Wolves striker Chris Iwelumo has lost his appeal over his sending off against Preston.
The FA heard evidence including statements from Wolves, Iwelumo and have viewed the match video. They decided to uphold the decision of referee Martin Atkinson and the eight-goal striker will now be banned for three games.
He will miss the home games against Bristol City and Reading, along with the trip to Swansea. Iwelumo was red-carded for head-to-head contact with Preston defender Sean St Ledger.
St Ledger had appealed to Atkinson on Iwelumo’s behalf, saying there was only accidental contact.
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i knew it
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Damn, very bad news. But it does give the others the chance to stake a claim now.
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Not suprised referees are becoming a joke even with St Ledger admitting no contact.I would have thought they had enough bad publicity with the Watford no goal.
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‘Bout what we might expect one rule for the rich another for us. Maybe, just maybe if you hadn’t gone down playacting Chris, it might have been veiwed differently, still now we will never know. Come on Volkes make it hard for Chris to win his shirt back.
Up The Wolves
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this decision is an absolute disgrace.
the fa needs restructuring from top to bottom its a shambles referees making bad calls like big chris’s red card.
he will miss 3 crucial games for doing absolutley nothing wrong.
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What a joke,I sometimes wish the FA would apply a bit of common sense to things we would all have alot more sympathy for what they do!!The player involved St Ledger says it was an accident for gods sake!!!
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GUTTED !!
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The FA are a complete joke. They should be embarrassed with this decision. The other player even said there was no contact. The FA is a complete waste of space.
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not good at all
bloody FA they aint got a clue what they are doing
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Bad news - he has been inspired so far this season.
We have the depth to cope with this - I have faith in Vokes and Keogh
Up the Wolves
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This is a joke!!!! The other player involved says it was an accident you can clearly see there was no forward movement from either player.The FA have no common sense whatsoever
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Expected it to be honest.
After all they’re the idiots who employed the muppet ref in the first place.
Incompetent fools from top to bottom.
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NO SUPRISE THERE THEN
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would have been different if he played for chelsea DOUBLE STANDARDS
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thats all we need
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oh no
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This decision is a joke if everyone involved has said ‘no contact’. Good job we have strength in depth
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What a load of rubbish! Should of put a chelsea top on.
VeryVery Angry. Fa need to sort themselves out.
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This is crap….Never had aa red card in his career before, even the bloke he clashed with said nothing happened…What more do the FA want before they will over turn a red card?
Oh hang on…He isn’t John Terry is he!
Nuff said then!
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Should have worn a Chelsea shirt at the hearing
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Just proves the only way you get red cards recited is if your chelsea! load of rubbish
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If he was John Terry he would of got off, what a disgrace! Terry went to make contact with Jo, this was a joke.
The FA are a disgrace!
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one rule for premiership superstars and one rule for the rest.
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typical FA. Terry rugby tackles a player and gets off scott free; one rule for the big boys one for us. still it gives Vokes a chance to further impress.
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It would have been a different outcome if we were Chelsea Or Man Utd. The ruling doesn’t surprise me at all. They’ve got to stop us somehow. Based on the precedent set with John Terry’s rugby tackle Wayne’s card should be rescinded, as if.
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I don’t believe it
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JOKE ! ! If it was Man Utd or Chelsea it would of been different ! ! Respect the officials ? ? B@!?:@ks
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Too bad Big Chris did not have the time to change his last name to Terry.
He would then have had every chance to play this weekend.
Incredible that St. Ledgers account on what happened was not taken into consideration.
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Oh what a suprise! If that was a top four premier club it would of been overturned. But he shouldnt have said he definitly get it outurned in his post match interviw!
Lets hope we have the other strikers can chip in and start scoring!
Come on the lads!!!!
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thats a joke, is it cos he aint john terry?
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I can’t believe it! Just goes to show that you have to be John Terry or a chelsea player to get anywhere with the FA.
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This is a harsh lesson for him, but fair. I just hope Keogh has his shooting boots on come Saturday!!!
Keep the faith
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A great pity that the FA have not had the common sense to listen to the people involved and make the only decision that they should have . It would appear that you have to be a Chelsea player to have a red card rescinded . It would be very interesting to see how many cards , both red and yellow , that John Terry has received during his career and to compare that with Chris who has been a professional for at leats 4 years longer and has received only 8 yellow cards during that time . However , I am convinced that , as much as we will miss him , the rest of the team will make up for his absence and keep us unbeaten over the period of the suspension .
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Scarcely believable is it? I have to say though, neither player did themselves any favours by going down like they’d been shot! Still a poor decision when the other player involved spoke up for Big Chris. We’ll miss him.
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Not good news. He is been our most lethal striker to date. However, this is a squad game and Vokes or Keogh must step in and do the business. They are both internationals and should be capable of filling the gap.
This applies to the defence and midfield also. Have a bad game and there are quality performers to take your place!
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not a great day for appeals!!
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Shocking even after Sean St Ledger had come to his defence. He obviously does play for Chelsea!!
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Didnt we know this was gona happen! The FA are a joke. If we woz in the premier we wud hav been ok! The FA know sweet FA!
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JUST A PITY THAT IWELUMO IS NOT THE ENGLAND CAPTAIN ,HE WOULD HAVE HIS RED CARD APPEAL
WIPED CLEAN NO PROBLEM.
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Maybe John Terry’s appeal team could have helped.
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it seems like because we are not chelsea or man u we were never going to get away with it
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I was at the game he looked like he went to drop the rock on ST ledger to me - shame- over to you super sub Sam.
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disgrace if it was john terry no problem. one rule for them one for us gutted for the bloke
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Should have known before putting the appeal in, he doesn’t play for Chelsea and he is not called John Terry. It stinks.Come on Vokesy!!
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would it have been the same outcome if he played for chelsea
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FA what a disgrace! The video evidence is clear!
Ah well, lets win the next 3 games for big Chris then have the leagues top scorer fresh and rested to reak havoc!!!
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No great surprise or disappointment.
Fantastic player, but we have good options and a great squad.
If Kights and Jarvis are playing, im positive.
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He is not the England captain after all, so what did we expect.
I think the photo above looks a bit like our skipper Mr Henry … oh it is!
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Iwelumo’s comment post game may have been his downfall..confident of being involved was perhaps not the thing to say because the powers that be really enjoy enforcing the ban!
The question will be what about St Ledger then?
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is that because he doesnt play for Chelsea. The FA are a joke.
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Disgraceful decision. He didn’t commit a foul - it was accidental contact. John Terry commits a cynical foul - he gets away with it. It’s not right.
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bad news - he has been quality!
I have faith in vokes and keogh to see us through….more concerned about the lack of Henessey. How long is his ban??
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Bad decision!!
if he had meant to clash heads with st ledger then he wouldn’t have appealed to help him!
Hopefully this will just make iwelumo more determined when he comes back.
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What !!! and the ref was supposed to be a prem ref ? That stinks.. But doesn’t surprise me as we aint a Chelsea or Man U. Lets hope that gels the lads even more and get the nine points for big Chris. Up the wolves
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An absolute joke. I’m not surprised though, the FA are a bunch of court jesters at the beck and call of the big (RICH!!!) clubs. I can’t wait until their house of cards comes tumbling down around them.
Totally and utterly inexcuseable. St Ledger attempted a lying down drop kick and didn’t even get spoken to. From now on ref’s are fair game if you ask me after this weekends disgraceful decisions in the fpl.
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the fact that he stated they were buddies did him no favours as predicted
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Obviously we should have asked Chelsea to put the appeal in for us
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disgracefull decision!FA is a joke.
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Iwelumo affair just proves what I’ve always known; The FA, aptly named, are a bunch of amateur, prejudiced yes-men. His name was not `Terry` and the club are not deemed rich enough to have `powerful` individuals with influence. A one match ban along with St Ledger for play acting would have been acceptable but this decision, like many, brings the game into disrepute. It really is time to bring the game into the twentieth century as regards video evidence so that officials can be sure of their knee jerk reactions. I do mean the `twentieth century` before anyone attempts to correct me. I bet many of us who have suffered at the hands of the foolish and petty officialdom of the F A suspected this would be the outcome. Blood boiling time. Just look at how the small, penniless clubs are treated such as Bournmouth, Luton, etc. The smaller you are the less regard you receive.
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silly boy!. nevermind, at least we have vokes not elliot waiting in the wings!. up the wolves!!
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Of course it was. Had we appealed on the quiet, it would have had a much better chance. However, MM’s comments regarding his own sending off ridiculed the ref. Why would he help us to overturn it? If Mick had kept his trap shut rather than trying to prove to the world that he’s a “no-nonsense Yorkshire man”, yet a-bloody-gain, we’d probably have had it overturned.
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To be honest I’m not surprised. It’s gutting and we’ll miss him but all players need to cut out the theatrics and play the game properly.
Still look on the brightside, Vokesy is well worth a start now and he’ll grab these 3 games as a chance to force his way in
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Shame his name isn’t John Terry.
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Surprise surprise, can never rely on the FA to do the sensible thing, unless it’s in their interest.
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Absolute disgrace. What other evidence do they want? Both players said nothing happened, video evidence shown there was no “headbutt”. These panels are a disgrace.
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when will the fa ever learn common sense always prevails?? sean st ledger comes out and defends big chris, and still they ban him?? yet another cock-up this week referees and the FA have made with games in the championship
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If he played for a top 4 prem side he would have been ok, ONE RULE FOR THEN AND ANOTHER FOR THE OTHERS ITS A DISGRACE!!!!
I’m sure Vokes or Keogh will do a good job for the 3 games.
UP THE WOLVES!
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Disgrace that terry gets off at chelski scott free and we have a witness to say no it wasnt a head butt and it still stands. The FA is a joke!!!
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If Chris played for Chelsea he’d have got it overturned!
We’ll miss him but our squad has withstand these types of loses. I’m sure Bristol City will go home pointless.
Keep the faith.
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Unfortunately he’s not John Terry. This is a disgrace, highlighting everything that is wrong with the FA.
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Outrageous! Vokes start warming up…
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Noooooooooooooo! But @ least we’ve got vokesy might not be as gd, but i really rate the lad plus we’ve got keogh might not score loads but he’ll create chances for everyone else. Have fave in them! cum on u wolvess!!!!!!!
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bonkers decision - what’s the point of an appeals system when an obvious error stands?
Fortunately we have strength in depth, but crazy decisions like this can swing a whole campaign if they come at the wrong time.
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Nooooooooo! but @ least we’ve got vokesy might not be as gd but i really rate the lad plus we’ve got keogh doesn’t score many but he’ll create plenty of chances for others. Have faith in them. CUM ON U WOLVESSSSSSSSSS!
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Oh, what a suprise! I suppose for this to be overturned the ref would have had to admit that he was wrong, which he isn’t man enough to do. I thought infallability only covered the Pope, not every jobsworth that turns up to referee a football match. Just to think that the latest buzz word at the FA is RESPECT. Pretty difficult to respect an organisation that won’t admit that it could have made a mistake. Can’t help thinking that this is yet another slap in the face for a team not in the big four - still you get what you pay for!
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should of worn a Chelsea top !
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What a joke
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NOOOOO!
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Oh well. His own fault.
Feed the Vokes and he will score…
See you Saturday.
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Even the player who was “allegedly” butted says the contact was accidental but unfortunately Iwelumo is not John Terry. Makes you realise who’s trough the FA have their noses in doesn’t it? One rule for one and another………….
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why am i not surprised,, the FA is so out of touch with everything regarding football.. but then again we do not have John Terry at Wolves
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It seems if his name was John Terry then there would’ve been a totally diffrent outcome.
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Absolute travesty, never had a red in his career …I feel sorry for the bloke.
These refs are a ******* joke!
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What a complete Joke of a decision! If the guy he clashed heads with is backing him, why cant the Football association! Muppets!
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Damn It !! oh well, i could see this coming with many obvious reasons.
( aye boing boing donk ) ;)hehe as terry would say 
Still, In response to kightly’s little blog, ill be there on saturday
Come on you Wolves !!!
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Not linked to the FIA are they?
Teach him to stand up instead of falling over like a girl though.
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What a joke!
Typical, Chris should have put a Chelsea or Man Utd shirt on, punched the ref and shot the linesman and he would still have won his appeal.
Just shows how corrupt the FA really are, if your not in the top four of the prem forget it!!
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Typical FA, 1 RULE FOR THE TOP 4 THE REST ACCORDING TO THEM ARE NOTHING!
Great weekend for the ref’s one ref allows a goal to stand when it didnt even enter the net, another ref books 8 man u players and laughs at the end of the match, The game is run by donuts! Keith Hackett ought to be sacked! Who makes up these rules. its an absolute disgrace!
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sure if he was an england international he would be pardoned but hey it dont benefit the england side so they punish him joke. one rule for terry another rule for big chris!!!!!!!
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If it were a Chelsea or Man Utd player then the red card would have been rescinded
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terry’s red card gets recinded and then we lose our appeal even when we have the other player involved saying no contact was made!shocking decision, although i’m not suprised with our FA.
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But then again, he doesn’t play for a London club, isn’t a player in the one of the ‘Big Four’ teams and isn’t an over-payed prima donna. I should have guessed. Its only John Terry gets off with these things!
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Typical FA
You have to be John Terry to get off with blatant proffessional fouls, and cannot hope to be in with a chance if its accidental and the guy they say you head butted stands up for you.
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typical!
we should change our name to McLaren Mercedes…
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Any ideas how we get rid of the numbskulls at the FA and replace them with common sense ???????
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The problem was both players going down like girls. Sorry but both should know better. Trust the others will fill the gap and Chris learns his lesson. These are the daft actions that can lose us the title.
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the FA know FA about how this game should be run. 1st the goal that wasn’t goal in the Watford v Reading match, the shambles of yellow cards at Stamford Bridge, now this. The head of our game are a bunch of jokers, stuck in the past and too afraid to make a decision on anything.
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What a bunch of Pen pushers! The two players should be ashamed of how they went down but that was no0t a red card for either in a million years.
We have the cover to cope without him but he is a top player for us and he will be missed for the next few games.
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Shame his name wasn’t John Terry. How often does a player appealing a red get the guy he has “assaulted” speak in his defence. Another brilliant FA decision. Top marks to Sean St Ledger anyway.
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Should have worn a Chelsea top to the appeal Chris
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hardly suprising only if you play for big guns do you win appeals john terry against man city being classic example.still have faith in the back up players.
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Silly stupid incidents like this could cost us promotion,
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Absolutely ridiculous! Nuff said!
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what a joke it just shows how useful our fa are, the player himself even admitted Iwelumo did it by accident, if you cannot win an appeal for this then when can you win one, he certainly had a better case than the one that John Terry won the other day, but oh yeah Big Chris isn’t the England captain is he
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useless FA
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Here we go again,unless your a Chelsea player i.e J Terry,a red card stands,but what makes you laugh is the amount of evidence in Iwelumo’s case compared to that of Terry,so advive to any player sent off,say your name is John Terry and you will be ok.
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hes a danger up front for us,we will miss him.
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Wrong, wrong, wrong. FA shame on you on getting it wrong yet again. You are a law unto yourself.
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sign his name’s not John Terry or he doen’t play for one of the top 4 then !! In my opinion the worst tackle made on the pitch on Saturday for our penalty went unpunished was more of a red card offence but the guy never even got a talking to! They say respect the ref - when they start becoming a little more consistent, then they’ll get respect
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this is so stupid the fa are so stubborn they cant even admit the ref was way wrong and tht the quality of officails is quite frankly shocking and a 3 match ban i so harsh when the apeal was deserving and should have been resinded.
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Outrageous! This is a conspiracy. 3 unjustified red cards.
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Put an chelsea shirt on then he would have got away with it!
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Iwelumo 3 match ban too much especially after Dean St.Ledger’s evidence.
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No surprise,really. It was silly.
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What a joke
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This is why there will always be a divide between refs the FA and all the rest of us. Everyone knows the ref made the wrong decision, why can it not be reversed. Unbelievable.
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that is the most rubbish ive heard for ages it was accidental cotact ref r u blind
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The most annoying/frustrating thing about this is that I’m not surprised about the decision. Common sense has not prevailed even when Iwelumo seemed to have a pretty good defence. I even thought the John Terry decision may work in our favour but no, the F.A. have shown themselves to be their usual waste of space. But no doubt they will all go to work today thinking they do a wonderful job. Not a good weekend for the ‘respect the officials’ campaign!
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