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Ipswich vs Palace Yellow

Samuel

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Level 5 Referee
I haven't found the clip of it just yet but in the game O'Shea got booked for a foul that I think everyone expected a caution for it. It us more the technique that confused me as the palace player appeared to wave his hand in the air and Craig Pawson raised the yellow an didn't make it clear who had been cautioned.

I know as you get to these levels the procedure is not as strict as it is for us, but with O'Shea running away and the card being shown in the direction of the palace player, it did confuse a lot of us who actually got cautioned.

Is this something that he normally does or was this just poor procedure?
 
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Fairly common at that level. They’re advised to try and get the process done asap. I’d say it’s down to keeping the TV companies happy.
 
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