Flynn Downes

[Turkish]

2 minutes ago, saintant said:

No, he is suspended for the FA Cup semi final plus our last two league games. Massive disappointment for us and him.

Fresh for play offs bro 💪

[obelisk]

Oh well. He'd have probably got himself sent off against City anyway.

[Hodds37]

Anyone got the clip for what he's suspended for!?

[O_B]

https://twitter.com/ASaintsOpinion/status/2047258030555701402

 

[trousers]

On 21/04/2026 at 13:02, Fabrice29 said:

I'd say he's quite good at knowing where the line is. He's on the edge for sure but not sure he's the walking red card you seemed to imply he is

^ Yep, this...

[saintant]

2 minutes ago, O_B said:

https://twitter.com/ASaintsOpinion/status/2047258030555701402

 

Looks bad to be honest if you look at how the guy's head jerks back at impact. Whether it was deliberate is hard to say but can see why the FA have acted.

[Sir Ralph]

Really that gets a 3 match ban! It’s nothing. The guys head is his shoulder height so he stooped

Edited 9 hours ago by Sir Ralph

[Sir Ralph]

Also if he appeals it does that defer the ban for Saturday?

[Fabrice29]

13 minutes ago, trousers said:

^ Yep, this...

brilliant timing to be fair 

2 minutes ago, Sir Ralph said:

Also if he appeals it does that defer the ban for Saturday?

He’s accepted it presumably on the basis that he’ll be needed for the playoffs and not to hinder that. 

[beatlesaint]

1 minute ago, Fabrice29 said:

He’s accepted it presumably on the basis that he’ll be needed for the playoffs and not to hinder that. 

Yes I would think either he or the club has looked at the bigger picture on this one.

[Sir Ralph]

1 minute ago, Fabrice29 said:

brilliant timing to be fair 

He’s accepted it presumably on the basis that he’ll be needed for the playoffs and not to hinder that. 

Didn’t see he accepted it. I’ve seen 100 worse incidents than that not punished this year

[CB Fry]

Thankfully we can just drop Oriel Romeu in instead, no harm done 👍 

[S-Clarke]

I personally thought he was a tiny bit lucky in the Swansea game, there were a few moments where he'd clearly lost his head. He had to be dragged away quite a few times. He'd have been sent off had he stayed on IMO, so on the face of it it feels a bit odd to retrospectively go back to it, but we were quite fortunate to play that game with 11 IMO.

Gutting for Flynn missing the biggest game of his life - FA Cup Semi Final. He might never get there again. Feels mean in that sense.

[BARCELONASAINT]

The timing off this is terrible not only for Flynn and the club but also the supporters going to Wembley on Saturday. We already knew we were without Manning and his replacement has barely kicked a ball recently but we now know Flynn is out and Captain Jack is at best 50/50 that he's fit enough to start!

[Saint Marky]

Tin foil hat time, remove saints engine from the midfield, undoubtedly our most influential midfielder at the moment, link with all the current ridiculous decisions in Ipswich’s favour, Birminghams legit equaliser disallowed , Middlesbrough non penalty penalty amongst some and the fact we have to play Ipswich within the three game ban, think the fa have chosen their second place auto team and who they want in the fa cup final?….

[dsrdorset]

2 minutes ago, Saint Marky said:

Tin foil hat time, remove saints engine from the midfield, undoubtedly our most influential midfielder at the moment, link with all the current ridiculous decisions in Ipswich’s favour, Birminghams legit equaliser disallowed , Middlesbrough non penalty penalty amongst some and the fact we have to play Ipswich within the three game ban, think the fa have chosen their second place auto team and who they want in the fa cup final?….

Spot on!

[tdmickey3]

I know he plays on the edge but needs to learn to reign it in and be aggressive at the right time

[saintant]

Wonder if Swansea made the complaint. It was right in front of the dug outs.

[SambaMaverick]

He's playing on the edge and playing fucking well 

Rather he got banned every once in a while than the mincing around he was doing earlier this season and last

[benjii]

On 15/03/2026 at 01:11, ItchenRob said:

Can I just say, despite what I may have said previously , I love Flynn Downes 😇

Sod it, half a bottle of Blue Nun.

[Willo of Whiteley]

Flynn Downes as good a player he may be is an absolute tool when it comes to tackling etc

[tdmickey3]

1 hour ago, Saint Marky said:

Tin foil hat time, remove saints engine from the midfield, undoubtedly our most influential midfielder at the moment, link with all the current ridiculous decisions in Ipswich’s favour, Birminghams legit equaliser disallowed , Middlesbrough non penalty penalty amongst some and the fact we have to play Ipswich within the three game ban, think the fa have chosen their second place auto team and who they want in the fa cup final?….

Hilarious conspiracy nonsense.. 🥱

Who are they stitching up for the other semi ?

[LiberalCommunist]

Who else has been retrospectively punished like this in the Championship this season. Serious question. 

[Midfield_General]

Textbook forearm smash

Have that you slag

Edited 6 hours ago by Midfield_General

[Sheaf Saint]

4 hours ago, O_B said:

https://twitter.com/ASaintsOpinion/status/2047258030555701402

 

Can't play this video for some reason. Does anyone else have a link that isn't Twatter? 

[Lighthouse]

3 hours ago, Saint Marky said:

Tin foil hat time, remove saints engine from the midfield, undoubtedly our most influential midfielder at the moment, link with all the current ridiculous decisions in Ipswich’s favour, Birminghams legit equaliser disallowed , Middlesbrough non penalty penalty amongst some and the fact we have to play Ipswich within the three game ban, think the fa have chosen their second place auto team and who they want in the fa cup final?….

I’d say that was less tin foil hat and more aerospace-grade titanium sombrero, but I do admire your sense of imagination.

[Wurzel]

4 hours ago, Sir Ralph said:

Didn’t see he accepted it. I’ve seen 100 worse incidents than that not punished this year

Think it looked less bad than it was as he smashed him into THB which broke his fall slightly

[Saint Marky]

24 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

I’d say that was less tin foil hat and more aerospace-grade titanium sombrero, but I do admire your sense of imagination.

Thanks, it means a lot, coming from you.

[Baird of the land]

Slowed down makes it look worse but can see why he's been done. However I'd Be interested to see how consistently retroactive review are done. Not great that he's going to miss cup and that'll he might be rusty for play offs.

[Appy]

1 hour ago, LiberalCommunist said:

Who else has been retrospectively punished like this in the Championship this season. Serious question. 

Leif Davis was. 

[tdmickey3]

8 minutes ago, Appy said:

Leif Davis was. 

Can’t be because they want to help Ipswich or something something 

[Harry_SFC]

6 hours ago, O_B said:

https://twitter.com/ASaintsOpinion/status/2047258030555701402

 

Personally think this is a red card offence

[Scoobysaint]

A bit disappointing but we managed to beat Arsenal without him so why not City? Don’t think it’ll do him any harm to have a few games rest before the playoffs. 

[Turkish]

2 hours ago, LiberalCommunist said:

Who else has been retrospectively punished like this in the Championship this season. Serious question. 

Leif Davis and James Mcclean (Wrexham) both clubs the EFL want to help but gave them retrospective 3 match bans for violent conduct. How can this be?

[OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint]

1 hour ago, Harry_SFC said:

Personally think this is a red card offence

Personally, I really don't. Even when it's slowed down and even if it is deliberate, it still looks more like a check rather than an elbow smash. Put a deliberate elbow in at that speed and he breaks the guy's jaw. He didn't.

[chuz]

1 hour ago, Harry_SFC said:

Personally think this is a red card offence

I thought that at the time.  They showed it in real time and then one replay on the stream I was watching and thought ‘he’s off here, not for the afters but for the elbow’.  Then TV focussed on the afters not the (what to call it…) ‘tackle’…
 

Ref must have missed it and thought the afters was worth a yellow…

[Turkish]

6 hours ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Flynn Downes as good a player he may be is an absolute tool when it comes to tackling etc

This is hilarious. Team gets criticised for being too soft and nice. Get a player who’s got a bit of devil in him and he’s gets criticised for being tool 😂😂😂

[Harry_SFC]

21 minutes ago, OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint said:

Personally, I really don't. Even when it's slowed down and even if it is deliberate, it still looks more like a check rather than an elbow smash. Put a deliberate elbow in at that speed and he breaks the guy's jaw. He didn't.

I don't think it was deliberate but I still think it's a red. A 1 game ban would've been more appropriate I think. 

[OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint]

3 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

I don't think it was deliberate but I still think it's a red. A 1 game ban would've been more appropriate I think. 

Bottom line is this will work well for the play offs as he is our best midfielder by a country mile. Sadly, it's put a massive dent in our semi final chances but hey ho, that's more about the day out.

[Sheaf Saint]

18 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

I don't think it was deliberate but I still think it's a red. A 1 game ban would've been more appropriate I think. 

Agreed. I don't think it was a deliberately violent elbow smash with intent to hurt the player. But it was clearly excessive and somewhat out of control.

The way I look at it is this... If an opposition player did that to one of ours, would I be howling at the ref to send him off?

Yes, I absolutely would.

[Lord Duckhunter]

22 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

I don't think it was deliberate but I still think it's a red. A 1 game ban would've been more appropriate I think. 

The only red card offences which carry a one game ban are. DOGSO, handball and 2 yellow card offences . It was none of those. If you think he deserved a red card, the only punishment is a 3 game ban. 

[Football Special]

I think hes been massively unlucky, how many other occurrences have there been this season of fa reviewing footage and taking retrospective action in the Championship? 

[saintwbu]

I am surprised he’s been charged only on the basis that the referee saw it and gave a free kick at the time. Wasn’t aware that underestimating the severity was grounds to get involved, otherwise you’d think there’d have been tonnes of these intervened on every season.