Cherries: Lowe blow sparks war of words (From Thisisdorset)
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Cherries: Lowe blow sparks war of words
7:32pm Sunday 3rd February 2013 in Latest Sport
By Ian Wadley
A WAR of words erupted between Cherries and MK Dons over the build up and aftermath to Ryan Lowe’s X-rated tackle on Tommy Elphick.
MK Dons striker Lowe was sent off after lunging into a wild two-footed challenge on Cherries’ stand-in skipper in Saturday’s League One clash.
Cherries climbed to third in the table as goals from Lewis Grabban, Marc Pugh and Harry Arter handed them a routine 3-0 win at stadium:mk.
But Lowe’s red card overshadowed the result as Cherries defender Elphick was left facing a scan to assess the extent of damage to his knee.
MK Dons boss Karl Robinson condemned Lowe’s tackle and confirmed his club had fined the 34-year-old frontman – but he then pointed the finger at Cherries and accused them of goading Lowe as he left the field.
Robinson said: “I was disappointed with their players and the way they conducted themselves for large parts of the game.
“Elphick grabbed Ryan Lowe’s legs and grabbed him by the throat and didn’t get anything done to him. I heard one or two things that were said to Ryan Lowe as well as he was walking off. Just conduct yourself with a little bit more class.”
Lowe’s challenge on Elphick came after the pair had gone head to head as tempers flared following a clash earlier in the first half.
Goal hero Arter hit out at Lowe when he told the Daily Echo: “They were having a little bit of a spat before that.
“He said a few things to a few of our players that we weren’t happy with and we were disappointed that another fellow professional would say the stuff he was saying. But he then took it even further to do a silly tackle like that.”
Lowe, who admitted the challenge was “outrageous” in a post-match apology, said: “Things get said on and off the pitch. That is part and parcel of football. I am not going to sit here and hide the fact I committed a bad tackle and got sent off because I deserved to be sent off.”
Cherries boss Eddie Howe and defender Simon Francis labelled Lowe’s tackle “disgusting”.
Francis, one of the first players to confront Lowe after the incident, said: “I was furious because I knew he had been doing it beforehand. He had gone in late on Tom a couple of times and they had a tussle.
“I could see that tackle coming if I’m honest and there was no need for it. Whenever someone dives into a tackle like that with two feet, if anything it is a coward’s tackle.”
Lowe, meanwhile, looks set to receive an automatic three-match ban after an FA spokesperson confirmed he was unlikely to receive any extra punishment as referee Scott Mathieson dealt with the incident on the day.
Comments(12)
abc100
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7:40pm Sun 3 Feb 13
Mike Oxbig wrote:Why comment then
Yesterdays news..... Move on. Nothing to see here......
Mike Oxbig
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7:51pm Sun 3 Feb 13
abc100 wrote:Fair point. Just wanted to expose the corporate greed by the Echo trying to sell advertising space (by increasing the traffic to this site) by posting yet another Cherries piece that actually doesn't tell us anything new. Regards.
Mike Oxbig wrote:Why comment then
Yesterdays news..... Move on. Nothing to see here......
jakeysredd
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8:20pm Sun 3 Feb 13
Mike Oxbig wrote:bye bye
abc100 wrote:Fair point. Just wanted to expose the corporate greed by the Echo trying to sell advertising space (by increasing the traffic to this site) by posting yet another Cherries piece that actually doesn't tell us anything new. Regards.
Mike Oxbig wrote:Why comment then
Yesterdays news..... Move on. Nothing to see here......
Court Side
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8:26pm Sun 3 Feb 13
wookj1
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8:51pm Sun 3 Feb 13
Court Side wrote:Talking of Robinson, I believe Anton has dropped down to league 2, moving from Huddersfirld to Gillingham?
You might think it's alright Mike but i'm still bloody fuming actually!We could lose Tommy for the season because of that tackle and while there's nothing we can do about it we can let of steam by posting on here our annoyance and the complete lack of class from Robinson,that animal Lowe and MK Franchise in general.There,now i'll move on!(until the scan results!).
danlee74
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9:16pm Sun 3 Feb 13
Court Side wrote:My thoughts exactly ... disgraceful at every level from MK. Absolutely no class, thankfully we seem above it.
You might think it's alright Mike but i'm still bloody fuming actually!We could lose Tommy for the season because of that tackle and while there's nothing we can do about it we can let of steam by posting on here our annoyance and the complete lack of class from Robinson,that animal Lowe and MK Franchise in general.There,now i'll move on!(until the scan results!).
Hopefully the scan will show no serious injury and that we will get our fantastic captain back and at his best before too long.
Great performance yesterday from start to finish and great support too!
Onwards and upwards.
UP THE CHERRIES!!!
jakeysredd
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9:35pm Sun 3 Feb 13
Court Side wrote:Have to agree there, ive said it before on various bloggs to do with this, it was the worst tackle on one of our players for years, Not sure how old you are but its up there with the Mick Taite (portsmouth) player on our Robbie Savage many years ago, its just infuriating that players today can still go in with those challenges, it was an assault in my opinion nothing to do with football, just cant get it out of my head, just hope Tommy will be ok,
You might think it's alright Mike but i'm still bloody fuming actually!We could lose Tommy for the season because of that tackle and while there's nothing we can do about it we can let of steam by posting on here our annoyance and the complete lack of class from Robinson,that animal Lowe and MK Franchise in general.There,now i'll move on!(until the scan results!).
East Stand Kook
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10:31pm Sun 3 Feb 13
TedMacsCherryPants
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6:42am Mon 4 Feb 13
East Stand Kook wrote:Disgusting tackle aside, Lowes kick in Tommys stomach on the ground earlier is clearly visible on the video footage!
Agree With you 2 above, I'm fuming about the tackle, Elphick is a massive player for us. And for all we know that tackle could have ended his career. Yet all he gets is a 3 match ban and we could lose our captain for good. And Karl Robinson has gone down massively in my estimation. Always pointing the blame at referees, and not for the fact that his teams finishing was poor. He then has the cheek to come out and say that we have a massive budget to spend on players and that their budget is tiny. My answer to that is, don't spend millions of pounds on a stadium you can't fill, and invest it on a decent team instead. Clown!
I'm getting forkin' sick of opposing managers on the end of a beating from the mighty Cherries whining on about our so called "massive budget". Most of our players did not cost a lot of money and are generally in from Lge1/Lge 2 clubs and have been improved by us. Josh and Brett are obvious exceptions but they were already connected with the club and still weren't big money signings
As per the comment above, Karl Robinson our budget is not your concern and certainly wasn't your downfall on Saturday. Perhaps you and your team need to work a bit harder. While your at it maybe you could track down your 'fat-bloke' fan in the blue hoody (stood at the front of the MK end) and take him to a few training sessions, looks like he could do with it!!!
UTC!
boyerboy
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10:14am Mon 4 Feb 13
With enough comment , who knows the police may feel duty bound to submit a report to the CPS and a prosecution could then follow.
Over the years it has come very very close to a player being summonsed for a case such as this, the sweet FA do nothing...it is about time some one did !!!!
jakeysredd
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8:25pm Mon 4 Feb 13
East Stand Kook wrote:Just heard the news Tommy escaped serious injury, thing is he could miss 4 games and LOWE will only miss 3 wheres the justice in that, just thankful Tommy will be o.k, Bring on Pompey, hope we will have a defence,
Agree With you 2 above, I'm fuming about the tackle, Elphick is a massive player for us. And for all we know that tackle could have ended his career. Yet all he gets is a 3 match ban and we could lose our captain for good. And Karl Robinson has gone down massively in my estimation. Always pointing the blame at referees, and not for the fact that his teams finishing was poor. He then has the cheek to come out and say that we have a massive budget to spend on players and that their budget is tiny. My answer to that is, don't spend millions of pounds on a stadium you can't fill, and invest it on a decent team instead. Clown!
Mike Oxbig says...
7:36pm Sun 3 Feb 13