He shouldn't have been sent off. However I'd take a reduction to a one game ban in an instance. Which shows what a farce the whole situation is. You don't get this in any other workplace environment. It would be much more sensible to introduce a red card panel which sat on a Monday and then determined the length of ban against set criteria. This panel would have the power to impose a zero game ban, a fixed term ban or an indefinite one as required. No need for appeals and on the whole the panel would make appropriate decisions based on considered opinion.
we're hull city. the appeal will be rejected. we appealed against a myhill sending-off for handball some year ago. footage showed myhill did not handle the ball outside the area. the fa rejected the appeal.
I'm not a fan of this kind of conspiracy theory, but has anyone got an explanation for why, since the Allams started fighting against the FA, we've twice been punished for 'failing to control our players' for incredibly innocuous incidents, while other clubs only get fined if it's a particularly serious one?
Well the ****s shouldn't have tried to force through a name change then should they? We owe the FA a lot and I wont forget it.
Yup, dismissed out of hand. The red was never going to be overturned, but that wording of the 'wrongful dismissal' appeal did suggested a reduced ban was a distinct possibility.
To be fair I wouldn't overturn it if I was them. It's not a blatant ridiculous error, if you asked 100 impartial people you'd probably get 60/40 saying it shouldn't be a red. Overturning it would cause huge issues with the other clubs in the relegation fight, any such future incidents and the ref in question.
I'd have to agree. It's one of those where most people would say, "it's very harsh but I could see why it was given".
If it was say Man Utd or Chelsea - Would the red card have been rescinded? I'm inclined to think it probably would.
I don't think it would have made a blind bit of difference. There is obvious some bias against the smaller clubs, probably unintentionally, from the match officials during games, but that rarely (if ever) applies to FA panel red card decisions, which are rarely wrong, whatever the club.
Personally I think the premier league would be glad to see the back of Hull City. Owners who do not work within the spirit of the rules are a pain in the arse to them.
Completely agree. I don't for one second think they would have got it rescinded, however they very likely wouldn't have got the red in the first place.
