Just seen his interview on SSN now, the FA went through a lot of effort to get Rooney's ban reduced to 2 games. Yet Spearing will still remain with his 3 match ban after many a debate on whether it was a red card or not. Spearing's challenge was 50/50 and the lad was unfortunate to get a straight red. Was Rooney's challege 50/50? Maybe I'm missing something, maybe he meant to kick the ball? Sorry but if the FA can contradict themselves and appeal the Rooney red card yet let Spearing's punishment remain then they really need a kick up the arse. ven if you agree that Spearing should sit out his 3 match ban...how do you justify Rooney's appeal?
England=money in Uefa tournaments so its no surprise they got it reduced to a two instead of three match ban. LFC are'nt gonna appeal Spearing's ban despite Kenny's views(probably because he knows they'll up it to 4 because he spoke against them) The FA let morals and standards fly out of the window to suit themselves and Kenny's spot on with the Suarez gesture charge to cite other examples of nothing being done when English players used the same gesture.
Blatant self-interest. Hypocrisy is not a problem to the stuffed shirts at the FA, they have a history of pandering to favourites and persecuting others... To misquote Euphemius of Athens - To the FA nothing is inconsistent which is expedient...
Jay should of obviously just not gone for the ball, and just stamped on Dembele and got a smaller ban
The FA, like Fifa, are a law unto themselves. They make the laws and they interpret them according to whim. It's not like a court of law where proof has to be conclusive and precedent has to be adhered to. Their conclusions are based on their prejudices and fallibilities. This is why I'm not sure Suarez will get away with the racist thing even though the case against him appears to be a joke.
not to mention, if its in their interest, they'll act accordingly. Therefore they appeal on behalf of Shreck because without him, they are afraid that England are going to leave PolKraine 2012 at the group stage, with consequent loss of ranking points and face, but will rigorously back a ref's decisions because it suits them to be seen to be firm. This despite Shreck being sent off for kicking a player deliberately (nothing to do with football), while Spearing is hung out to dry for a reckless challenge which at least was a part of playing the game...
I think we will surround the ref every game from now on... just create so much hassle for the fa they'll run off and annoy others. look, rooney kicked out and got sent off, thats life. he just got lucky having begged... if anyone on here was ever an offical at a sunday league side (i was) you know full well what kind of begging goes on and pleading, whatever. I think our club took one too many lying down now and should be appealing spearings ban just to create an uproar. who gives a stuff if the guy is out for 4 or 3? he's blwn his chance now anyway. i'd appeal that, fight suarez tooth and nail, abuse every single ref in the press, turn off the hot water in the refs dressing rooms and generally act like ferguson from now on... cos while he takes his bans he has most refs where he needs them... and that "other ref" who won't play ball is never assigned to utd if the fa can avoid it. time to get ballsy... stop playing the good soldiers
Hence why MITO suggested we do it to create more hassle for the FA, a very tongue in cheek comment by the way.
When your skipper is the goalkeeper, its a problem to have him come all the way out of his goal to remonstrate with the ref given the possibility of the opposition taking a quick free kick. Besides which, if United can mob the referee and not get reported to the FA, as they did against Newcastle (the decision against Ferdinand on Ben Arfa), then the FA should apply the same level of tolerance to all games and BE CONSISTENT.
i know now why fifa drank tea and shook hands with the fa and later awarded the world cup to qatar/russia.
Their appeal process is a joke. It may as well be 'you can appeal, but we'll likely reject it without even reviewing the referee's decision, and then we'll extend the ban because you brought us the inconvenience of actually having to get off our arses and do something.' They may as well just say no appeals.
Should both be three match bans especially for Rooney as he hasn't learned (see him kicking collocini two weeks ago)
Surely the FA have created their own precedent now have'nt they? Any player who gets sent off surely only has to draw attention to the fact that they themselves deem such an offence has worthy of less than a 3 game ban! The only way it won't is if they put pressure on the clubs to not go down that road; however the first time a UTD player is sent off for a similar offence you bet they will use the FA's own appeal aginst them!
I agree its admirable that Liverpool and Dalglish have the morals they do but unfortunately we are virtually on our own and at some point it limits our ability to effectively compete. Not to mention if refs are not scared to be challenged on their decisions then in my opinion we will get more bad decisions going against us, look at the fear Fergie has over refs.
It's getting close to the time when anybody who has played football (at whatever level) reclaims the game on behalf of all players. Football has always been a contact sport. It has rules in order to keep that contact within check. What we have now is a situation in which refs and the authorities are making decisions based not upon fact but upon opinion (and maybe taste). Rooney got petulent and kicked a player. Clearly uncontrolled anger and against the rules, which deserved the 3 match ban. Spearing makes a tackle where his studs are not directed to the opposition player, he wins the ball and yet he receives the same sanction. That Rooney can then argue successfully for a reduction beggars belief. It's time for the players to re-claim the game before these administrators kill the spirit of football for their own selfish ends!
