Wolves decide not to appeal against Henry red card
Mikael Silvestre offers his opinion on Henry's tackle
Wolves have decided not to appeal against captain Karl Henry's dismissal in Saturday's game against Arsenal.
The midfielder was given a straight red card for a foul on Tomas Rosicky in his side's 1-0 defeat at the Emirates.
Wolves, who are five points clear of the relegation zone, will be without the suspended Henry for league matches against Stoke, Fulham and Blackburn.
His ban could have been extended if an appeal was deemed to have no prospect of success by the Football Association.
The FA requires evidence of a a "serious and obvious error" to overturn a ban and, despite Henry being keen for the club to pursue his case, manager Mick McCarthy decided to accept the punishment.
"Having spoken to a lot of different people over the weekend, including a number of ex-referees, I have not found anyone yet who thinks that Karl should have been sent off," said McCarthy.
"But having also sought advice in terms of the appeal process, we have decided to accept the punishment as it stands."
Henry is the second Wolves player to be sent off by referee Andre Marriner this season after Stephen Ward was dismissed in a 2-0 defeat away to Liverpool on Boxing Day.
"I can understand the decision not to appeal because we do not want to run the risk of having the ban extended," said Henry.
"I have seen tackles over the weekend that were worse than mine and did not even get a yellow card but, while I feel hard done by, I have to move on."
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