POST-MATCH THREAD: Charlton Athletic vs Stockport County: Saturday 19th October 2024: KO 15:00

Covered End said:

Bedsaddick said:

Weegie Addick said:

Covered End said:

Stig said:

Surprised there hasn't been much talk about the penalty. Is the consensus here that it was fair? From where I sat, it looked like Mannion was absolutely right to challenge and that he won the ball first. Expected people on here to be fuming about it.

For the most part it was a dull game against a bunch of spoilers, officiated by a buffoon of the highest order. The time wasting antics are beyond a joke now. This has to be stopped, it is ruining the game. And yes, I would say exactly the same if it was us.

Thought Leaburn coming on made a huge difference for us. Both in upping the skill level and the atmosphere. The last half hour was a joy to watch; the first hour, not so much. I love the way that Leaburn's physicality belies his skill. He's much like Chucks in that respect. I'd love to see the pair of them up front terrorising defences. Though I suppose we'll never see that for more than twenty minutes at a time.

Mannion cleared the ball and then collided with their player.
Years ago that is not a foul.
What is the law now, I don't know?

I do know that in the Liverpool v Chelsea game a similar incident occurred, albeit the ball  was on the deck.
The Chelsea goalie kicked the ball first and then clattered the player and a penalty wasn't given.
So I don't think Stockport should have had a penalty.
All I can say in defence of the referee, was it was far clearer from behind the goal than watching on TV and presumably from the ref's view.

Don’t think Mannion cleared the ball? 

He didn’t . At the time I didn’t think it was a pen but seeing the replay , the ref had no choice. It’s the defenders, though , that put Mannion in that position in the first place . 

As I said above you 100% can't see that he cleared the ball on the TV/highlights and I'm sure anyone watching on the highlights thinks I need to go to Specsavers.
But you could from behind the goal. All 5 of us thought so.