Tuesday Apr 22 2008 13:19
Carlisle United manager John Ward has decided not to appeal against David Raven's red card in Saturday's home defeat to Southend United after watching a video of the incident.
Raven will now be suspended for United's next three matches but Ward is confident his side will be able to cope without the influential defender's services.
He said: "The problem with appeals is that they can go the other way, and we don't want to run the risk of adding to the number of games that David will miss.
"In cases like these, you have to argue that the referee has made a serious error, which is always difficult to do, so we've reluctantly decided not to pursue the matter.
"We've not got the biggest squad but they're an honest group and they've come through thick and thin. We're going through a bit of thin at the moment.
"We have to pull it out in the next two games and despite losing David we'll be determined to do that."
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