WAS Liam Roberts reckless? Yes. Did he deserve a red card? Absolutely. But that doesn’t justify the rabid clamour to have the Millwall goalkeeper hung, drawn and quartered.
The challenge that flattened Crystal Palace striker Jean-Philippe Mateta in last weekend’s FA Cup defeat at Selhurst Park was ugly. There was blood, stitches and an ear left hanging by a thread.
Gruesome injuries prompt gut reactions, so Palace chairman Steve Parish can perhaps be forgiven for his hysterical reaction during a BBC interview at half-time, in which he told Roberts to take a “long...