Kayne Ramsay took to Instagram on Saturday night to apologise for his sending off. “Devastated about my decision-making today,” he posted. “I cost the team three points. I’m sorry to all the fans and my team-mates, especially with the magnitude of the game. Learning curve, for sure. I’ll be back.”
The right-sided centre-back could have no grievances over
his two cautions -both on Aidomo Emakhu, Millwall’s only dangerous attacker
with Josh Coburn and Mihailo Ivanovic both subdued.
Ramsay’s first booking on 56 minutes was for cynically
halting the Irishman and then he mistimed a sliding challenge in the 74th
minute. Referee Robert Madley showed no hesitation in one again reaching for
his yellow card before brandishing a red.
By the time Nathan Jones reached the written media press
conference he had toned down his criticism of Ramsay, which appeared to be
stronger in his interview with broadcaster Sky Sports.
“It was going to take something - like a set-play or a
moment of madness to concede and we got a moment of madness,” said the
Welshman. “When you are on a booking and you lunge in then you know you are
risking something. You have to be cleverer than that. Top defenders stay on
their feet and make people work for something - when they go to ground it is a
last resort or they know they can win it.”
It is so hard though in the moment. Players make decisions
in split seconds and Ramsay, who had already made one clean challenge seconds
earlier on Emakhu, clearly felt he could do so again.
But the risk-reward ratio was out of kilter says Richard Cawley. Why? You need to subscribe to his first rate Substack account. This extract is posted as a taster.
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