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Grimsby vs Barnet - Jamie O’Connor
DIR By: elbee94
Date: January 18, 2026, 6:23 am
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Thought this one deserved a thread as it’s quite a complex
incident to break down.
HTML https://youtu.be/yYzyMbYoZtE?si=pfnDbek-j86pmeoC
Grimsby have a promising attack - as the midfield player
releases a pass to the wide player, he and Kizzi (30) get
tangled up and the Grimsby player ends up on the floor. As
Barnet 11 is running past, he possibly leaves something on the
player too.
The attack fizzles out and Jamie goes back to sort the situation
out. Presumably 1 or more of his team have seen this happen and
make the recommendation to send off Kizzi.
To me, this is a terrible decision - without a close angle
admittedly, my view of it is it’s just contact between players
travelling in different directions. I don’t see any contact
between legs or arms that isn’t accidental. Perhaps a yellow
card for accidentally tripping him up, but even that would be
harsh.
Grimsby fans seem to think that this was mistaken identity and
that Barnet 11 commits violent conduct by hitting the Grimsby
player as he’s running past. The footage for me is inconclusive
there.
That’s my summary of how I view that incident but a lot to
unpack. Barnet’s manager was also dismissed for the words that
followed the decision. Difficult to be 100% sure with one camera
angle but from what we can see, to me, that’s an awful decision
to issue a sending off.
Couple of follow up points - it was 4O Anthony Moore that made
the intervention and it was the second incident with Kanu (11)
that was considered the offence, so it’s mistaken identity at
best.
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Re: Grimsby vs Barnet - Jamie O’Connor
DIR By: olliebcafc
Date: January 18, 2026, 7:56 am
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Do we know if Barnet appeal the red card is there a chance the
suspension gets transferred to Kanu or is it a guaranteed
overturn? You can hear the crowd react to something off camera
when Kizzi is back in position so it’s not him. Looks like
O’Connor has been hung out to dry by his 4th unfortunately
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Re: Grimsby vs Barnet - Jamie O’Connor
DIR By: Hendo
Date: January 18, 2026, 3:43 pm
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If you watch closely the “fouled” player gets up to begin with
but then decides to “die” and see what happens.
A bit of play acting I suspect
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Re: Grimsby vs Barnet - Jamie O’Connor
DIR By: elbee94
Date: January 18, 2026, 5:18 pm
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--- Quote from: Hendo link ---
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> If you watch closely the “fouled” player gets up to begin with
but then decides to “die” and see what happens.
> A bit of play acting I suspect
>
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To Ollie’s point, i’m not sure on the review process - but I
agree with you and to me, given Barnet played 80 minutes with a
player incorrectly sent off and there’s no clear evidence of a
red card offence on the footage, they should cancel the red card
in my opinion.
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Re: Grimsby vs Barnet - Jamie O’Connor
DIR By: rustyref
Date: January 18, 2026, 5:24 pm
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Think the referee has been well and truly chucked under the bus
by his AR1 or 4th official here. Very clear that he didn't see
it happen himself so obviously someone has come in with advice
over the comms.
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Re: Grimsby vs Barnet - Jamie O’Connor
DIR By: ARF
Date: January 18, 2026, 6:58 pm
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--- Quote from: olliebcafc link ---
>
> Do we know if Barnet appeal the red card is there a chance the
suspension gets transferred to Kanu or is it a guaranteed
overturn? You can hear the crowd react to something off camera
when Kizzi is back in position so it’s not him. Looks like
O’Connor has been hung out to dry by his 4th unfortunately
>
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Assuming the referee has shown the red for the second incident,
I would presume there would be two claims submitted - one for
mistaken identity, and one for wrongful dismissal (and possibly
a third for excessive punishment too, in case the wrongful
dismissal claim is unsuccessful).
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Re: Grimsby vs Barnet - Jamie O’Connor
DIR By: elbee94
Date: January 21, 2026, 5:14 am
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Kizzi’s red card has been overturned for wrongful dismissal and
with no mention of mistaken identity and/or reapplying this to
Kanu. Correct decision for me and mistakes happen - but that was
a really bad judgement from 4O and may have contributed to
Barnet losing that game.
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Re: Grimsby vs Barnet - Jamie O’Connor
DIR By: nemesis
Date: January 21, 2026, 9:46 am
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--- Quote from: rustyref link ---
>
> Think the referee has been well and truly chucked under the
bus by his AR1 or 4th official here. Very clear that he didn't
see it happen himself so obviously someone has come in with
advice over the comms.
>
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AR1 Danny Guest ......... perhaps he did !
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