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City
will be without SWP for the games at Portsmouth, Liverpool and West Ham
after the FA looked retrospectively into the incident where Rory Delap
was dismissed at the Britannia Stadium.
The Manager regrets the
absence of his player but philosophically says, "We admitted at the
time that there was a reaction, but there were reasons why Shaun
reacted like he did. We hoped that there would have been a little bit
of leeway where the decision makers were concerned, but unfortunately I
think the FA has to go by the letter of the law.
"They will
support the referee's report, so unfortunately we will miss Shaun for
the same length of time that Stoke will be without Rory Delap. That
does not seem correct in my view, but that's where we are.
"There
will always be grey areas open to debate, but I just think Shaun's case
should have been judged on its own merits. Shaun has been really hard
done by because of the severity of the punishment.
"It's a blow
because he has been playing really well, he has such a positive impact
and his work-rate is such that he always causes a threat to teams. But
there is nothing we can do now, we just have to get on with it."
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