Why is it impossible? You're talking ****. No precedent was set for this punishment, as no football manager has attempted to headbutt a player during a game. The FA therefore could have set a precedent by a severe punishment.
Too much fuss being made about it. He apologised and we accepted it as a club. It really doesn't affect us anymore.
Agreed. It did its job - took the heat off a **** performance. Be better for Pardew to concentrate on beating our rivals (assuming they still have to play some of them).
The fine is about right, the ban top end, but could (but shouldn't) have been worse; the staging is sensible - so who was it sorted this for the FA?
UFC is pretty real.... Thats american wrestling. I still can't believe you're trying to justify that a malicious act. Its comical really.
There's no padding on your gloves though. Those things are hard. Yes they do wear pads, but not on their face LOL. There's not body shots in a hockey fight. In fact i bet half the league could take your golden boy Ricky Hatton.....
It doesn't matter if it's malicious. There was intent, football is the biggest and most popular sport in the world and watched by a global audience. I don't want my Son seeing a manager head butt a player and think it's ok for him to do the same, in the same way I don't want him to see Suarez biting people. i didn't say 'UFC', I said 'American Wrestling' WWE or whatever bollocks name it now operates under.
By the time they've played pat a cake and got gloves off and helmets off it's finished. I've seen better and probably been involved in better.
Golden boy may have been a bit of a stretch i'll admit lol. Anyways, best of luck to you guys on the remaining season and especially the Cup!
Actually there is a precedent, Mark Yates got 4 games for head butting a player. So you're the one talking ****.
To be fair, that was a non-league game that nobody saw and it was his first offence, Pardew was seen live by millions and had previous, hardly comparable.
...or maybe get a job as a bouncer in Glasgow. They love headcases north of the border. Dont be silly. Ignorance is bliss eh ? Comparing Wrestling to Ice Hockey is like saying water is the same as beer.
Was it an actual proper full on contact nose breaking fall down on the floor headbutt? Or was he just moving the lad away with his head?
Of course it's comparable. Just because one was seen by lot's of people and one wasn't doesn't mean the crimes are different. A judge doesn't sentence a murderer based on how many people witnessed the killing.
By all accounts this one was a proper head butt. Although I've only read about so don't hold me to that.
