Glen Johnson should have been sent off, says ex-ref Dermot Gallagher Johnson helped Liverpool to a 1-0 win in the Carling Cup semi-final first leg Former referee Dermot Gallagher said Glen Johnson should have been sent off for a two-footed tackle in Liverpool's Carling Cup win over Manchester City. Referee Lee Mason did not award a free-kick for a challenge similar to one that saw City captain Vincent Kompany red-carded against Manchester United. "Everybody will accept it's a red card," Gallagher told BBC Radio 5 live. City assistant David Platt called for consistency but did not think either player should have been sent off. Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard and City manager Roberto Mancini were involved in an argument in the tunnel after game, following Johnson's tackle on Joleon Lescott. There's a real sense of injustice among the Man City fans at Etihad Stadium. There wasn't much difference between that tackle from Glen Johnson and Vincent Kompany's on Nani on Sunday The Italian claimed the tackle was worse than Kompany's in City's FA Cup defeat three days earlier, which resulted in a red card and a four-match ban - the latter because it was Kompany's second straight red of the season. Gallagher wants greater clarity on what is viewed as a dangerous tackle. "God forbid, if Lescott had received that tackle, he would have had two broken legs," he said. "We've got to get these people together, sit down and decide what is acceptable and what isn't - give the referees a little bit of licence, not the massive, grey area there is now. "[They need] a little bit of licence to say: 'There is a borderline challenge, which on a given day, [depending]where you're stood and how it looks, could go either way.'" City assistant manager Platt said he did not think Johnson's tackle was dangerous and agreed with the referee's decision not to send him off. KOMPANY'S FOUR-GAME BANContinue reading the main story 11 Jan: Liverpool (h) Carling Cup semi-final first leg 16 Jan: Wigan (a) Premier League 22 Jan: Tottenham (h) Premier League 25 Jan: Liverpool (a) Carling Cup semi-final second leg "Live in the game I don't think it was a case of it being dangerous necessarily," said the former England international." But he added: "The problem is there's an inconsistency there. "Vinny's sending off, I think everybody who has watched videos of it would say it shouldn't have [been a red card]. "Live in the game, can you excuse the ref for sending him off? Yes, because he's interpreted something. "We feel as if we've been punished twice." Source:http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16554740.stm
Is it just me who finds these ex-refs opinions totally worthless! I mean what is the point of it? Just shows the nature of these guys that knowing how difficult a job it is and how many mistakes they made in their own careers that they now pass comment on current refs; the worst is Poll who now not only comments on refs but gives assessments on the managers too! F@cking hate them!
There's no real consistency with refs but then how can there be? The job is subjective by its very nature. You cant legislate for every event on a footie pitch, an element of interpretation will always be there unless you have refereeing by numbers, which would only cause different arguments. To me, according to current refereeing guidelines, Glen's tackle was more likely to be a red than Jay Spearing's, so you win some, lose some etc.... City may feel aggrieved because they think that Kompany's and Johnson's tackles were similar, but if they think Kompany was wronged, why are they calling for another player to be similarly wronged? They could appeal for clemency for Kompany if they think he was treated unfairly, but asking for someone else to be treated unfairly to balance it (from their own point of view only) is just adding another wrong to the whole thing.
Is it just me who finds these ex-refs opinions totally worthless! I mean what is the point of it? Just shows the nature of these guys that knowing how difficult a job it is and how many mistakes they made in their own careers that they now pass comment on current refs; the worst is Poll who now not only comments on refs but gives assessments on the managers too! F@cking hate them! http://news.stv.tv/scotland/293321-...ic-published-on-ex-referee-jeff-winters-blog/ Some ex refs are worse than others
i find it ok personally... take club bias out and also mancini whinging and honestly i thought it was a bit wild and un-neccesary. it was v a donkey and well away from danger so pointless and risky
