Ipswich Town boss Kieran McKenna was left frustrated after skipper Sam Morsy's 'nonsense' booking at Middlesbrough, which leaves him on the verge of a two-game ban.
Inspirational captain Morsy, such an important part of Town's success, was shown a yellow card for kicking the ball away in stoppage-time of the 2-0 win at the Riverside yesterday.
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He's now just one more booking away from a two-game ban going into the huge run of festive fixtures against Watford (a), Norwich (h), Leeds (a) and Leicester (h).
"That was the only frustration from the game to be honest," McKenna said after the game. "I thought it was a nonsense yellow.
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"I didn't think it was a foul. I thought there were quite a few instances like that in the last 15 minutes."
Asked if he had a decision to make about resting Morsy at Vicarage Road on Tuesday night, in order to protect him for next weekend's East Anglian derby in Suffolk, the Blues boss admitted: "I've not thought about it much, to be honest. It happened 10 minutes ago.
"My main thought going into Tuesday night is that it's a really tough game and we've got to try and perform as well as we possibly can. That aspect will probably fall into that category."
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