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The Booking Rule

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  1. Tickler

    Tickler Well-Known Member

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    http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepag...CMP=SOC-SunFootball-SFtw-24_04_2014-318-0-0-0

    XABI ALONSO has blasted UEFA for the ‘unfair’ rule which will force him the miss the Champions League final.
    The midfield maestro picked up a yellow card for a sloppy first-half challenge on Bastian Schweinsteiger during Real Madrid’s resounding 4-0 win in Germany.

    (Don't have a Sun membership so cant get the rest of the article)

    However anyone think its UEFA's fault that he misses the final? For him getting a booking...

    Seems highly daft he'd blast them for it knowing it is him at fault...
     
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  2. Nads

    Nads Well-Known Member

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    It was a stupid, stupid challenge I thought, needless, but I've often thought they should reset bookings for semi-finals, you should only miss a final if you're sent off.
     
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  3. grandpops

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    agree with the stupid challenge bit GG but not the resetting.

    accumulative yellow cards are collected as a result of persistent foul play and deserve all they get imo. If the players haven`t the brains to see that then it`s their problem.
     
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    Poyet's Eleven Well-Known Member

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    I agree

    But at the end of the day the challenge he made was completely unnecessary, and he knew it as soon as he went to ground
     
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  5. Nads

    Nads Well-Known Member

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    I know what you're saying Pops, but say it's a semi final on a knife edge, the likelihood of a player battling and getting a genuine yellow is surely enhanced?

    They reset them at the QF, just do it at semi's, if you get booked both legs of the semi, then fair play like.
     
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    That`s true enough mate but I`m still not sure.

    It seems me to be letting them off with previous when that`s what got them into this situation. After all, the cumulative system was designed to punish persistent offenders.

    `Genuine yellow`? Interesting phrase.
     
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    Nads Well-Known Member

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    You know say a genuine attempt to win the ball, slightly mistimed, as opposed to a cynical pull back or whatever.
     
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    Right, I understand and agree with that but I still don`t see why, if a player has picked up yellow cards for a series of offenses, (cynical or otherwise) they should forget all that just because they are getting nearer to winning a trophy.

    If, eg Alonso has picked up yellow cards for persistent offending (which it is) then compounds it by stupidity he`s only got himself to blame. He has no right to complain imo as it`s not this final offence which has done the damage it`s all the others where he`s misbehaved.
     
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