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An FA statement reads: “Ipswich Town FC’s Sam Morsy has been charged with a breach of FA Rule E1.1 following their EFL League One match against Accrington Stanley FC on Saturday [22/01/22].
“The midfielder’s behaviour during the 27th minute was not seen by the match officials, but it was caught on camera, and allegedly constitutes violent conduct. Sam Morsy has until tomorrow [25/01/22] to provide a response.”
Town say they will be making no comment but it's understood Morsy will be contesting the charge.
This could just about finish what little chances we have of promotion. No point in appealing he will only get a stiffer sentence. He just has to take it on the chin (probably not the right words ).
Never a red. Incidental contact. Morsy turned away from the throw and in the direction of the ball. His arm was raised as he turned but there was no swinging action, so no punch or slap as the players collided. Hamilton collapsed as if shot by a sniper. Player trying to get a fellow professional sent off and being backed up by pathetic tweets by his chairman, who later withdrew those tweets in embarrassment. 4th official had a clear view and said nothing. If a suspension arises from this, expect a torrent of whining accusations from sore-losing managers and chairpersons. But not from Town officials. Too much class in our new regime.
I was close enough to see it on Saturday and have seen the clip but to my eye, the AS b,one put his arm out and our player did likewise. There is nothing to investigate other than the cheating that generally went on from the pub team.
If that was the incident then at worst it seems that both players are equally to blame. Think it a tad hard on Morsy given the Stanley player appears to make the first move. Shines yet another light on the FA! How about a red card for Stanleys gabby chairman!
Interesting one. I would site lack of evidence. You can't see if Morsey's hand is open or closed or if there was contact. It could have been a hand off. Did the guy need treatment? Why didn't any of the four officials see it, especially the fourth official who was nearer than their Chairman? ‘I was trying to get his hand off my shirt, I didn't realise I'd touched him' would be a good defence without an outright lie. Much better than he deserved it, even if he did.
Looks like Morsy was just trying to push the arm of the Accrington player out of the way as he was trying to block Morsy's run, the more I watch it. They had been doing this all game to us and for a change our team stood up to them. Well done Ipswich. Maybe a review of Accringtons tactics all through the game should also be 'under review'. Their team played like a Sunday League team, very little skill, just batter the opposition. So pleasing to beat them playing football.
Looks a bit dodgy in the clip, but it's by no means conclusive if that is the only evidence they have to go on (as gosblue correctly points out). AC´s approach throughout the match was based on gamesmanship that consisted of falling over at every opportunity and feigning injury. This has become a plague of modern football, and I just don't understand why players don't get booked for it much more often. AC would have done better to concentrate more on playing the game and less of the theatricals. I'm so glad we beat them!
He stayed on, we won. He may get a ban but we need grit, fight and men who can give it take it, especially against a team selected from ex-bouncers and journeymen security staff. It was neither mindless nor filthy, tw'ere proportional and well directed, like judo.
Nazemariner. The footage is far from conclusive. Shows him swing his arm yes, but no proof of whether contact was with a fist, heel of the hand or what. Even the player(Hamilton) himself has stated he didn't know if it was a push or a punch. So no, it's far from conclusive
Wouldn't have knocked my granny over! How embarrassing to see these superfit brick outhouses going over like they've been shot at the slightest contact.
Looking at the video clip I'm not surprised that it is being retrospectively investigated. It's a distraction that the Team don't need going into critical games that we have to win if 6th place is to remain realistic. I expect it will result in a three match ban - what defence could Morsey have?
The FA should look at the video of all the match not one 5 second clip, the pub team would then have half there team on FA charges. They were trying to wind Morsey up all the game and that Holt is a disgrace he should be charged, what a clown to be running a football club.
Time for the Accrington player to give his account and hope he tells the truth, looks more like a shove to me to move out of a block, but as I said on the day from the footage it don't look good. Morsy needs to control his temper & set a skippers example, it's not the 70's any more.
this is always going to happen when players like Morsy and Norwood , act like they do, they have a reputation and are tested by oppo players, and watched by officials, a hint of trouble and you are a marked man . They have to learn to control themselves.
I'd certainly like to see what other footage they've seen to base their charge on, as the clip linked in the story doesn't clearly show what happened, having viewed it many times, and enlarged it, you couldn't say for sure either way whether he did, or whether the amateur dramatics was in full effect. Surely they'd need more than that?
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