Well to fight two of their red cards

MOTHERWELL plan to appeal against two of the three red cards shown to their players in Saturday’s 4-1 loss at St Johnstone.

Goalkeeper Trevor Carson was first to go, on 63 minutes, for handling the ball outside his penalty area, with skipper Carl McHugh following suit 14 minutes from time and Charles Dunne the third man sent off in the final minute for downing substitute Graham Cummins.

Well manager Steve Robinson felt both Carson and Dunne were hard done by, but acknowledged McHugh may have deserved his two yellow cards.

“At this stage it is very likely we will appeal them,” he said. “The first red card was obviously the turning point. The decision absolutely kills it.

“The decision completely changes the game. At 2-1 I thought we were completely dominating the game.

“I thought the ball was on the line for the first and from video footage Dunne didn’t touch him. I don’t know whether it was dangerous or not by Carl if he goes to ground. The referee might have a point on that one but as for the rest of them...”

The Northern Irishman received a stern talking-to from referee Craig Thomson after the second sending-off. “When you are playing that well and dominating the game, the decision is going to affect everything you do so of course there’s going to be frustration,” Robinson said. “He just told me to calm down.”