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  1. This is almost as good as the fun we had when Balotelli flexed his muscles
  2. I think what he did was absolutley stupid and doesn't belong on the pitch. But if I see what happens in English Football from time to time I think the reactions to him are too much and to harsh. I remember a tackle on Eduardo, one on Ben Arfa and even one a couple of weeks ago (Don't remember who, which team, but he didn't get suspended) Or even the tackle Aguero did last week in the FA Cup.
    Those tackles are dangerous and can cause some serious damage to a career of another player, this is not dangerous for Ivanovic.

    But like I said he should get suspended for a couple of matches, but the newspapers and other reactions are to harsh imo.
  3. i agree with you Bart

    however .. for the next match ..



  4. I love the pictures
  5. I disagree with you, Bart. Regarding the fallout anyway. As you said, there is no place for this on the field. The difference between this and Martin Taylor's tackle on Eduardo (for example) is that one is a footballing incident and the other is not. Now and again, players are going to make poor tackles. There were two red cards in the Fulham vs. Arsenal game at the weekend for "high" tackles. I do feel though, that Giroud was terribly unlucky to be shown red, but rules are rules. Suarez however wasn't attempting to tackle Ivanovic, he simply took it upon himself to assault him. The thing that makes it worse is that it's not an isolated incident for Suarez. There is something wrong with him if he's resorting to biting players.

    I think the other incident you refer to is McManaman on Haidara (Wigan vs. Newcastle). He escaped punishment because the FA can't punish retrospectively if an official has seen the incident. Which begs the question, if the assistant saw it, why didn't he notify the referee?
  6. Which further begs the question as to why the FA don't change the rule around retrospective action. They are catching flack for not taking action on these players because they won't let themselves take action. Its just stupid. I get that they don't want to undermine referees but that isn't enough. If the ref blew the whistle after yesterdays bite and awarded a free kick because of a coming together (having not seen the bite) then Suarez would be untouchable.
  7. It's a FIFA ruling isn't it?
  8. I thought it was the FA. We already know Fifa are arseholes and that would make it more understandable. The game is in a bad way. It is all going to blow up somewhere.
  9. Originally posted by iTim:I disagree with you, Bart. Regarding the fallout anyway. As you said, there is no place for this on the field. The difference between this and Martin Taylor's tackle on Eduardo (for example) is that one is a footballing incident and the other is not. Now and again, players are going to make poor tackles. There were two red cards in the Fulham vs. Arsenal game at the weekend for "high" tackles. I do feel though, that Giroud was terribly unlucky to be shown red, but rules are rules. Suarez however wasn't attempting to tackle Ivanovic, he simply took it upon himself to assault him. The thing that makes it worse is that it's not an isolated incident for Suarez. There is something wrong with him if he's resorting to biting players.

    I think the other incident you refer to is McManaman on Haidara (Wigan vs. Newcastle). He escaped punishment because the FA can't punish retrospectively if an official has seen the incident. Which begs the question, if the assistant saw it, why didn't he notify the referee?

    if it's a football incident ok you could be right but not all the tackles are "incidents"
    (not only in England of course)


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