more to follow An Independent Regulatory Commission has today upheld a claim of wrongful dismissal in relation to Wes Brown. The Sunderland defender was dismissed in the game against Manchester United on Saturday 28 February 2015 for denying an obvious goalscoring opportunity. Therefore, his one-match suspension has been withdrawn with immediate effect. Read more at http://www.thefa.com/news/governanc...ul-dismissal-claim-020315#R3h1aeOq5Utw76CC.99
We all know that if it had been the other way around then it wouldn't have been a penalty. but at least this is a small plus..
Thing is, Mr East has shot himself in the foot by trying to cover up his mistake. If he'd just been honest & said "yes, I ballsed up" the red would have been passed onto O'Shea. Because of his lies now neither will get a red. Silly ****er. One thing I've learned throughout working life is it's always best to hold your hands up to mistakes. We're all human & we all make them.
Nobody has mentioned the fact that neither man should have been sent off, it's only a sending off if they're the 'last man'. Technically, there were two players on Falcao so neither qualified as 'last man'. It should have been a penalty and a booking.
Well done. To be honest it looked a clear red to O'Shea and penalty to me so to come away with neither player suspended for future matches is a major boost. I suspect you may not agree but you're lucky the ref fluffed this as a correct decision (or what I believe to have been the correct decision) would have had you without your captain for the next two games.
please log in to view this image Poyet: I’m delighted with the honesty of the process Published: 02 March, 2015 by Oscar Chamberlain Head coach reacts to successful appeal. Wes Brown’s availability against Hull City provides Sunderland with a massive boost, according to Gus Poyet. The defender was sent off by referee Roger East during Saturday’s 2-0 defeat to Manchester United, but his dismissal has since been rescinded by an FA panel following a successful appeal. The decision means that both Brown and John O’Shea, who was also involved in the incident at Old Trafford, are available to face the Tigers on Tuesday evening. I’m very pleased and I’m delighted with the honesty of the process,” said Poyet. “The FA knew that a mistake had been made and it has been corrected in the right way, so I’m delighted with the decision. “Since Wes has come back he's shown how important he is for us and how committed he is, so it would have been a shame not have to him available for tomorrow’s big game.”
Not sure like, Brown was still behind O'Shea when O'Shea put his hand on Falcao's shoulder. Notice nobody is picking up on how easy Falcao went down, playing for the penalty. He didn't need to go down. The daft ****er should have just banged it into the back of the net and done his confidence the world of good. He's not exactly scoring for fun, he needed that goal. Done himself no favors at all
Falcao done well there, controlled a ball that was going nowhere, turned between two and it would have been buried, but instinctively a striker goes down if he feels the pull on his shoulder. That's the kind of move he's capable of, if LVG managed him properly we'd have a beast on our hands, instead he's feeding off scraps from deeper positions.
He should have smashed it in, I remember when it was a strikers instinct to score goals not play for penalties. Like you said, he did great, should have stuck it in the net for a great goal and possible the start of a run of goal scoring ball. He won't build his confidence handing Rooney penalties.
Whilst I agree Funky I don't think its a Falcao thing its a 'modern footballers' thing. I'm pretty sure Cisse or Defoe would have gone down the same and as a defender if you let the striker get goal side and then put your arms on him then they know what to expect - not exactly trying to win the ball back by fair means there. It is part of our game rightly or wrongly, we can wish it were different but it isn't.
Regardless of winning the appeal or not the incompetent f*cking prick in black turned the game in Man U's favour. Nowt against Man U but yet again another w*nk decision from a ref who will probably be demoted for one week down to the championship. The sending off, although highly unlikely, could potentially cost Ellis £70 f*cking million. In ES's position I'd want a bigger punishment for the ref. I expect the FA will probably give him the cup final now.
So do you think it wasn't a penalty at all GTA? In terms of turning the game in their favour that was bigger than the sending off (they were topping all the stats but struggling to break through) and I'm not seen/heard many people who think it wasn't a foul at all by either player.
One thing to note. If we'd had immediate video evidence available like many are pushing for, we wouldn't have had JOS available tomorrow night. Oh, the irony
No your right Haslam. What I can't get my head round is, was it a soft penalty or for a professional foul. Two SAFC men close together so was there a last man?
Deffo a professional foul. He pulls him back. Anyone who has played football knows how much that affects your shooting without the right balance. If that was at the other end you'd have been screaming penalty
