Aaron Cresswell will have to sit out a ban after two wrongful decision at the hands of referee Martin Atkinson.
Two entirely undeserved yellow cards – the first of which was given when a penalty should have been awarded for a foul on the left back – wrecked Cressie’s long awaited return.
Fortunately the Hammers ten men clung on but there is no appeal process in such situations and the player will now be sidelined again.
David Gold has made his feelings clear on the Atkinson decisions in a new tweet and confirmed the position saying: “Cresswell is denied a penalty which would have secured a 2-0 victory instead he is booked for diving and misses the next game #nojustice. dg
He added: Unfortunately two wrong decisions made by a referee resulting in two yellow cards followed by a red can not be rescinded. ‘It’s the law.’ dg
However, the co chairman was delighted with the victory and notably the perrformance of midfielder Pedro Obiang who has been gaining many plaudits over the last two games.
He said: “Personally I thought Obiang was superb again today.”
If Atkinson suddenly grew a pair and came out and said he has reviewed the footage and he got either or both decisions wrong, might the PL review? I’m sure he won’t because he is so far embedded up his own a**e to admit to being human and capable of making a mistake, but can it ever happen?
I’ve been accused of being simple-minded on more than one occasion but I don’t understand this, someone posted last night that you can’t appeal a yellow card, it’s the regulations but I don’t get this at all – the Ref made a blatantly wrong decision in booking Cresswell for diving when we’ve all seen the contact in the box in super-slow-motion over and over again!
Then, after a 50-50 grapple with Zaha, he is booked again after the Linesman stuck his oar in, to say this decision was dubious is a massive understatement!
So, one blatantly wrong decision and another really dubious means that West Ham have been penalised for mistakes by the Referee – this is obviously wrong, it’s not justice, not even rough justice – appeal to whoever you can think of – the Ref, the Premier League, the FA, UEFA, FIFA, the European Court of Human Rights, the House of Lords… whoever – kick up a fuss, don’t stand for this, we’ve been screwed!!