yeah and I swear that half the time when they do book someone for diving they get it wrong.
Im all for banning players when they feign injury and the like but the sort of situation we saw today is so much more difficult to call.
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*Official* English Football Season 2012-13
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Im all for banning players when they feign injury and the like but the sort of situation we saw today is so much more difficult to call.
Ikki
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Assistant flagged motioning offside, not a foul.
The Sean
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I thought at the time he was pretty lucky to stay on, but it was probably 50/50 between a red and a yellow.
Makes his eventual red fractionally more legit though.
Eds
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Yeah, definitely a red for mine. As Neville said, though, that just means the ref's got both Torres decisions wrong.
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You're off not allowed then?
Pup Clarke
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Takes alot for me to laugh with Suarez.
Scaly piscine
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Must have used words with three or more syllables in them.
wpdavid
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Given how much abuse the refs take from the players, my first instinct is to side with Clattenberg. It's like one or two of the brats in my workplace who spend their lives giving their teachers absolute hell and then whine like crazy when said teacher gives them anything less than complete 'respect'. That being said, if it was racial then he'll need to go. Obviously.
BoyBrumby
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Have to say I do have some sympathy with him for the Torres sending off too; on replay there looked to be some contact, but the Spaniard did go for the full-on dying swan act so, frankly, he was asking for trouble.
But yeah, anything racial is a massive no-no, obvz. End of his career I'd guess.
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And you know when you get a silly booking that you're only one small refereeing error away from seeing red. Valencia was harshly booked for diving too, but it's already been forgotten because he hadn't fly-kicked anyone already that day. It was Torres's own stupidity that turned a minor bad decision into a game-decider.
Not that it excuses Clattenburg's prank-refereeing but I definitely have no sympathy for Torres. Only laughter.
If it is racial then yeah, that'll be it. I'd be surprised if it was though, it would be really bizarre for him to start throwing n-words around in the current context given that he's mic'd up to three other officials.
If it's for swearing I would have to agree with wpdavid. With the abuse we (inexplicably) let referees take from footballers every week you'd need to be a special kind of **** to cry to the FA when one of them cracks and tells them where to go.
wpdavid
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What do the rules say about this nowadays? I always thought that referees were entitled to wave a card at them for dissent / downright abuse but just don't have the balls to do it. Is that still the case?
BoyBrumby
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Whatever it was, the coppers are now investigating following an official complaint.
That'll doubtless hold the FA's own processes up for a year or so. &, following the Captain Racist precedent, one assumes Clattenburg will still be able to officiate whilst under investigation...
Have actually heard one or two rumours knocking about this is a bit of tit-for-tat by the Chavs, as they still have a monk on about the way Terry was treated. Only rumours, like I said, but does make you wonder.
That'll doubtless hold the FA's own processes up for a year or so. &, following the Captain Racist precedent, one assumes Clattenburg will still be able to officiate whilst under investigation...
Have actually heard one or two rumours knocking about this is a bit of tit-for-tat by the Chavs, as they still have a monk on about the way Terry was treated. Only rumours, like I said, but does make you wonder.
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