The referee is in danger of being demoted

Well I agree to the letter of the law it should of stood. I still feel what the ref did was ok. But I understand what you are saying.

 

Don't need a night's sleep on this to say I think that sometimes sportsmanship should come first.

 

Then I refer you to my earlier post, would you still think that way if it was the moment that saw us relegated?

 

By all accounts, the ref legged it out of the ground as quick as he could - guilty as charged

 

I think you'll find that it comes under the spirit of the game ruling.

 

To be honest I would take it now, we need the points lol.

People would have gotten over it by next week

 

Didn't the Nazi guards use a similar defence in that they were only following the rules and obeying orders!

 

Thanks for highlighting the difference between orders that are actually printed, and the verbal orders that came from a megalomaniac. What's your point?

 

If the goal had been allowed it would have set a precedent, teams put the ball out of play when an opponent is injured not on the instructions of the referee, but because they know a fellow player could be badly injured, had the goal stood managers would tell players to play to the whistle and ignore someone who could have life threatening
injury. Right decision.

 

Seriously thai would you really want norwich's name been dragged through the gutter for the sake of 3 points? This wouldn't have just been talked about for a week and forgotton, this would have taken a bit of norwichs soul forever. in my opinion the ref got it bang on.

 

Hey Monarch, good to see you

Answer my question near the bottom of page one, an honest response please.

 

So what you are saying is..............if this was the final day of the season, and Ipswich needed 3 points to avoid relegation, and that happened, and as a result ITFC got relegated, you would be smiling for the next 3 months/years/decades?

The only difference is - this is October, but the principle has to be the same, and based on that, there is not a single football fan that would be happy about that scenario - you included

 

Gut-wrenching as it would be, if over 38 games we miss out by two points we may or may not have deserved, we've not been good enough over a season to truly deserve a place in the league. It's no different to pointing to stonewall penalties that weren't given, or offside calls missed, etc. We have 29 games left to get enough points on the board, let's use those to define our season, rather that dubious decisions and missed penalties. (Of which hopefully we'll see little more of!)

 

I would rather be relegated then stay up with a goal like that. Good sportsmanship should be more important then it is in the game.

 

This Great post DH

 

I know that is one way of looking at it, but let's assume it was the last day of the season, and only that game actually matters on the day......whatever has happened in the previous 35 games (for a PL team) does not really matter that much, that 1 u-turn has made the difference on the last minute on the last day of the season, and the vast majority of fans would be totally devistated and howling for the refs blood for not abiding by the 'written' laws of the game. I cannot believe any football fans would accept it under such circumstances, ergo it cannot be right at any stage of the season.

 

I can safely say that i wouldn't want that, because it goes against the gentlemans agreement that players have, that is getting to the lowest point.

 

Let me add to that, the grudge that is still held by many Norwich fans against Everton, for what they did in a game with Coventry City, which saw us relegated from the top flight.

 

Are you allowed to give the enemy rep.?

 

and there lays the problem with this 'gentlemen's agreement' stuff. The game is not about sportsmanship anymore, its all about surviving at the highest level possible.