Jatta's Red Card Live

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Yesterday's biggest talking point is perhaps the red card and actions in the aftermath reaction by Alassana Jatta.

There's zero defence for the lung, even if he did win the ball. Two-footed challenges, with studs showing and from behind, is incredibly dangerous. A red card is the outcome for it, but it was all in the heat of the moment. I don't think Stuart Maynard should have mentioned the shirt pulling, as the way he framed it, it was as if it caused him to lunge for the ball.

Jatta just lost his head in the heat of the occasion.

What I noticed was the sudden confrontation of Wimbledon players speaking to the referee, and interfering with his decision. Jatta never made contact with the Wimbledon player, but he still went down as if he had been shot. Rich from Chud Photography mentioned to me that he thought the Dons player landed awkwardly. I wasn't sure, and I still don't think he had anything wrong with him.

It was clear Jatta should be given a red for the challenge.

However, the AFC Wimbledon players tried to cause a melee. They attempted to provoke several of our players, including Jatta. All with the intent that they knew cards could go flying from the official.

At the very least, the player who simulated the foul should have been given a yellow card for diving. Although I believe it should have been red, as he clearly deliberately tried to fool the referee into thinking contact had been made. Now, this won't change the outcome, but it is worth seeing people's talking points.

The referee made the right call to red card Jatta, how he left the field was a clear sign that he had lost his head and these things happen. What makes it worse is how some of the AFC Wimbledon slyly lash out at Jatta. Some of the comments clearly were made to provoke him, but others made comments to the likes of Jodi Jones and Jacob Bedaeu in hope of gaining a response.

Rod McDonald deserves a lot of credit for taking Jatta away from the situation; his judgement was right.

Jatta was fouled, leading to the incident which saw him see red, but several cards should have been issued to Wimbledon players. The referee was largely inconsistent with both teams, but the second half did see a lot of antics from Wimbledon to sway things in their favour.

Unfortunately, I come back to Stuart Maynard, who could have better protected his players. I am not a Maynard out, however, changes were needed going into the second half. I believe Jatta should have been one of the earlier subs, with Will Jarvis coming on earlier. I would have pushed David McGoldrick up top. There were signs that the importance of the occasion was frustrating Jatta, and his performance wasn't that great that we had to keep him on the field. This might seem harsh, but I honestly feel Maynard bottles his changes and waits far too long for any of them to really make an impact.

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How does a referee or assistant miss shirt pulls like this?

Jatta's shirt looks like it's being pulled off, a shocking miss which, if correctly noticed. Could have changed the outcome, though I don't think appealing Jatta's card makes sense because it was a straight red. Notts should, however, write to the FA highlighting the poor officiating in the hope that consistency is noticed.

As you can see, Jatta made contact with the ball.

The direction of the ball shows this, however, it does also reveal how dangerous the lunge was.

Jatta firmly makes contact with the ball, again, we can't understate how dangerous this could have been. However, the still does show the Wimbledon player making the decision to jump. His foot isn't on or near the ball, it's starting to rise to avoid the collision.

The first picture shows the Wimbledon player looking at the ground. He then decides to act as if he's been shot. The second picture shows him making the decision to simulate contact in the hope of further persuading the official.

This shows him still in the air, trying to choose which of his legs hurt.

All indications show that it's his left leg, as he appears to be on the verge of holding it. It was his right leg which jumped, that was the closest further evidencing the simulation.

This angle looks bad, and it is, but it shows that it would be the right leg which, if it made contact, would have caused any injury.

These further show that Jatta didn't make contact with the Wimbledon player, despite the dangerous lunge.

And what do we see here, he's clutching the wrong leg. Though, look at Jatta he's annoyed and it shows that he's aware of the acting going on. At this point, either Matt Palmer or another individual should have positioned themselves to prevent Jatta from being confrontational. Yes, his actions are his own, but someone should have taken Rod McDonald's approach sooner.

This shows the moment after Jatta sort of shocked the Wimbledon players heads in annoyance, something which he shouldn't have done, but again it's the heat of the moment. He's clearly lost his head, and poor decisions follow. No excuses, the decision was right but their player made a total meal of it.

3-4 Wimbledon players approached the referee straight after, I am unsure if one of them were the captain but I don't think any one can defend the danger of Jatta tackle.

[allardyces tash]

I thought it was a straight red at the time. From my seat, it looked very dangerous, and I thought there might have been contact. That was just my view in the moment, but the referee was in a much better position to see that this wasn’t the case. Watching the highlights, it looked like a dive. I can understand why the official might have believed the Wimbledon player was hurt, but he moved away from the incident quite quickly.

This allowed him to be surrounded without checking on the player. There were shades of Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney in the way the Wimbledon player went about it. I noticed that the moment the red card was shown, he stopped rolling around, sat up straight away without any physio, and looked rather pleased that he’d got away with it.

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I'll start this with the the topic in question. Jatta's shirt does indeed get pulled off and it should be a free-kick to us. However, it isn't given and then goes into the tackle against Smith. His studs are up on his left foot but he goes into the tackle with his right foot and wins the ball with his right foot (of which the studs are not up). The reaction from their player gets him sent off as it's hardly a horror tackle and it barely makes contact with him. Glad he gave him a bit of slap when he was down on the floor.

The penalty decisions then. The first one for handball is difficult. Their player has barely any time to react to it and his hand is closer to his chest. It would have been harsh to have given it. 

The second one, Didzy just falls over and the third one, Reeves wins the ball before Grant goes down. 

[allardyces tash]

5 minutes ago, ARLukomski said:

His studs are up on his left foot but he goes into the tackle with his right foot and wins the ball with his right foot (of which the studs are not up). The reaction from their player gets him sent off as it's hardly a horror tackle and it barely makes contact with him.

God forbid the challenge had made contact, as it could have caused a serious injury. The timing was completely off, and the decision to lunge seemed to have been made before any thought was given to whether it was safe or whether Jatta had control over the impact his challenge might have had.

Wimbledon clattered into some of our players, but this was the worst challenge. Fortunately, the Wimbledon player had enough time to leap over it. It could have been much worse, but it was reckless and awful.

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Thankfully I mentally checked out of this season weeks ago

[Robbie 𝕏 @Robbie_NCFC]

I don't really want to criticise until the season is over. Notts are still very much in this playoff tie at the halfway stage.

What I will say that is all season just like the last, Notts have found it very difficult against teams in this league that are over physical.

Wimbledon's tactics worked & now they don't have to face Jatta in the 2nd leg. 

I think that ever since Maynard brought up the fact that his players are not being protected by officials just before Jones was injured, the officials don't favour our team in close physical battles, & they just don't give us the rub of the green.

The play immediately before they scored involved a Wimbledon player shirt tugging which wasn't picked up. Two penalty claims that if it had been at the other end, it would have been given.

Jatta is going to be missed in the 2nd leg. I hope we haven't seen the last of him in the black & white. It will certainly be a learning experience for him.

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I think it's very clear, the AFC Wimbledon player dived and simulated his injury just to deceive the official.

No contact at all, Jatta's trailing left foot could not have caused any injury. Still very damning, how much pace he had behind his challenge, and that's what makes it scary. We would hate this to have been Jodi Jones, or even just one of our players.

Here are some more telling images:

(Jacob Bedeau giving his thoughts after comments were made towards him).

 

[JIMBO]

Definitely a red card. Jatta didn’t help himself with his reaction afterwards, but the Dons players were provoking him, and sadly, he gave them exactly the response they wanted.

I wouldn’t be surprised if his suspension gets extended because he struggled to leave the field peacefully.

[Blake]

I can't argue with that. Jatta struggled to handle Wimbledon's physical play and let it affect him.

The only possible excuse for those images is if he slipped. But he threw himself into the tackle, and even though he won the ball, it was a clear red card.

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I still believe if the ref had given a free kick for the shirt pulling on Jatta just before his lunge then everything else wouldn’t have happened, he was clearly frustrated and there’s no excuse but if the ref had done his job we’d still have Jatta for the second leg

[Joshua]

Well, I don't think we can consider "what if" scenarios, as we already know what happened, and the outcome was far from good. It was a horrific decision to dive into a challenge with both feet, and it’s clear they were up. I don’t see how anyone can defend that.

Jatta should have left the field immediately. I don’t care if the Wimbledon players provoked him or if he was lashing out. He needed to walk away, act professionally, and accept the decision.

If a Notts fan thinks this was acceptable, I would hope they don’t show double standards when reacting to some of the tackles Jodi Jones has endured.