Arsenal v Man City | Premiership 08/04/2012

[Swan]

did you guys really think something was going to happen.. doesn't surprise me one bit

[TRA Dial Square]

Yeah I did... Balo's not a GHEL! He was supposed to get punishment.

But on the other hand, it was against Arsenal

[Swan]

supposed to does not mean he was going to..

[TRA Dial Square]

Fact is, the FA NORMALLY Punish the "foreign" players and let the GHEL's (Lampard, Rooney etc) get away with it.

[Leody]

Just to add, where do we go from here? Do we follow Rugby League and allow the ref to put incidents on 'report' if he wasn't too clear what happened and doesn't want to make a wrong decision based on what he 'thought' he saw?

I do like that in Rugby League but I feel we don't see enough cards when needed as it's an easy way out for the ref.

In my opinion, when it's that bad... I don't care if the ref saw it or not there should be a ban after the fact.

[Inchpräctice]

Just to add, where do we go from here? Do we follow Rugby League and allow the ref to put incidents on 'report' if he wasn't too clear what happened and doesn't want to make a wrong decision based on what he 'thought' he saw?

I do like that in Rugby League but I feel we don't see enough cards when needed as it's an easy way out for the ref.

In my opinion, when it's that bad... I don't care if the ref saw it or not there should be a ban after the fact.

Exactly.
WTF difference does it make if the ref saw it or not? Is he so untouchable that he's not allowed to be wrong?

Why can't the FA just say "Yes the ref saw it but on review we don't think he gave it the correct punishment so we're overruling him - red card, 5-match ban."

Not hard is it?

[mg86]

Why can't action be done against Andy Carroll then or Ashley Young for their blatant cheating by diving? You have video of the incident, just because they referree didn't have a good angle of it in the game and should have made call, how is that fair to the team who lost because of the wrongfully awarded penalty? The least you could do is add a yellow card to that diving players tally as some reinbursement.

[ThereIsBearCüm]

Just to add, where do we go from here? Do we follow Rugby League and allow the ref to put incidents on 'report' if he wasn't too clear what happened and doesn't want to make a wrong decision based on what he 'thought' he saw?

I do like that in Rugby League but I feel we don't see enough cards when needed as it's an easy way out for the ref.

In my opinion, when it's that bad... I don't care if the ref saw it or not there should be a ban after the fact.

Exactly.
WTF difference does it make if the ref saw it or not? Is he so untouchable that he's not allowed to be wrong?

Why can't the FA just say "Yes the ref saw it but on review we don't think he gave it the correct punishment so we're overruling him - red card, 5-match ban."

Not hard is it?

exactly
all this bollocks about "respecting the referee's decision" is undermining their authority, not strengthening it
it makes it look like they stand behind a decision that the entire world can see is blatantly wrong
they would be far more respected if they were able to go "oh, I cocked that up a bit, didn't I" and then dish out justice

[Swan]

Fact is, the FA NORMALLY Punish the "foreign" players and let the GHEL's (Lampard, Rooney etc) get away with it.

i'm not disagreeing with ya at all i just knew they wouldn't do anything..

in your other post the last part surely has some to do with it..