Blackburn are right about head injuries – so Tyler Morton should be suspended

Head injuries should result in an immediate stop in play. Using one as a tactical ploy should be harshly punished.

Words: David Taylor

There’s been something in the air during this season’s FA Cup run. It’s not just the usual ‘magic of the cup’, a refreshing tonic to a severe draining of football romanticism. Oh no, there’s been another altogether different vibe hanging around. I’m talking, of course, about complaining.

If it wasn’t enough that after a thrilling 3-1 victory over Wrexham, a group of professional footballers bemoaned Billy Sharp’s helpful suggestion to “shove it in your documentary”, there’s also been further controversy in the quarter final, this time at the ‘hands’ of Iliman Ndiaye and ‘head’ of Tyler Morton.

Here’s the incident again, in the build-up to Tommy Doyle’s thunderstrike (nice excuse to watch it for the thousandth time):