'I want your hair growing for that reason!'
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Former Sunderland winger Martin Smith has had his say on Dan Ballard's sending off at Wolves for a hair pull on Tolu Arokodare. Smith told BBC Radio Newcastle: "It's not intentional. You're grappling with players and you don't know what you're grabbing.
You haven't got a second to think. "That should be it, the managers should be saying to strikers 'I want your hair growing for that reason'! "That's not intentional by Ballard and if it happens again and it's not intentional, you're going off.
" Ex-Newcastle defender John Anderson added "sometimes common sense needs to be shown". Hear the chat in full below or listen on BBC Sounds