Motherwell FC News

November 2002
 
Sunday, November 17
 

8.30pm

Ricky's report of the Dundee Utd game is now available.

It has been revealed that Dirk Lehmann was cautioned for violent conduct by the referee after the final whistle yesterday, following an incident with Dundee Utd's Jim Hamilton.  The pair clashed in the dying second's of the 2-1 defeat, and Lehmann said:
"He hit me with his hands in protest just under the eye and I fell to the ground. It was absolutely deliberate. But I didn't even claim for the penalty but he was standing over the top of me shouting 'I didn't touch you' but you see from the mark under my eye there was contact.  I put my hands up and just shoved him away, then the referee told me to break it up.  So I was surprised when I was booked after the game for violent conduct because if it had been violent conduct then surely it should have been a red card."

Surprise surprise, Terry Butcher claimed not to have seen the incident, but after the game said:
"I am very disappointed in the lack of belief in some of our players. I back them 100 per cent but if they don't repay that or show what they can do then it disappoints me.  We only played for the last 10 minutes of each half and if you only play for 20 minutes in a game then you can't expect to win."

Time for a new opinion poll!

Who do you blame for the club's current predicament?

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