KEVIN Bond joined George Burley in his criticism of referee Keith Stroud following Darren Powell's sending off in Saturday's friendly.

Stroud took centre stage when he sent off Saints defender Darren Powell and booked Cherries trialist Phil Mulryne following a first-half flare-up.

Cherries boss Bond, a former Saints centre half in the 1980s, said: "It was ridiculous. I saw what happened and it was something and nothing."

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