Poor touch, lost control of the ball, then dived in stupidly. Even the best players are prone to the occasional moment of madness. Was our best laiker until the incident, and I won't be stringing him up as some other(s) have done. Still a knight of the BFC realm.
"A sprint into the box past a couple of theirs was halted by a clumsy looking challenge and the ref pointed to the spot. That decision didn't seem too harsh but the subsequent sending off of the culprit certainly did. Ne'er mind, let's not complain." That's his other sending off as described by an opposition fan (Hull, he was playing for Mansfield at the time)
Was looking for something like that but couldn't find it. Just saw that a penalty was scored in the 68th minute after he was sent off in the 67th. What an animal.
When I told my other half he'd got sent off, his words were on the lines of "He's a liability .... Dirty player, always getting sent off." I had a right go at him saying he was talking rubbish, and that Hassell is a player who puts his head in where no one else would. Your evidence may come in handy for round two of the debate.
