Cherries: Rival manager Dunne angered by penalty denial

12:00pm Sunday 16th December 2012 in Cherries News Photograph of the Author By Ian Wadley

COLCHESTER boss Joe Dunne slammed referee Brendan Malone after insisting his team should have been awarded a penalty in a late flashpoint at Dean Court.

Dunne was adamant that the U’s had been denied a certain spot-kick after Malone waved away the visitors’ protests in the closing stages of Cherries’ 1-0 victory yesterday.

And Dunne’s counterpart Eddie Howe admitted he had been worried as he watched Cherries midfielder Wes Fogden slide in on Colchester substitute Drey Wright with just minutes of the League One clash remaining.

But instead of giving a penalty as Wright hit the deck, Wiltshire-based official Malone allowed play to continue before dismissing appeals once Cherries keeper David James had saved the resulting shot.

Dunne told the media: “He was fouled in the box and it should have been a penalty.

“I have seen the replay, we questioned it at the time and our players questioned the referee. I was very disappointed with the response from the referee.

“He played advantage throughout the game and it was like rugby at times. You don’t get those decisions when you are near the bottom of the table.”

Cherries manager Howe said: “I have to be honest, I was worried when I saw Wes going in for the tackle.

“I couldn’t see whether he was in the box or not but it looked like he was near enough or on the line. My initial reaction was ‘oh dear, we could be in trouble’. But it wasn’t given so we will certainly take it.”

Howe was pleased with his team after watching Cherries register a first home victory over Colchester since 1999, with Lewis Grabban’s 41st-minute strike the only goal of the game.

“In the first half, I thought we were excellent and, in the second half, we dipped below that level,” said Howe.

“But all in all, protecting a 1-0 lead against a team we had not done very well against in recent years, it was certainly a very good result.”

Discussing the second half, Howe added: “There were two free headers in the box which concerned me. We dropped a little bit too deep and didn’t keep the ball as well.

“But I am really picking holes – we won the game 1-0 at home against a team which had been our bogey team in recent years.

“We always knew it was going to be difficult. They are fighting for their lives on a bad run.

“If we had got the second goal, I think it would have been a different story and we still had enough chances to have won it by more.”

Comments(15)

djd says...
12:58pm Sun 16 Dec 12

Sour grapes Mr Dunne. You brought a team of bully boys but lost.

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Ashleyafcb says...
2:52pm Sun 16 Dec 12

how many times does that happen to us sometimes there even given and then taken away !!! cry me a river mr set piece with your big pub team jelly eel eating hoofers

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ifordcherry says...
3:38pm Sun 16 Dec 12

I thought there were 3 or 4 challenges from Colchester players that if they had been made off of the football pitch could have resulted in an assault charge...They got what they deserved....NOTHING.

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contric says...
3:50pm Sun 16 Dec 12

how refreshing with all the cheating in the game for eddie howe to come out with an honest statement about the penalty claim

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supermac says...
3:52pm Sun 16 Dec 12

Their keeper saved them with some good saves and a bit of luck.The stats tell the story.67% possession with 17 attempts on goal to their 7.

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The Renegade Master says...
4:08pm Sun 16 Dec 12

Mr. Dunne. Sit down, shut up and accept you lost to the better side. Sour grapes is the last resort of a failing manager who hasn't got much time left in the job.
UTCIAD!

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lymicherry says...
7:04pm Sun 16 Dec 12

Yes, it probably was a pen. Just like the two awarded to Scunthorpe last week probably weren't. What goes around comes around. Get over it, Mr Dunne.

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pd7 says...
7:18pm Sun 16 Dec 12

get a life it is a game / sport nothing to get exited about

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AFCBENJI says...
8:29am Mon 17 Dec 12

djd wrote:
Sour grapes Mr Dunne. You brought a team of bully boys but lost.
I can only agree with 'djd', bully boys indeed, they were overzealous with there challenges all afternoon, they deserved nothing!
Not AFCB's best performance but eddies shown his team can get wins when we don't play well! that's very a good thing!!

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dc addict says...
8:44am Mon 17 Dec 12

Colchester were a bunch of thugs. Some of the fouls off the ball were a bit naughty. Poetic justice. They came here, like many sides do, to close us out of the game and got what they deserved. Some managers simply rely on big tall players but you can't rely on brute force all the time.

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bmthtillidie says...
9:46am Mon 17 Dec 12

They say events even themselves out over a season. At Bury we were awarded a penalty for a blatant hadball but then the ref changed is mind and at Scunny we had 2 penalties given againt us that never were. In which case we are still owed 2!! I still think refs are fundamentally homers, but not intentionally, they are influenced by the cries of the crowd, It's always more diffcult to get a penalty away from home.

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Frankiesbackfromhollywood says...
10:23am Mon 17 Dec 12

It was a hard win against a team that came to rough our lads up, only one side played or tried to play football and that was our lads! As for the penalty claim, it wasn't a penalty the ref didn't give it, he played advantage which must indicate the challenge was outside the box!! Colchester deserved nothing from the game, they didn't come to Dean Court for a game of football, they came for a scrap, and they lost!! Hope Macca is ok after his awful injury, one of may to get knocks I should think, great 3 points even if it was a little dull at times.

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stevobath says...
11:47am Mon 17 Dec 12

Mr Dunne wants o hang n to hs job until at least February.That'll give him time to pay off his Xmas bills etc.

Thes things even out over a season,so stop whining ...

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scottie190 says...
3:06pm Mon 17 Dec 12

Colchester got what they deserved nothing, they came to stop us play and nearly managed but the best team prevailed. You might manage to keep your job if you bleat enough utciad

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michael mead says...
10:09am Tue 18 Dec 12

Colchester's number 40 got away with a lot and to be honest it is a bit cheeky of their manager to moan as they got away with far to many fouls.
we are going up. come on u reds

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