{"id":91203,"date":"2024-04-11T09:32:36","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T08:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/?p=91203"},"modified":"2024-04-11T09:32:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T08:32:36","slug":"schumacher-i-thought-it-was-a-ridiculous-decision-at-the-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/2024\/04\/11\/schumacher-i-thought-it-was-a-ridiculous-decision-at-the-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Schumacher: &#8220;I thought it was a ridiculous decision at the time&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Steven Schumacher wants his side to keep their heads up with relegation fears remaining very real for them after they lost 3-0 at the Swansea.com Stadium yesterday evening.<\/p>\n<p>But the Stoke boss also reflected back on two key refereeing decisions &#8211; one to disallow a goal from Niall Ennis after the ball came loose from Carl Rushworth with the second being the award of a penalty to the Swans for what he believes was a foul outside of the box.<\/p>\n<p>Neither were decisions that Schumacher could line up behind as he looked back on the game as he told the Stoke official website\u00a0\u201cI thought it was a ridiculous decision at the time,\u201d Schumacher said of City\u2019s disallowed goal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty aligncenter\"><a id='r1hRMAftTqdN5aXdvnK4lA' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2147034848' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'r1hRMAftTqdN5aXdvnK4lA',sig:'Wy0bvxFmYneZAF7q6VctQQCHTdCiSxXUKJm1g1KVwqc=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'2147034848',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI had a good view of it and it looked to me like the goalkeeper tried to take a quick throw-in, he has collided with Niall, who isn\u2019t aware he is even there, and has then tapped the loose ball in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt it was a poor decision at the time and when our analyst has shown me the replay, I can see it\u2019s definitely not a foul.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is disappointing, we didn\u2019t play great in the first half, but it should have been 1-1.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe decision for the penalty for the second goal also looks like the challenge is outside of the box so that is two big calls, in a game that wasn\u2019t going the way we wanted it to, we needed to go for us and they didn\u2019t.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Stoke now face a massive match against relegation rivals Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday and he was clear as to what he expected from his team\u00a0\u00a0\u201cSheffield Wednesday will be a physical game, they are going to put balls into our box, they are going to have a lot of set-pieces &#8211; that is how they got their goals last night &#8211; so we will have to defend those situations better than how we did tonight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe message is no sulking, get our heads up and go again because it is another huge game at the weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty aligncenter\"><a id='Il-V8OpXRW9HziGR1rBx4A' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2147037891' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'Il-V8OpXRW9HziGR1rBx4A',sig:'RWKjSIAIjxf3cQyR9ktXkD81QuIJUYBv1P0cIf6sGcI=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'2147037891',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steven Schumacher wants his side to keep their heads up with relegation fears remaining very real for them after they lost 3-0 at the Swansea.com Stadium yesterday evening. 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