POST-MATCH THREAD: Charlton Athletic v Sheffield Wednesday: Saturday 18th October 2025: KO 15:00

JamesSeed

panther10 said:

Was in control ,but yet again like derby and preston away poor second half . And please stop with the kelman tc love affair it clearly dosent work 10 games 0 goals between them

Kelman and tc ironically play a major role in the defence, with their pressing and harrying. 

Take them off at the same time and … well, we all saw what happened. 

Coveredendchoir

PeterGage said:

eastterrace6168 said:

Mick McManus would have been proud of that forearm smash on Tanto...
Makes you wonder what violent conduct looks like to the FA...

It was NOT violent conduct. Law 12 is quite clear: namely if, in the opinion of the referee, the ball was part of the whole incident, the offence is serious foul play. Incidents of violent conduct are such things as a punch or headbutt etc "off of the ball".

I’d imagine the refs report went like this:

Details of incident: none: I didn’t see jack shit

Also reporting: Assistant referee saw it and told me to give a red as the attempted decapitation of the Charlton forward was almost successful! While GK feigned injury we waited for at least 3/4mins then I sent him off. 

PeterGage

Coveredendchoir said:

PeterGage said:

eastterrace6168 said:

Mick McManus would have been proud of that forearm smash on Tanto...
Makes you wonder what violent conduct looks like to the FA...

It was NOT violent conduct. Law 12 is quite clear: namely if, in the opinion of the referee, the ball was part of the whole incident, the offence is serious foul play. Incidents of violent conduct are such things as a punch or headbutt etc "off of the ball".

I’d imagine the refs report went like this:

Details of incident: none: I didn’t see jack shit

Also reporting: Assistant referee saw it and told me to give a red as the attempted decapitation of the Charlton forward was almost successful! While GK feigned injury we waited for at least 3/4mins then I sent him off. 

"Imagine" is no clear evidence of what the referee saw or did'nt see.

The assisant referee is part of the mechanism for match control, so I am glad that you acknowledge his correct involvement.

LargeAddick

PeterGage said:

Coveredendchoir said:

PeterGage said:

eastterrace6168 said:

Mick McManus would have been proud of that forearm smash on Tanto...
Makes you wonder what violent conduct looks like to the FA...

It was NOT violent conduct. Law 12 is quite clear: namely if, in the opinion of the referee, the ball was part of the whole incident, the offence is serious foul play. Incidents of violent conduct are such things as a punch or headbutt etc "off of the ball".

I’d imagine the refs report went like this:

Details of incident: none: I didn’t see jack shit

Also reporting: Assistant referee saw it and told me to give a red as the attempted decapitation of the Charlton forward was almost successful! While GK feigned injury we waited for at least 3/4mins then I sent him off. 

"Imagine" is no clear evidence of what the referee saw or did'nt see. The assisant referee is part of the mechanism for match control, so I am glad that you acknowledge his correct involvement.

I sit in the Curbs Stand. Why is it the linesman didn’t flag when the incident occurred? I’m also not convinced it was him who ‘spoke’ to the ref, more likely the fourth official in my opinion. They may between them have reached the right decision but it was farcical and you’d hope someone would have a quiet word with the officials to explain where they went wrong.

eastterrace6168

The keeper came out intent on wiping out Tanto, knew he couldn't legally get the ball so got the man, that's intent and violent conduct imo...

bobmunro

PeterGage said:

eastterrace6168 said:

Mick McManus would have been proud of that forearm smash on Tanto...
Makes you wonder what violent conduct looks like to the FA...

It was NOT violent conduct. Law 12 is quite clear: namely if, in the opinion of the referee, the ball was part of the whole incident, the offence is serious foul play. Incidents of violent conduct are such things as a punch or headbutt etc "off of the ball".

I agree that the incident wasn't violent conduct as defined in the laws of the game. It was however, in my opinion, still serious foul play as defined in said Law 12 which would routinely carry a three match ban.

A player is guilty of serious foul play if he uses excessive force or brutality
against an opponent when challenging for the ball when it is in play.
A tackle that endangers the safety of an opponent must be sanctioned as
serious foul play.

PeterGage

LargeAddick said:

PeterGage said:

Coveredendchoir said:

PeterGage said:

eastterrace6168 said:

Mick McManus would have been proud of that forearm smash on Tanto...
Makes you wonder what violent conduct looks like to the FA...

It was NOT violent conduct. Law 12 is quite clear: namely if, in the opinion of the referee, the ball was part of the whole incident, the offence is serious foul play. Incidents of violent conduct are such things as a punch or headbutt etc "off of the ball".

I’d imagine the refs report went like this:

Details of incident: none: I didn’t see jack shit

Also reporting: Assistant referee saw it and told me to give a red as the attempted decapitation of the Charlton forward was almost successful! While GK feigned injury we waited for at least 3/4mins then I sent him off. 

"Imagine" is no clear evidence of what the referee saw or did'nt see. The assisant referee is part of the mechanism for match control, so I am glad that you acknowledge his correct involvement.

I sit in the Curbs Stand. Why is it the linesman didn’t flag when the incident occurred? I’m also not convinced it was him who ‘spoke’ to the ref, more likely the fourth official in my opinion. They may between them have reached the right decision but it was farcical and you’d hope someone would have a quiet word with the officials to explain where they went wrong.

Genuine question: "what part of the incident was farcial"? From my perspective, the referee perhaps visually followed the ball longer than was necessary and thus slightly delayed stopping the game; but I wouldn't class it as "farcial". Just my opinion, of course.

PeterGage

eastterrace6168 said:

The keeper came out intent on wiping out Tanto, knew he couldn't legally get the ball so got the man, that's intent and violent conduct imo...

So, you agree the ball was in play and part of the whole incident; thus Serious Foul Play imo. I guess we disagree, so let's leave it at that. Have a good day

Garrymanilow

NabySarr said:

Champs85 said:

I really struggle to see what others do with TC. His end product is not good, he gives the ball away frequently, makes the wrong decisions. Yes he has the occasional great bit of play/skill but I feel the negatives outweigh the positives. I’d like to see him brought off the bench in the last 20 mins rather than starting. Tanto and Kelman should be the starting pair. 

Also what do Rankin-Costello and Apter have to do to get on the pitch? RC is a proven championship player and Apter was our best player for the first few games. I think they should be getting some game time, starting with Ipswich 

TC is second for chances created for us, if you take out set pieces then he’d be 1st ahead of Bree. He can definitely still get better at that side of the game though, even people like myself that really rate him know that 

What makes him so important is that he’s an out ball that consistently gets us up the pitch. Looking at the stats he carries the ball 121m per 90 minutes on the pitch. Apter is also very good at this, but if you play Bree on the right instead of Apter, then you almost have to start TC as otherwise we don’t have a player that can do that. To start attacks and score goals you need to get the ball up the right end of the pitch, and TC is one of our best ways of doing that. Even if he’s not scoring or assisting at the end of a run, he could have won us a free kick, throw in, or just got us 20 yards up the pitch and kept the ball, where we can now attack and score from 

For carries per 90 minutes that end in a chance, TC is 3rd in the championship. Saturday was a prime example, he drove at their defence and then slipped in Carey for a shot 

I think if TC got injured and missed a few games, the doubters would realise how important he is. It’s not even that he is that brilliant a player, we all see the flaws he has in his game. But he’s just so important to the setup and the role he plays for the team is why Jones will continue to pick him every week because we are a worse team without him 

This is all spot on, the one thing I would add is TC is not just an out ball in an attacking sense, but also a huge defensive asset. Good defences can be picked apart if the ball keeps coming back at them after they've pushed back the first attack. If you can't properly get the ball out more players will join the attack, players will drag defenders out of shape and space will open up. TC being always available for a pass and able to drive the ball doesn't just start attacks, it gives our defence time to reset and get back into shape and draws attacking players back to deal with the possible counter. Even if TC then plays a poor pass or just gives up the ball he will have held it long enough that we're back to being solid and ready and won't get caught out by a relentless attack. He's a big part of why our defence is always able to stay so organised

Covered End

PeterGage said:

LargeAddick said:

PeterGage said:

Coveredendchoir said:

PeterGage said:

eastterrace6168 said:

Mick McManus would have been proud of that forearm smash on Tanto...
Makes you wonder what violent conduct looks like to the FA...

It was NOT violent conduct. Law 12 is quite clear: namely if, in the opinion of the referee, the ball was part of the whole incident, the offence is serious foul play. Incidents of violent conduct are such things as a punch or headbutt etc "off of the ball".

I’d imagine the refs report went like this:

Details of incident: none: I didn’t see jack shit

Also reporting: Assistant referee saw it and told me to give a red as the attempted decapitation of the Charlton forward was almost successful! While GK feigned injury we waited for at least 3/4mins then I sent him off. 

"Imagine" is no clear evidence of what the referee saw or did'nt see. The assisant referee is part of the mechanism for match control, so I am glad that you acknowledge his correct involvement.

I sit in the Curbs Stand. Why is it the linesman didn’t flag when the incident occurred? I’m also not convinced it was him who ‘spoke’ to the ref, more likely the fourth official in my opinion. They may between them have reached the right decision but it was farcical and you’d hope someone would have a quiet word with the officials to explain where they went wrong.

Genuine question: "what part of the incident was farcial"? From my perspective, the referee perhaps visually followed the ball longer than was necessary and thus slightly delayed stopping the game; but I wouldn't class it as "farcial". Just my opinion, of course.

What I saw was the referee was not going to stop the game at all, until Connor Coventry stood in front of him with his arms out to prevent the referee running further away.

He "forced" the ref to stop and turn around and take another look at 2 players who may have been seriously injured.

Someone, the lino or the 4th official then obviously told him what had happened.

I say without exaggeration it was one of the worst pieces of refereeing I've ever seen.
Everyone was almost speechless that he let play continue and that he hadn't given a free kick.

Leuth

It's either handball outside the box or serious foul play (it's both, to be clear). It isn't even slightly a last-man foul. Extremely weird ruling 

PeterGage

Covered End said:

PeterGage said:

LargeAddick said:

PeterGage said:

Coveredendchoir said:

PeterGage said:

eastterrace6168 said:

Mick McManus would have been proud of that forearm smash on Tanto...
Makes you wonder what violent conduct looks like to the FA...

It was NOT violent conduct. Law 12 is quite clear: namely if, in the opinion of the referee, the ball was part of the whole incident, the offence is serious foul play. Incidents of violent conduct are such things as a punch or headbutt etc "off of the ball".

I’d imagine the refs report went like this:

Details of incident: none: I didn’t see jack shit

Also reporting: Assistant referee saw it and told me to give a red as the attempted decapitation of the Charlton forward was almost successful! While GK feigned injury we waited for at least 3/4mins then I sent him off. 

"Imagine" is no clear evidence of what the referee saw or did'nt see. The assisant referee is part of the mechanism for match control, so I am glad that you acknowledge his correct involvement.

I sit in the Curbs Stand. Why is it the linesman didn’t flag when the incident occurred? I’m also not convinced it was him who ‘spoke’ to the ref, more likely the fourth official in my opinion. They may between them have reached the right decision but it was farcical and you’d hope someone would have a quiet word with the officials to explain where they went wrong.

Genuine question: "what part of the incident was farcial"? From my perspective, the referee perhaps visually followed the ball longer than was necessary and thus slightly delayed stopping the game; but I wouldn't class it as "farcial". Just my opinion, of course.

What I saw was the referee was not going to stop the game at all, until Connor Coventry stood in front of him with his arms out to prevent the referee running further away.

He "forced" the ref to stop and turn around and take another look at 2 players who may have been seriously injured.

Someone, the lino or the 4th official then obviously told him what had happened.

I say without exaggeration it was one of the worst pieces of refereeing I've ever seen.
Everyone was almost speechless that he let play continue and that he hadn't given a penalty.

"Not going to stop the game at all" How can you say that? Pure guesswork!

I agree with you that Connor Coventry had a very positive role in the incident.

As I said earlier, the referee was slow in stopping the game, but the only "exaggeration" is you saying it is one of the worst pieces of refereeing you have ever seen; unless you mean that the refereeing standard is so high generally, that this WAS the worst piece etc etc.

Fouls outside of the area are not penalties. Am I allowed to say that your penalty decision eclipsies any poor decision made by a referee I have ever seen ( saying in jest, btw).

Covered End

PeterGage said:

Covered End said:

PeterGage said:

LargeAddick said:

PeterGage said:

Coveredendchoir said:

PeterGage said:

eastterrace6168 said:

Mick McManus would have been proud of that forearm smash on Tanto...
Makes you wonder what violent conduct looks like to the FA...

It was NOT violent conduct. Law 12 is quite clear: namely if, in the opinion of the referee, the ball was part of the whole incident, the offence is serious foul play. Incidents of violent conduct are such things as a punch or headbutt etc "off of the ball".

I’d imagine the refs report went like this:

Details of incident: none: I didn’t see jack shit

Also reporting: Assistant referee saw it and told me to give a red as the attempted decapitation of the Charlton forward was almost successful! While GK feigned injury we waited for at least 3/4mins then I sent him off. 

"Imagine" is no clear evidence of what the referee saw or did'nt see. The assisant referee is part of the mechanism for match control, so I am glad that you acknowledge his correct involvement.

I sit in the Curbs Stand. Why is it the linesman didn’t flag when the incident occurred? I’m also not convinced it was him who ‘spoke’ to the ref, more likely the fourth official in my opinion. They may between them have reached the right decision but it was farcical and you’d hope someone would have a quiet word with the officials to explain where they went wrong.

Genuine question: "what part of the incident was farcial"? From my perspective, the referee perhaps visually followed the ball longer than was necessary and thus slightly delayed stopping the game; but I wouldn't class it as "farcial". Just my opinion, of course.

What I saw was the referee was not going to stop the game at all, until Connor Coventry stood in front of him with his arms out to prevent the referee running further away.

He "forced" the ref to stop and turn around and take another look at 2 players who may have been seriously injured.

Someone, the lino or the 4th official then obviously told him what had happened.

I say without exaggeration it was one of the worst pieces of refereeing I've ever seen.
Everyone was almost speechless that he let play continue and that he hadn't given a penalty.

"Not going to stop the game at all" How can you say that? Pure guesswork!

I agree with you that Connor Coventry had a very positive role in the incident.

As I said earlier, the referee was slow in stopping the game, but the only "exaggeration" is you saying it is one of the worst pieces of refereeing you have ever seen; unless you mean that the refereeing standard is so high generally, that this WAS the worst piece etc etc.

Fouls outside of the area are not penalties. Am I allowed to say that your penalty decision eclipsies any poor decision made by a referee I have ever seen ( saying in jest, btw).

So you saw the referee running away from the incident allowing play to continue.

You saw Coventry "forcing" him to stop running in the opposite direction and "forced" the ref to stop the game.

Yet that leads you to think the ref was going to stop the game.
Their is absolutely zero logic in that thought process.
The referee should stop the game for a head injury, end of story.

It was one of the worst decisions I have ever seen because the keeper clearly clattered our player in the head and Tanto could have been very seriously injured.

He could have swallowed his tongue, a fractured skull, anything and yet the ref turned around and started running up the field.

I can scarcely believe that even an ex referee could come to the conclusion that he was going to stop the game, running away from the incident and clearly allowing play to continue.

CharltonManor1966

king addick said:

I do think Tanto and Kelman could be effective. Kelman is growing into games and he really just needs that goal to get him going but it isnt for the lack of trying, I am confident in saying he would scored against Weds if that defender didnt recover from his own mistake with a great challenge.

Tanto is a wrecking ball first and foremost, just powers at/through defenders with ease and carries the ball so well. His press is decent and is already off the mark with a goal. Just looks a decent player. 

TC may have played the ball to Carey but contributed nothing after. He could have been knackered from INT duty but I dont think a break will do him harm. 

I agree!
Understand about TC having been on int'l duty and jet lag etc but frankly the bloke creates little, always looks knackered and cannot do more than 60 - 70 minutes anyway. Compare this to the legs needed in midfield by Coventry and Doc..... time for a rest for TC.

PeterGage

Covered End said:

PeterGage said:

Covered End said:

PeterGage said:

LargeAddick said:

PeterGage said:

Coveredendchoir said:

PeterGage said:

eastterrace6168 said:

Mick McManus would have been proud of that forearm smash on Tanto...
Makes you wonder what violent conduct looks like to the FA...

It was NOT violent conduct. Law 12 is quite clear: namely if, in the opinion of the referee, the ball was part of the whole incident, the offence is serious foul play. Incidents of violent conduct are such things as a punch or headbutt etc "off of the ball".

I’d imagine the refs report went like this:

Details of incident: none: I didn’t see jack shit

Also reporting: Assistant referee saw it and told me to give a red as the attempted decapitation of the Charlton forward was almost successful! While GK feigned injury we waited for at least 3/4mins then I sent him off. 

"Imagine" is no clear evidence of what the referee saw or did'nt see. The assisant referee is part of the mechanism for match control, so I am glad that you acknowledge his correct involvement.

I sit in the Curbs Stand. Why is it the linesman didn’t flag when the incident occurred? I’m also not convinced it was him who ‘spoke’ to the ref, more likely the fourth official in my opinion. They may between them have reached the right decision but it was farcical and you’d hope someone would have a quiet word with the officials to explain where they went wrong.

Genuine question: "what part of the incident was farcial"? From my perspective, the referee perhaps visually followed the ball longer than was necessary and thus slightly delayed stopping the game; but I wouldn't class it as "farcial". Just my opinion, of course.

What I saw was the referee was not going to stop the game at all, until Connor Coventry stood in front of him with his arms out to prevent the referee running further away.

He "forced" the ref to stop and turn around and take another look at 2 players who may have been seriously injured.

Someone, the lino or the 4th official then obviously told him what had happened.

I say without exaggeration it was one of the worst pieces of refereeing I've ever seen.
Everyone was almost speechless that he let play continue and that he hadn't given a penalty.

"Not going to stop the game at all" How can you say that? Pure guesswork!

I agree with you that Connor Coventry had a very positive role in the incident.

As I said earlier, the referee was slow in stopping the game, but the only "exaggeration" is you saying it is one of the worst pieces of refereeing you have ever seen; unless you mean that the refereeing standard is so high generally, that this WAS the worst piece etc etc.

Fouls outside of the area are not penalties. Am I allowed to say that your penalty decision eclipsies any poor decision made by a referee I have ever seen ( saying in jest, btw).

So you saw the referee running away from the incident allowing play to continue.

You saw Coventry "forcing" him to stop running in the opposite direction and "forced" the ref to stop the game.

Yet that leads you to think the ref was going to stop the game.
Their is absolutely zero logic in that thought process.
The referee should stop the game for a head injury, end of story.

It was one of the worst decisions I have ever seen because the keeper clearly clattered our player in the head and Tanto could have been very seriously injured.

He could have swallowed his tongue, a fractured skull anything and yet the ref turned around and started running up the field.

I can scarcely believe that even an ex referee could come to the conclusion that he was going to stop the game, running away from the incident and clearly allowing play to continue.

Let's see where we agree, first. We both acknowledged that the referee was slow in stopping the game and that Connor Coventry was partially instrumental in drawing the attention of the incident 

However, I cant see where you claim I said the referee was going to stop the game. I, nor you, would ever know the answer to that question. "clearly allowing the game to continue'? Again, pure supposition given the ball either went out of play or was about to.

The referee was not " running up the field of play", he was running in the direction of the ball 

Do you stand by your penalty decion?

I think we have both given our views and that is fine by me. Thanks

Covered End

Apologies I meant free kick not penalty.

The ref was running away away from the incident, yes in the direction of the ball, but also diagonally up field, as opposed to towards the injured players to check on them.

It's clear to me that the ref saw the keeper flatten Tanto and both players were lying motionless, he surely saw the keeper smash Tanto in the head and should have immediately stopped the game.

No need to reply you clearly think differently. Thanks.

eastterrace6168

LargeAddick

PeterGage said:

LargeAddick said:

PeterGage said:

Coveredendchoir said:

PeterGage said:

eastterrace6168 said:

Mick McManus would have been proud of that forearm smash on Tanto...
Makes you wonder what violent conduct looks like to the FA...

It was NOT violent conduct. Law 12 is quite clear: namely if, in the opinion of the referee, the ball was part of the whole incident, the offence is serious foul play. Incidents of violent conduct are such things as a punch or headbutt etc "off of the ball".

I’d imagine the refs report went like this:

Details of incident: none: I didn’t see jack shit

Also reporting: Assistant referee saw it and told me to give a red as the attempted decapitation of the Charlton forward was almost successful! While GK feigned injury we waited for at least 3/4mins then I sent him off. 

"Imagine" is no clear evidence of what the referee saw or did'nt see. The assisant referee is part of the mechanism for match control, so I am glad that you acknowledge his correct involvement.

I sit in the Curbs Stand. Why is it the linesman didn’t flag when the incident occurred? I’m also not convinced it was him who ‘spoke’ to the ref, more likely the fourth official in my opinion. They may between them have reached the right decision but it was farcical and you’d hope someone would have a quiet word with the officials to explain where they went wrong.

Genuine question: "what part of the incident was farcial"? From my perspective, the referee perhaps visually followed the ball longer than was necessary and thus slightly delayed stopping the game; but I wouldn't class it as "farcial". Just my opinion, of course.

Yes that was the farcical bit, the fact he played on and didn’t blow up immediately. To be honest he didn’t have a clue did he?

Grovenuts

Watched on TV and thought straight away it was so similar to the Schumacher incident v France and couldn't believe the ref didn't stop playing straight away!! If he did in fact take advice from the lino or fourth official it makes the incident even worse as he was much closer to it sorry it is one of the worst refereeing decisions I have seen and worthy of a 3 match ban, their manager was even further away and he admitted it was the right decision! Incredible that anybody could defend that!

LargeAddick

Covered End said:

PeterGage said:

Covered End said:

PeterGage said:

LargeAddick said:

PeterGage said:

Coveredendchoir said:

PeterGage said:

eastterrace6168 said:

Mick McManus would have been proud of that forearm smash on Tanto...
Makes you wonder what violent conduct looks like to the FA...

It was NOT violent conduct. Law 12 is quite clear: namely if, in the opinion of the referee, the ball was part of the whole incident, the offence is serious foul play. Incidents of violent conduct are such things as a punch or headbutt etc "off of the ball".

I’d imagine the refs report went like this:

Details of incident: none: I didn’t see jack shit

Also reporting: Assistant referee saw it and told me to give a red as the attempted decapitation of the Charlton forward was almost successful! While GK feigned injury we waited for at least 3/4mins then I sent him off. 

"Imagine" is no clear evidence of what the referee saw or did'nt see. The assisant referee is part of the mechanism for match control, so I am glad that you acknowledge his correct involvement.

I sit in the Curbs Stand. Why is it the linesman didn’t flag when the incident occurred? I’m also not convinced it was him who ‘spoke’ to the ref, more likely the fourth official in my opinion. They may between them have reached the right decision but it was farcical and you’d hope someone would have a quiet word with the officials to explain where they went wrong.

Genuine question: "what part of the incident was farcial"? From my perspective, the referee perhaps visually followed the ball longer than was necessary and thus slightly delayed stopping the game; but I wouldn't class it as "farcial". Just my opinion, of course.

What I saw was the referee was not going to stop the game at all, until Connor Coventry stood in front of him with his arms out to prevent the referee running further away.

He "forced" the ref to stop and turn around and take another look at 2 players who may have been seriously injured.

Someone, the lino or the 4th official then obviously told him what had happened.

I say without exaggeration it was one of the worst pieces of refereeing I've ever seen.
Everyone was almost speechless that he let play continue and that he hadn't given a penalty.

"Not going to stop the game at all" How can you say that? Pure guesswork!

I agree with you that Connor Coventry had a very positive role in the incident.

As I said earlier, the referee was slow in stopping the game, but the only "exaggeration" is you saying it is one of the worst pieces of refereeing you have ever seen; unless you mean that the refereeing standard is so high generally, that this WAS the worst piece etc etc.

Fouls outside of the area are not penalties. Am I allowed to say that your penalty decision eclipsies any poor decision made by a referee I have ever seen ( saying in jest, btw).

So you saw the referee running away from the incident allowing play to continue.

You saw Coventry "forcing" him to stop running in the opposite direction and "forced" the ref to stop the game.

Yet that leads you to think the ref was going to stop the game.
Their is absolutely zero logic in that thought process.
The referee should stop the game for a head injury, end of story.

It was one of the worst decisions I have ever seen because the keeper clearly clattered our player in the head and Tanto could have been very seriously injured.

He could have swallowed his tongue, a fractured skull anything and yet the ref turned around and started running up the field.

I can scarcely believe that even an ex referee could come to the conclusion that he was going to stop the game, running away from the incident and clearly allowing play to continue.

Agree, can’t remember ever seeing such a poor decision. So many people around me in the AC were out of their seats berating the ref like I’ve never seen before. His actions were indefensible.

Redvalleyeast

mendonca said:

"Having been shown a straight red card, it was possible Horvath may have been forced to miss up to three matches. However, the ban will only see him miss the clash with Rob Edwards’ side, with the foul not deemed to have been violent conduct."

Wow. Just wow.