Tate: We Won’t See Red This Time Around

Sunday, 25 October 2009, 10:32
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Three Swansea City players saw red as they crashed out of the Carling Cup at home to Scunthorpe earlier this season and with injuries they ended the game with just seven men as they departed the competition.

Next weekend the Swans travel to Scunthorpe and are looking to extend their unbeaten Championship run against the Iron but knowing that they can little afford a repeat of the red card madness.

Speaking to Wales on Sunday, Tate said โ€œIt was the strangest game Iโ€™ve ever played in and something Iโ€™ll never forget, we had three players sent off and it wasnโ€™t even a dirty match.

โ€œBut there was a bit of red mist at the end and it cost us.

โ€œEven when we had the first player sent off, we were passing the ball better than them and creating the chances.

โ€œBut there was a handball given against me which, was a bit debatable, they scored from the penalty and it was chaos.

โ€œBut I can tell you that will never happen again.

โ€œAnyone who has seen us before will know that wasnโ€™t us, that it was a freak, something that was once and once only.

“They might try and use what happened against us and wind us up but it wonโ€™t matter.

โ€œBut no-one will rise to it because that wasnโ€™t us in that game.

โ€œAnd I donโ€™t think anything will need to be said beforehand about it. That game has gone and it wonโ€™t have any bearing on us going there and trying to take three points.โ€

Ironically, Tate saw red the last time the two sides met at Scunthorpe – a game that also saw Garry Monk stretchered off.

โ€œIt was the second game of the season, but it was my first appearance because Iโ€™d been suspended for the opener against Cheltenham.

โ€œKenny Jackett was manager at the time and heโ€™d seen how desperate I was to get out there before the game and came up to me telling me to calm down and not do anything stupid.

โ€œFifteen minutes later and I was back in the showers for a tackle on Cleveland Taylor โ€“ although I donโ€™t think he helped things.

โ€œYou could say the manager wasnโ€™t best pleased.

โ€œBut thatโ€™s in the past now and it would be good to pick up a win there next week to put that behind me.โ€

SOURCE: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/footballnation/swansea-city-fc/2009/10/25/swans-won-t-see-red-in-the-repeat-iron-clash-tate-91466-25006986/

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