Eduardo 2 match ban for the dive

if UEFA decide to charge him....which is more than welcome.....


however.....


if they can look back at a dodgy incident and act, why couldnt they have used the same powers and reviewed Dazza's SF incident last season and allowed him to play in the final...or that Barca fullback in the other SF ?

makes me £#%&!in angry

Dont like tabloid style thread titles.

Misleading.

Poor form, lawless.

Originally Posted by carlosartorial

Dont like tabloid style thread titles.

Misleading.

Poor form, lawless.

Booooo!

I know someone who will want him banned

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...al/4842424.stm

Originally Posted by carlosartorial

Dont like tabloid style thread titles.

Misleading.

Poor form, lawless.

it teased you into the thread though


so....now that youre in......afford us an opinion

lawless to get a 2 day ban for this thread



if enough people complain about it probably

Ridiculous if they do this. If they were consistent, a team like Porto would have a few players banned every game. Another media influenced decision.

Originally Posted by BryanRobson'sLiver

I know someone who will want him banned

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...al/4842424.stm

back-pedaling olympic champion ...the two faced french £#%&!er..

Originally Posted by Ginners

lawless to get a 2 day ban for this thread



if enough people complain about it probably

bring it on big boy

Honest mistakes in judgement calls like the Fletcher red card aren't reviewable, since there is highly unlikely to be a camera angle from the ref's pov for a start off.

It's where a player has cheated or conned the officials that they can act isn't it? So if a player dives and the ref ignores it (Rooney at Villarreal) or books him (Evra home to Lisbon) then fine. But if the ref falls for it and gives a pen or FK and a goal is scored (Eduardo) then the player can be £#%&!ed over for it.

Is this what we've become?

Originally Posted by armchair

Is this what we've become?

Turning in to RI by the day imo.

Originally Posted by armchair

Is this what we've become?

Do you mean Scouse?

read agood point on 365 yesterday where refs should ask the 'diver' if they did dive immediately afterwards. If they admit then no penalty and yellow card. If they lied and it's proven later that they did then match bans. Only downside is the awarding of the penalty...

Originally Posted by Admiral

Ridiculous if they do this. If they were consistent, a team like Porto would have a few players banned every game. Another media influenced decision.

Indeed. While I think Eduardo should be punished, I'd only support it if it was part of a consistent policy of retrospective punishments applied to everyone - us, vermin, Arse... everybody, every game.

The game desperately needs a Dubious Simulations Panel. If every player who dived with no contact was given a retrospective 3-match ban, you'd almost eradicate it instantly. And £#%&! what the clubs think.

Also, retrospective ban for Lawless.

Originally Posted by Tumescent Throb

Honest mistakes in judgement calls like the Fletcher red card aren't reviewable, since there is highly unlikely to be a camera angle from the ref's pov for a start off.

It's where a player has cheated or conned the officials that they can act isn't it? So if a player dives and the ref ignores it (Rooney at Villarreal) or books him (Evra home to Lisbon) then fine. But if the ref falls for it and gives a pen or FK and a goal is scored (Eduardo) then the player can be £#%&!ed over for it.

if a ref "falls for it" ...surely that is an honest mistake too

just seems to me, in football as in life, if you are innocent, its far harder to correct a wrong decision than it is if you are guilty but seemingly get away with it.

Originally Posted by denis lawless

if a ref "falls for it" ...surely that is an honest mistake too

just seems to me, in football as in life, if you are innocent, its far harder to correct a wrong decision than it is if you are guilty but seemingly get away with it.

the Fletcher one would've looked like a foul from where the referee was, the Eduardo one was given as a foul because as the referee clearly indicated he saw Eduardo's boot touch the goalkeeper. there is a clear difference between the two scenarios. when Rooney dived against bayern in pre-season the referee didn't book him and didn't award a penalty either.

UEFA are charging him

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...116/index.html

opening a can of worms