Sheffield United manager Kevin Blackwell has dismissed "as nonsense" suggestions skipper Chris Morgan deliberately ensured he would be suspended for the derby clash with Barnsley.
Blades defender Morgan received his fifth yellow card of the season in his side's home defeat to Newcastle earlier this week and will miss out on a potentially explosive encounter with Barnsley striker Iain Hume next Monday.
Blackwell said: "It's nonsense to suggest Chris got booked so he would miss the Barnsley game.
"Nothing could be further from the truth. Chris, as a former Barnsley player, was desperate to play there."
Morgan, who spent six years at hometown club Barnsley before switching to Sheffield United in 2003, was involved in an incident that left Hume with a fractured skull and internal bleeding during last season's match between the two sides at Oakwell in November.
Morgan, who has always maintained his innocence, claimed the impact was accidental, but Hume, who made his comeback for Barnsley in August this year, is still considering legal action.
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it takes a w a n k e r to recognise a t o s s e r
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it takes a @#$% to recognise a @#$%
shut it your barnsley tossers we will never lose to you @#$% even on a bad day get back down mines you commoners
hes just scared something will provoke something similar and force him out of the game
I dont think morgan got booked deliberately and im not even bulgarian!
morgans a chicken cus he knows humey will score against the sheffield scum
Dirty dee-dar @#$%.
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