Aguero banned for three games (updated)

[marco]

On the contrary. I could appeal and win this case. The rule (if correctly quoted on here) says they can only review off the ball incidents. This wasn't an off the ball incident, so it should never have gone to a charge.

get your point but what is an off the ball incident and where is the line crossed, the ball was coming down on the pair of them seconds before the incident began to take place, i would say it was an on the ball incident by comparison to the rooney elbow when he ran up to the player and did what he did

 

[IWasHere]

city are just not going to appeal for appeals sake, there is something that we have taken apart with this and it's odds on we will win the case with whatever it is otherwise the ban would be accepted and we move on,we have some very clever people down at city who are paid a fortune to defend these type of cases, i'm pretty confident with this one

Same.

I've been telling rags that from one angle aguero didn't elbow Reid and that the ref did see it but we all know how they are..

 

[manimanc]

Handbags being swung and bitterness seeping out everywhere on ragcafe as we speak. Ringleader VanGaalEra coming out with some proper corkers on there. Bravo petal you're doing a grand job.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

It's being discussed on radio 5 now. Sam visits and Henry winter reckon that city are contesting it by taking advantage of a "loophole" whereby if the ref "saw" the incident then no retrospective action can be taken.

Haha good word loophole covers incompetent bent twat with a user friendly word.

 

[manimanc]

If the ref didn't see it then why has he called the trainers on? I'm beginning to see the flaws already.

 

[Tricky_Trev]

With regards to the referee seeing or not seeing it, won't they just claim the ref was ball watching and not looking at the elbow? Yeah, that's incompetent refereeing, but it may actually be what happened. Just because his head was pointing in that direction doesn't mean he saw it. If my eyes are focused on a pair of enormous breasts, I certainly did not see the jewellery on her wrist, for example. I just think they have an easy get-out.

 

[Shaelumstash]

On the contrary. I could appeal and win this case. The rule (if correctly quoted on here) says they can only review off the ball incidents. This wasn't an off the ball incident, so it should never have gone to a charge.

Quite right.

The regulations also say that they can only review it if the ref didn't see it. He clearly did see it, so in law, there is no case to answer.

Anyone who has spent any time in court will tell you that a lot of defences are based around the police not following procedure.

If this was an independent legal hearing in front of a judge I'm very confident we'd win this appeal. As it is in front of an "independent commission" probably chaired by David Gill, I'm not so sure.

 

[Tommy_Catons_Perm]

Haha good word loophole covers incompetent bent twat with a user friendly word.

Ha ha. It was Neil Custis not Sam visits that was discussing it.

 

[Gordyola]

What did the ref think the trainers had come on for ? And why did he think Reid had been subbed then ?

The fourth official already had been given the sub form so Bilic was telling the truth when he said the sub was planned

 

[Paladin]

get your point but what is an off the ball incident and where is the line crossed, the ball was coming down on the pair of them seconds before the incident began to take place, i would say it was an on the ball incident by comparison to the rooney elbow when he ran up to the player and did what he did

As a former referee, I would be watching the players in this scenario, already knowing where the ball is going to be a split second later. The ball is in my peripheral vision and it isn't about to do anything out of character. This is exactly what Marriner does.

The other point about proving he was watching the players is less strong in my view, because he could easily say Sergio's arm was restricted from his view, or another lame excuse. But I still think the charge should not have been made in the first place, and I think we will win.

On the other hand, if Sergio had been sent off at the time, there would have been no complaints from most of us.