Delap was rightly sent off for a vicious challenge, the latest in a long series of assaults from Pulis’ men, which are outlawed in the rules of the game and have been for years now, despite the protestations of the Stoke boss.
“There is a big problem within the game in that I think professional people and referees are so far apart in what they see in terms of what are fair challenges or competitive challenges and the bad, reckless challenges.”
