Blackpool Manager Neil Critchley: "We were the better tea
Sat Feb 19, 2022 5:57 pm
Blackpool manager Neil Critchley:
"We were the better team in the first half, in control of the game and quite comfortable. In the second half I was disappointed.
"We knew there would be a reaction from Cardiff because I thought they would come out and play with a bit more intensity, which they did.
"We fought well, we scrapped well but it became an ugly game and that didn't really suit us. I think a point was a fair reflection of the game but the game was there to be won."
On Blackpool's second-half penalty appeal, Critchley said: "I thought it was a stonewall penalty. I thought at the time it was a penalty, I've seen it back and it's a penalty.
"Josh does what he does, drives into the box and ironically it's Mr Wintle with the contact in the back, and Josh goes to ground. Why would he [voluntarily] go to ground in that situation? He's about to shoot.
"Then he gets booked for it. It's an unbelievable decision. That was a big decision at a critical moment, a big decision the referee has got wrong in my opinion."
"We were the better team in the first half, in control of the game and quite comfortable. In the second half I was disappointed.
"We knew there would be a reaction from Cardiff because I thought they would come out and play with a bit more intensity, which they did.
"We fought well, we scrapped well but it became an ugly game and that didn't really suit us. I think a point was a fair reflection of the game but the game was there to be won."
On Blackpool's second-half penalty appeal, Critchley said: "I thought it was a stonewall penalty. I thought at the time it was a penalty, I've seen it back and it's a penalty.
"Josh does what he does, drives into the box and ironically it's Mr Wintle with the contact in the back, and Josh goes to ground. Why would he [voluntarily] go to ground in that situation? He's about to shoot.
"Then he gets booked for it. It's an unbelievable decision. That was a big decision at a critical moment, a big decision the referee has got wrong in my opinion."
Re: Blackpool Manager Neil Critchley: "We were the better te
Sat Feb 19, 2022 6:06 pm
The ref totally lost it for about 10 mins in the second half. I had no idea what he was going to do. Looked a "soft" pen to me
Re: Blackpool Manager Neil Critchley: "We were the better te
Sat Feb 19, 2022 6:30 pm
llan bluebird wrote:The ref totally lost it for about 10 mins in the second half. I had no idea what he was going to do. Looked a "soft" pen to me
It was but we would be complaining if it was the other way around.
Re: Blackpool Manager Neil Critchley: "We were the better te
Sat Feb 19, 2022 7:14 pm
It was right in front of us in the family stand, & I was amazed the ref didn't give it. But how many pens have we had refused? So I guess we just get on with it and accept that refs are only, well, human 
Well, some of them are!! 
Well, some of them are!!