For me this is a total disgrace. All I've got to say is what would happen if it had of been a tiote, a Barton or a cattermol who had if made the challenge. Think we all know the answer. Corrupt ****s our fa.
Yes should have been red card and FA should have gave him 3 match ban however the match is over and it wont change the outcome of the game. Hopefully the young left back recovers and Newcastle do have the right to ask questions to the FA but bad tackles happen all the time in football, even Newcastle have been guilty of some unpunished red card tackles lately (Anita vs Ahnzi, Cabaye vs Spurs) so I think if there is no need to take any further action.
There is a difference in a bad tackle and an over knee tackle. Every club is guilty of a rash challenge but what example does this set. Punished or not, it will make no difference to our season what happens to to the Wigan lad. It's the consistency of refereeing that is the root cause if all this. The kid hasn't been punished because an official seen what happened. There fore this official needs reprimanded as if the incident was seen, it should I been punished.
It should have been punished but the FA will never overule this so unfortunately everyone just has to move on. Has an apology even come out from the Wigan lad? I would of thought this would have been put out there straight away.
No apology as yet. But the fa say they can't re referee a game. Then how do they have the power to rescind a red card? Their whole investigation system needs looking at.
The FA are making tits of themselves saying "We don't want to re-referee decisions" yet earlier in the season they overturned a decision that the referee thought was a sending off - is this not re-refereeing a decision? Double standards and totally agree with Jarra - the system needs looking at although I've been saying this for years
Referee Mark Halsey receives death threat after missing Callum McManaman's horror tackle http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...-missing-Callum-McManamans-horror-tackle.html
To be honest, I am starting to edge towards this way of thinking - we have every right to feel aggrieved we were badly, badly let down by the referee and linesman in that game, this is an indisputable fact, since then the FA have allowed beurocratic bullshit get in the way of simple common sense - this is opinion (though a widely held one). We've had a days of rage and we've had our time to vent, there has to come a time when we as a fan base move on, because before too long one of our own players will do something equally stupid and the whole world will be looking at ourselves and Pardew to see how vehemently we condemn one of our own - this is potentially setting ourselves up for a fall. As for Cabaye, there's no doubting he gets a touch of the red mist and I've said many times he can be a dick on the pitch, but we've been on the recieving end of too many retrospective bans (Williamson, Coloccini, Cabaye) and indeed some of our red card offences have been based on 'intent' with the potential to cause injury - no major contact, no actual injury...this is where the FA have truly ****ed up IMO!
To give somebody a death threat after they have battled against cancer previously, is about as low as it comes. Apparently listening to the pundits, Halsey is one of the most respected referees in the game. To do this because of a football decision is just disgusting. This is no way reflects on Newcastle United Football Club though.
I'm in no way condoning or trivialising this, but has anyone actually seen this tweet? An unnamed 'mate' of Halsey said he received a death-threat, didn't say in what form, if the police had been involved or who it was from...I'd assume it was on twitter but not 1 tweet has been found (and people have looked). The closest they've come is outing someone who said he wished the cancer had won, they were immediately shown up as the ****ers they were!
It's not often I find myself agreeing with Derek Llambias , but he's spot on with his statement that the FAs disciplinary system isn't fit for purpose.
