No FA action over Fellaini

http://www1.skysports.com/football/...ion-over-manchester-uniteds-marouane-fellaini

Does anyone else just get pissed off at the FA for how incongruent and spineless they are?

Fellaini elbows people weekly, and I mean weekly. There's even question about him spitting on the guy who he elbows and the FA does **** all. Remy gets hit with 3 match ban for the slightest indication of headbutt. Are they going to do something about Fellainis elbow in the game against Aston Villa? Don't hold your breath.

In the meanwhile George Boyd was banned for 3 games for spitting, while Hart headbutted which went unpunished.

Yeah right. It's not the unfairness that gets me, it's the blatant display of corruption.

 

They just make it up as they go don't they. Embarrassing.

 

They're a bunch of ****s mate and Fellani is a nasty ****er. Always been throwing elbows, normally on guys alot smaller than himself. Be lovely if there was still a Big Dunc in the game to smash the ****er to bits.

 

He's been elbowing people for 4 years straight.

At this stage the FA is just embarrassing themselves. Does anyone actually expect them to be fair? I don't. It's just one thing after another.

 

What's you theory ? Anonymous brown envelopes being slipped under the table to the FA by Fellaini ? Everton ? Man U ?

If it had only happened since he was at Man U you might argue big team bias/unwillingness to harm it flagship brand. Hard to see that argument applying to his Everton years though. Unless you are suggesting irregular monetary transactions, I don't quite see the corruption angle. Unjustified and random variation of standards ? sure: corruption ? well, maybe not.

 

Nah, not money, no way. There's so much money in the game, more than could ever fit in envelopes to be significant. It's just about them not wanting to somehow affect the race for top 4, now top 6/7.

I used the word corruption loosely, and maybe inappropriately, I definitely think it's to do with not harming the brand that is the league on a whole, especially abroad. I meant corrupt in the sense of not living up to it's own standards and declared moral codex. The FA is utterly unpredictable and that is something a governing body should absolutely never be.

I just don't understand how you can make such a huge fuss over say Suarez-Evra-gate or Pardews action but totally disregard dangerous, malicious physical acts. Elbowing someone in the face or neck can fracture their jaw or cheekbone with potentially grave nerve damage as a result, especially if they're jumping into you to challenged for a header.

As for Fellaini I actually think United will quietly disgard him at the end of the season. He's turned out to be an embarassment.

 

Corruption doesn't just concern impropriety involving money changing hands. There are a number of ways this could possibly fall into the corruption bracket

 

They are a set of prime bastards.

 

What about the tackle on Nasri by one of your lot that went unpunished that put Nasri out for about a month?

What about the endless list of red cards Cabaye got away with?

At least acknowledge that you get away with just as much, even if I'm not going to defend Fellaini (especially his time at Everton).

 

There I was thinking, the only reason the FA let him off with it, was because he has been so c*** this season that the FA thought it only fair to even things out and let every team play against him. Maybe not after all.....

 

Managed to give a few some rep.

 

Cabaye was an endless list of yellows. Still got away with them though, no question about that.

I'm certainly willing to acknowledge that the FA ****s up on our calls from time to time, sometimes even in our favour. I also don't think the "big club bias" argument works with respect to Felliani's Everton career. Everton have never been marquee enough to warrant preferential treatment.

I agree with the OP about a lamentable want of consistency. I do question his conclusion of corruption/self interested favouritism. Fellaini is in fact an example which points more towards random incompetence than anything else.

 

Yanga-Mbiwa was booked

well they weren't red cards then were they, if he got away with it

remember Cabaye trial by TV v Brighton = 3match ban
remember Williamson trial by TV v Bolton = 3 match ban

 

On this basis, Fellaini's elbows can't have been elbows either, as they have been unpunished.

 

You're creating a completely different argument there though, I wasn't arguing about what colour cards should or should not have been dished out. The fact is, the FA fails to punish other teams players and it goes completely under the radar, but as soon as a United player is let off the hook by the muppets running English football, all you read is conspiracy theories and brown envelopes.

Another crap attempt at one-upmanship by using a face palm smiley, basic, bog standard answers.

 

Come on guys, let's not argue among ourselves.

 

I completely agree with this, I'd completely agree that the FA are inconsistent and I'd have no qualms over a ban for Fellaini's elbows or Young's diving, but I'm not going to just sit there and let 19 other clubs use United as a corruption-yardstick every time the FA make another stupid decision.

 

It's not about United, I wouldn't be surprised if United actually punish Fellaini for his recent conduct, or quitely just get shot of him.

Every team gets away with something now and then, like Pardew for instance has gotten away with way too much crap behaviour until the hammer finally was droped on him. Regardless, there's clearly something in this:
Boyd gets done for 3 games for spitting at Hart, who headbutts him and gets away.
Fellaini elbows two players in a week and spits at one and gets away.
Pardew and Remy get done hard for moving their head towards an opposition player.

Only common denominator in those incidents are Hull and Aston Villa are bottom half, we're insignificant, while Man City and Udt are 'big teams'.

The fact that some players are clearly trialed by replay while the FA makes statements about other incidents being out of their grasp because of some obscure rule is just insulting to anyone with half a brain and a sense of justice.

 

I wasn't the one arguing either, I was putting you right
the palm face smiley was just to let you know you haven't got a clue what you were talking about


you're the one that mentioned countless non red cards for Cabaye
that's your opinion but not backed up by the referees

my main point is, if we use video evidence for one , it should be used just as much for all
this is a dig at the FA not 1 particular person or team

hence the two examples of Newcastle players not getting away with it

 

Who's this Cabaye lad?