NEXT HOME GAME - TBC
NEXT AWAY GAME - SUPPORTERS XI ARE PLAYING WORCESTER AT MALVERN ON SUNDAY AUGUST 3rd AT 3.00pm

Monday, December 19, 2011

Purse Thinks Elder "Went Down Easy"

Red carded Plymouth defender Darren Purse took another swipe at Bulls striker Nathan Elder after Saturday's game, this time in the press.

The veteran was sent off for a scything challenge on the striker, but bemoaned the decision to the local press afterwards: "It was just stupid. I should never have got involved in the tackle. I thought it was a foul on Conor [Hourihane] beforehand and the referee hasn't given it.

"I have come out of my hole to make a tackle that I maybe shouldn't have done.

"There was no intent or malice, or anything like that. I think their lad has gone down quite easy, and he screamed and shouted for something I didn't catch him with. But, at the end of the day, when you make tackles like that, it gives the referee the opportunity to do what he has done.

"If you're going to make tackles, you've got to win the ball. Nowadays, there are players who will go down and scream as though they have been shot to get people sent off, but that's football."