Is this unsporting behaviour?

[Billy Whizz]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/55214584

He was booked for walking this in!

[blackpoolhibs]

As piers Morgan would say, the world's gone nuts.

[Northernhibee]

By the letter of the laws of the game, it's not a booking but I'm glad the referee has given that as a yellow. There's literally no need for him to do that, the look over his shoulder says it all.

[Seveno]

It showed a total lack of respect for their opponents and deserved censure.

[blackpoolhibs]

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By the letter of the laws of the game, it's not a booking but I'm glad the referee has given that as a yellow. There's literally no need for him to do that, the look over his shoulder says it all.

Nah not for me , they will be booking players who nutmeg opposition players next.

[Northernhibee]

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Nah not for me , they will be booking players who nutmeg opposition players next.

They won't.

[Northernhibee]

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It showed a total lack of respect for their opponents and deserved censure.

The most similar thing I can think of is Balotelli for Man City spinning round in the penalty box and trying to backheel it in during a pre-season friendly and being hooked immediately by the manager.

[blackpoolhibs]

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They won't.

Well they have started booking players for walking the ball into an empty net, and only because one of the opposition was angry. He was the one who should have been booked for unnecessary aggression to an opponent.

[judas]

I hear the ref is a big Millwall fan.

[Peevemor]

With 2 minutes of time added on still to play, I think it was more to run down the clock than to wind up the other team so undeserved booking IMO.

[Northernhibee]

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Well they have started booking players for walking the ball into an empty net, and only because one of the opposition was angry. He was the one who should have been booked for unnecessary aggression to an opponent.

They won't. For your logic to work the "they'll start doing x next" the outcome has to be realistic, or it has to be relevant to the original action, which it isn't.

Nutmegging an opponent is getting the ball past them and getting away from them. That wasn't a booking for "walking the ball into the net", it was time wasting and an obvious sign of disrespect.

If they start booking the opposition player for "unneccessary aggression to an opponent" they'll start booking fans for buying a pie at half time soon.

[blackpoolhibs]

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They won't. For your logic to work the "they'll start doing x next" the outcome has to be realistic, which it isn't.

I used to think it was unrealistic to walk a ball into an empty net and be booked for it.

[Keith_M]

Taking the p1ss.

No idea if that's under the official yellow card criteria, though.

[B.H.F.C]

To be booked for that is mental. So what if he was winding the opposition up, all part of the game. He’d probably been booted up and down the place for the previous 90 minutes.

[worcesterhibby]

i guess it was for time wasting, not un-gentlemanly conduct.

[matty_f]

I think it's the waiting until the keeper is nearly there before scoring that is the issue, if that's the case though, keepers should be booked for letting a striker closing in on them get near before they pick the ball up.

I don't think he should have been booked for it, poor decision from the ref, IMHO.

[Magpie]

You don’t get booked for holding onto the ball by the corner flag to waste time so what’s wrong with this?

[calumhibee1]

Never a booking in a million years.

[blackpoolhibs]

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i guess it was for time wasting, not un-gentlemanly conduct.

Can't see it being for time wasting, watch the ref, he's not booking the player until the opposition player gets involved.

[I'm Spartacus]

Never a booking for me BUT could it be classed as inciting the opposition? Any rage should be directed at the defender and keeper for not communicating

[superfurryhibby]

Shan patter, but never a booking.

[McSwanky]

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I used to think it was unrealistic to walk a ball into an empty net and be booked for it.

So you actually think that they might start booking a player that nutmegs the opposition? Aye, right!

Anyway, that aside, I agree with you. It's a farce of a booking - whether it's to wind the clock down or wind the opposition up, he's perfectly entitled to do it, and there's nothing wrong with it.

I'm disappointed with the guy though. He should, of course, have got down on all 4s and headed it into the net.

[easty]

If anyone should’ve been booked it’s the boy who ran over and squared up to him.

Nothing wrong with what the boys done here. It’s not like he lay down to header it in, he’s under no obligation to rush, no more than a keeper who waits for someone to close him down before picking the ball up.

[hibbysam]

Time wasting? The ball is in play, no different to taking it to the corner. He could’ve turned around and played a few passes if he really wanted to. Running the clock down when the ball is in play is legal, it’s down to the opposition to get the ball back, no different to a goalkeeper keeping the ball at his feet before picking it up when a player eventually charges it down. Disrespectful for not putting the ball into the net in as quick a time as he could and having the temerity to look over his shoulder 😂 ref should be binned for not having a scooby about the rules.

[Sir David Gray]

I'm quite often finding myself holding an opposing point of view to many on here and sometimes I wonder if my view on certain issues is unusual.

Today's one of those times.

That is never a booking in a month of Sundays and I'm amazed that anyone could think otherwise. He's scored a perfectly good goal. So what if he was showboating a bit? If the other team's defending wasn't so bad, he wouldn't have had the opportunity.

[McSwanky]

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I'm quite often finding myself holding an opposing point of view to many on here and sometimes I wonder if my view on certain issues is unusual.

Today's one of those times.

That is never a booking in a month of Sundays and I'm amazed that anyone could think otherwise. He's scored a perfectly good goal. So what if he was showboating a bit? If the other team's defending wasn't so bad, he wouldn't have had the opportunity.

Eh? I think the vast majority on this thread are saying it was never a booking?

[jacomo]

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By the letter of the laws of the game, it's not a booking but I'm glad the referee has given that as a yellow. There's literally no need for him to do that, the look over his shoulder says it all.

Why? What?

Not his fault if the opposition made a total hash of it.

Guys done nothing wrong from a legal or moral point of view. The booking is a total joke.

[Sir David Gray]

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i guess it was for time wasting, not un-gentlemanly conduct.

Time wasting is only a thing when a player delays the restart of play. The ball was in play the full time that he dribbled the ball up to the goal line so it cannot be deemed to be time wasting.

[Peevemor]

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I'm quite often finding myself holding an opposing point of view to many on here and sometimes I wonder if my view on certain issues is unusual.

Today's one of those times.

That is never a booking in a month of Sundays and I'm amazed that anyone could think otherwise. He's scored a perfectly good goal. So what if he was showboating a bit? If the other team's defending wasn't so bad, he wouldn't have had the opportunity.

I haven't counted, but opinions seem to be split about 50/50 on this one.

[Sir David Gray]

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Eh? I think the vast majority on this thread are saying it was never a booking?

The fact that anyone can think it was a booking has me bewildered to be honest.