Aguero banned for three games (updated)

Chippy_boy said:
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So it should just be a yellow card right?

This kind of reflex reaction is quite common and most were not punished by a three-match ban. Seems like they are tightening the rules but I don't know whether they are applying the new standard to all teams or just a selected few.
 
Walking on the blue moon said:
So it should just be a yellow card right?

This kind of reflex reaction is quite common and most were not punished by a three-match ban. Seems like they are tightening the rules but I don't know whether they are applying the new standard to all teams or just a selected few.
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I can answer that one for you, but I suspect, deep down, you already know...
 
r.soleofsalford said:
thanks mate, there is worse things happen in every game than Auero`s contact
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The elbow by Rooney wasn't a red or yellow, but as someone said before. Who decides what gets reviewed, because they don't review everything.

The rest of football, is quite happy to see Aguero banned. They don't care how it happened, but the process is prone to abuse and needs to be changed for the game to have credibility. If there are any journalists reading this then this is something to write about. The disciplinary rules have to be changed so they are clear and transparent. We have had FFP, and now this. It's always the same, to beat Man Utd to the title you need to be 10 points better than them.

I also think City should release a statement accepting the punishment, but referencing the opacity of the rules and requesting an amendment to the disciplinary process so that the credibility of the game is not called into question. Do it quietly if need be, but don't just be passive recipients.

Aguero was lucky not to be red carded, but the point is that Utd and their tools took full advantage and similar indiscretions by their players are not dealt with. The system is therefore balanced in their favour and everyone knows this. We are obliged to do something about this.
 
Gordyola said:
What they say and what the do, mean, is entirely different. They make it difficult to contact them, if you use the contact form on the website the majority of times it is ignored it also takes too long and the next match is usually played before the ban could be imposed. The only way would be to write to them with a next day delivery.
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Then I guess the onus is on the club itself (should they feel aggrieved by all this, want transparency and a level playing field) to use the channels open to them, I'm sure THEY don't use a form on a website etc etc and don't get fobbed off as easily.
 
waspish said:


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I don't see much in that either. Rooney jumps for the ball with his arms as leverage. Normal and occasionally dangerous, i.e. Part of a contact sport. If he went in with no eyes on the ball or it was off the ball it'd be different.

I don't want people getting away with deliberate dangerous play but I don't want the game governed unfairly either. And it clearly is. More clearly than any supposed intent here anyway.

Aguero is innocent as far as I can tell and it bothers me more than it should I guess that a lot of blues disagree with that and are holding him responsible.....especially when you know the media frenzy that leads to bans is very selective and conniving.

(PS: If he was sent off at the time I could have understood that in the moment it looked bad. So I do agree with those saying he was lucky not to receive a red at the time. It's different IMO to whether he was guilty or not.)
 
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Former ref Mark Halsey has now admitted he was put under pressure to say he did not see an incident that the FA wanted to punish retrospectively. I await the FAs response to these allegations.
 
Bent as fuck. If this had been dealt with at the time of the incident I'd have accepted it. The circus that has been created around this and the referee lying in order to facilitate the charge and ban is just another example of what I've suspected for a long time. It's bent, the whole fucking show.
 
dannyirishblue said:
tweets on previous page say Mark halsey was told to say he didnt see incidents when he had
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One example with him reffing. City v Chavs.Zabbas first game under hughes. We all saw Terry elbow (can't remember who?) Halsey saw it, no card and we went apeshit. Terry was then banned after he said he hadn't seen it in his report.
 
GSW Blue said:
Former ref Mark Halsey has now admitted he was put under pressure to say he did not see an incident that the FA wanted to punish retrospectively. I await the FAs response to these allegations.
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You would think this would make quite a big outcry and the press would love to run the story but don't think you will read it anywhere .
A professional referee admitting to cheating in the game.
A big story I would say ???
 
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