Red faces: Dodd cleared

[Stuckey]

TRAVIS Dodd has been cleared to play against North Queensland Fury after the match review panel expunged his red card tonight.

The Adelaide United captain will now face Fury at Hindmarsh after he was bizarrely expelled in Adelaide's last minute 1-2 loss to Phoenix in Christchurch yesterday.


Dodd was expelled by referee Peter O'Leary when his knee made accidental contact with the head of Phoenix midfielder Vince Lia.

Adelaide was down to 10 men in the 83rd minute when the score was locked in at 1-1 before Ben Sigmund scored the winner in the 94th minute.

What a joke.

Surely that ref could have thought "well he hasn't tried to kill anyone before?"

Sure we didn't play too flash but could have that cost us the game in the end?

[flavze]

no surpise considering the quality of ref'ing in the A-League.

[davidbloop]

I'm fairly sure it did cost us the game but its good to see a match review panel doing something for once instead of always siding with the refs.

[Abdul]

Yes, good to see sanity prevail even if its too late in so far as the game goes. It's just a good thing that this didn't happen to us in a Grand Final!!!

[Chips]

What's about muscunt?

The ref should get a ban of refing for a couple weeks. Do t they do that overseas?

[shinAUFC]

Yes, good to see sanity prevail even if its too late in so far as the game goes. It's just a good thing that this didn't happen to us in a Grand Final!!!

[Seanason_AU]

So do we have a right to claim that our team gets screwed over by the refs the most now?

[King_Billy]

So do we have a right to claim that our team gets screwed over by the refs the most now?

1 penalty from our last 31 A-league games says yes.

[Agostinho]

So do we have a right to claim that our team gets screwed over by the refs the most now?

You could, but it would make you sound like a douche.

[Steelinho]

What's about muscunt?

The ref should get a ban of refing for a couple weeks. Do t they do that overseas?

Decision on Muscat won't be made/confirmed until tomorrow (Wednesday).

[blahblah]

So do we have a right to claim that our team gets screwed over by the refs the most now?

No, I don't think so. We have our good and bad runs with refs as does everyone in the league. The refs may have their bad moments and inconsistencies however I don't think bias can be counted amongst them, if anything impartiality is one of their stronger points (ie everyone seems to complain about them equally).

[Stobes]

Thank fark for that. Woeful decision.

[shinAUFC]

I would say NQF get screwed over the most by a country mile

[General Ashnak]

What's about muscunt?

The ref should get a ban of refing for a couple weeks. Do t they do that overseas?

Muscat is tomorrow, expecting him to get away with a warning thanks to his exemplary discipline record

[Mr. Happy]

So do we have a right to claim that our team gets screwed over by the refs the most now?

You could, but it would make you sound like a douche.

Using the word douche makes you sound like a douche.