Charlton Athletic supervisor Nathan Jones has described the choice to ship him off in final week’s EFL Trophy win over Bromley as “extraordinarily weird”.
The Welshman was dismissed when match officers deemed he had touched the ball earlier than it headed out of play at The Valley.
Jones was unable to conduct post-match media duties however he’ll have the ability to be again within the technical space for the following spherical of the competitors in early December after no additional punishment was taken.
Charlton will discover out their opponents when the draw is made tomorrow night.
“I felt it was a particularly weird choice,” mentioned Jones. “I perceive in the event that they assume it didn’t depart the pitch however I used to be standing in my technical space and the ball was coming in direction of me. I put my foot as much as cease it and was despatched off for that.
“It didn’t have any have an effect on on the sport by any means, there have been no gamers close to me and the ball was hurtling out at appreciable pace. So it was a very weird sending off. I used to be embarrassed, if I’m sincere, by it. However that’s what occurs now.
“There are a whole lot of issues that frustrate me in soccer. There may be a lot emphasis now on the minor little particulars that don’t actually imply a hell of so much after which huge choices are getting missed. We’ve had some accidents to gamers from dangerous tackles that don’t get picked up. That’s the frustration for me.
“I’m glad that it has been rescinded, should you like, as a result of I felt it was a really weird choice, very unneccessary and complete not within the spirit of how that recreation was performed.”
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