Source: FOOTYMAD
Boothroyd On Why City Won't Appeal King Ban
Even more from City boss on King dismissal Coventry City manager Aidy Boothroyd as spoken in more detail as to why the club will not be appealing against the red card issued for violent conduct to striker Marlon King. Boothroyd was unimpressed by the decision to send King off, but rather than risk increasing the ban from four games to five or six for making a frivolous appeal, he has decided to accept the situation and get on with trying to get City back to winning ways. Boothroyd said to the CT: "It's Marlon King, isn't it, so if we appeal they'll just add on extra games for being frivolous. People have an opinion about him, a wrong opinion, I think and he doesn't tend to get what he deserves in the way of decisions." "He doesn't get much help but that's human nature, I guess, so it's something he has to live with." Boothroyd said he didn't see the incident at the time but he viewed it later on DVD and while he accepted that under the current rules that if a player raises his hand to another player, he has to go, but he questioned whether there was an incident at all. He said: "I didn't see what happened because we were all following the ball but the eagle eyed assistant saw it so I wish we could have him every week, he'd be brilliant! "I checked the video later and it was something and nothing. He came back to get the ball, went for a one-two and the defender stepped across him and caught him with his arm and his leg. Marlon responded by giving him a push in the back of the head. It was just a little flick, but if you raise your hand you've got to go."
