thoughts on that later on in the week.
02:49In terms of the result as itself and the performance as itself, but at least before that goal,
02:54what do you make of it?
02:56Not great.
02:57I wasn't particularly happy.
02:59We were a wee bit unlucky not to.
03:01Maybe we were going 2-0 on the half time.
03:03I think we probably needed that.
03:05The stadiums at the moment are getting decent results.
03:17We lost one at the weekend.
03:21Were you starting to worry about everyone's position in the game just before the goal?
03:25It felt like Wolves were just starting to build a little bit of momentum.
03:27They hadn't really created any chances.
03:29We felt as if we hadn't got a grip of it now.
03:31I didn't know if we were just about to pull back together.
03:36We certainly didn't start the same half until the year.
03:45Do you have the capacity to appeal the red card?
03:48It can't be violent conduct.
03:55Were you going to lose him for three games?
03:57I know.
03:58It can't be violent conduct.
04:08If he'd thought he'd pulled his hair then it would be...
04:11If I walk past and I pull somebody's hair, then of course it's violent conduct.
04:15In an action in the game.
04:18I don't know how he does it.
04:19And if he does do it, or even if you thought he did,
04:22how would that warrant a red card?
04:24Why would that be a red card and some of the other tackles wouldn't be?
04:27Letting other things...
04:29You're seeing folk getting pulled down in the box every five minutes,
04:32but you're letting them go.
04:34If I can pull somebody's hair very slightly then you're saying that's a red card.
04:39I know it's a bit of a chaotic ending, but two yellow cards for dissent,
04:56from a player's experience with Jack Grealish must be disappointing in a way,
05:01that even with everything going on and the situation that the team is in,
05:05you've got to keep your head in those sort of situations.
05:08Is that something you need to address with everyone really in terms of...?
05:15Okay, folks?
05:17Cheers.
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