Jackson felt yellow cards were sufficient
CHARLTON Athletic caretaker manager Johnnie Jackson felt yellow cards would have sufficed for Jayden Stockley and Deji Oshilaja, who were both sent off early in the game against Burton Albion at the Pirelli Stadium.
The pair tangled at a corner and other players joined in before referee Trevor Kettle showed both red cards.
“You could see them wrestling on the ground. I’ve watched it back – you can give them both a yellow card and get on with it,” said Jackson.
“That would have been the way I would have liked to have seen it dealt with.
“There weren’t punches and elbows. Give them both a yellow and let’s carry on 11v11.
“The lads are now going to miss games and I don’t think they warranted that.
“They are strong fellas, having a little push and a pull. It’s a physical game.
“It’s a blow to lose someone like Jayden Stockley, who is a pivotal part of our team and carries a big threat on set-plays aerially – plus defensively.
“When you lose Jayden you are going to be up against it. But the team responded pretty well, we got a goal pretty soon after it was 10v10.”
Jackson also exchanged views with Burton boss Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink on the touchline and the pair were spoken to by the referee.
“It was very eventful on and off the pitch. It was intense and heat of the moment stuff, that happens in football,” said Jackson.
“It was important (we kept things cool) because we had three or four lads on yellow cards and already down to 10. I said to them at half-time: ‘Make sure we don’t go down to nine because then you’ve got a real problem’. They managed it well. We saw the game out well.”