Dorset! Dorset!! DORSET!!! Our man down there in Bournemouth, Ben Fisher, has filed his verdict. Here it is! Thanks for reading this MBM.
The extremely impressive Andoni Iraola talks to Sky. “Obviously we are in a worse position than we were a couple of hours before … but we want to keep fighting … we have to keep fighting, no? … there was not a lot happening in the first half, but the things that were happening were for them … they managed the game better overall … the second half we improved … found better positions … moments … good chances … but we couldn’t score it.”
He also reports that Alex Scott, who was hit by Tyrone Mings’ elbow early in the game, has been sent for x-rays. “The jaw … we do not know if it is broken or not broken … you could see straight away he was not well … it is a very dangerous challenge … on the other side, the second yellow to [Jacob] Ramsey for me was not a yellow … but obviously the value of a red card in the 80th minute and the value of a red card in the sixth minute is very different … but overall they competed better than us.”
As for the possible penalty for a Matty Cash handball? “For me it’s handball [under the current rules] but I don’t like [the referees] to call these handballs … it shouldn’t be a penalty … for me it’s good they didn’t call the handball of Cash.”
Taken in the round, that’s a very gracious interview. You’ve seen managers kick off over a lot less, but the mild-mannered Basque was charm and decency personified.
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