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James Tomkins Should Not Have Been Sent Off - West Ham Keeper Rob Green
The glovesman feels that the referee could have been a little more lenient at the weekend at Goodison Park...
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May 19, 2009 8:46:36 PM
West Ham United were beaten 3-1 by Everton at Goodison Park on Saturday, ending their hopes of landing seventh spot in this season's Premier League, and denying them the Europa League place that would have gone with it; but goalkeeper Robert Green was left with an abiding sense of injustice after the defeat.
One key moment in the game was when referee Phil Dowd awarded Everton a penalty, and decided that James Tomkins, whose foul on Toffees midfielder Tim Cahill had led to the kick being awarded, deserved to be sent off for preventing a clear goalscoring opportunity.
Green, though, feels that he would have been able to gather the ball easily after Cahill had pushed it past Tomkins, and for that reason he thinks that Dowd could have displayed a little more mercy.
"We weren't playing particularly well but we were limiting their chances and Kova [Radoslav Kovac] had scored one of those goals where it moved all over the place," the keeper told West Ham's official website.
"He [Cahill] came through and he's [Tomkins] made contact. It's a penalty but I don't know whether he's got a goalscoring chance because I feel I would have got there first.
"The referee has got to make a split-second decision and it's disappointing because it's changed the course of the game. Obviously they got their tails up and we conceded another goal not even five minutes into the second half and that put us up against it. It's disappointing because it was avoidable."
With Europe no longer on the agenda, Green is hoping that the strikers at Upton Park can use the one remaining fixture, at home to all-but-doomed Middlesbrough, to find their shooting boots - a lack of goals being a key factor in the Hammers failing to finish seventh, Green feels.
"We've got to draw on Sunday to get the same amount of points as we got last season," he added.
"It's a good job that we got our points when we did. We went on that run and had a spell where we took our chances. Coley [Carlton Cole] was on fire scoring goals but, other than that, we've really struggled to put teams away. I can't remember the last time we scored three goals in a game - Barnsley in the FA Cup in January or Portsmouth on Boxing Day in the league.
"We've nicked a lot of games 1-0 and nicked enough games like Wigan, Stoke and others where we've just clung on and defended for our lives and done a magnificent job of defending. When we've managed to nick a goal, we've hung in there more often than not and that's why we are where we are."
Zack Wilson, Goal.com
One key moment in the game was when referee Phil Dowd awarded Everton a penalty, and decided that James Tomkins, whose foul on Toffees midfielder Tim Cahill had led to the kick being awarded, deserved to be sent off for preventing a clear goalscoring opportunity.
Green, though, feels that he would have been able to gather the ball easily after Cahill had pushed it past Tomkins, and for that reason he thinks that Dowd could have displayed a little more mercy.
"We weren't playing particularly well but we were limiting their chances and Kova [Radoslav Kovac] had scored one of those goals where it moved all over the place," the keeper told West Ham's official website.
"He [Cahill] came through and he's [Tomkins] made contact. It's a penalty but I don't know whether he's got a goalscoring chance because I feel I would have got there first.
"The referee has got to make a split-second decision and it's disappointing because it's changed the course of the game. Obviously they got their tails up and we conceded another goal not even five minutes into the second half and that put us up against it. It's disappointing because it was avoidable."
With Europe no longer on the agenda, Green is hoping that the strikers at Upton Park can use the one remaining fixture, at home to all-but-doomed Middlesbrough, to find their shooting boots - a lack of goals being a key factor in the Hammers failing to finish seventh, Green feels.
"We've got to draw on Sunday to get the same amount of points as we got last season," he added.
"It's a good job that we got our points when we did. We went on that run and had a spell where we took our chances. Coley [Carlton Cole] was on fire scoring goals but, other than that, we've really struggled to put teams away. I can't remember the last time we scored three goals in a game - Barnsley in the FA Cup in January or Portsmouth on Boxing Day in the league.
"We've nicked a lot of games 1-0 and nicked enough games like Wigan, Stoke and others where we've just clung on and defended for our lives and done a magnificent job of defending. When we've managed to nick a goal, we've hung in there more often than not and that's why we are where we are."
Zack Wilson, Goal.com
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