Bernado Silva misconduct charge: one game ban, £50k fine

[blueinsa]

Ferdinand got a 3 match ban for calling someone a "sket" to be fair, but surprisingly didn't get banned for calling Ashley Cole a choc-ice.

Totally agree that Hennessey getting off was bizarre

Hennessey got off because of the relationships in the game and within the FA his manager has.

 

[Bluemoonie92]

'Could have been much worse' what a load of bollocks, even some people on here have been twisted by the media. Getting a ban for that surely means they have deemed him to be racist otherwise education surely would have been the way forward.

 

[Pedrothe exile]

Because an innocent joke between friends is being interpreted as racism.

It's irrational.

Never mind-he is going to be "re educated" by the state " ie fined £50,000 and must complete face-to-face education "..where's that copy of Clockwork Orange gone!
No doubt we can all sleep easier in our beds after that has happened.

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

'Could have been much worse' what a load of bollocks, even some people on here have been twisted by the media. Getting a ban for that surely means they have deemed him to be racist otherwise education surely would have been the way forward.

This is the correct answer.

 

[DRINKLEVEDRY]

Don't suppose the nice f.a. will donate the fine to the plight of glaucoma,and water aid in the third world.

 

[cjn]

'Could have been much worse' what a load of bollocks, even some people on here have been twisted by the media. Getting a ban for that surely means they have deemed him to be racist otherwise education surely would have been the way forward.

Actually you can just read their reasoning right here (spoiler: they didn't)

 

[Kinkys Left Foot]

So let me get this right hes been fined nearly the same as an entire country whose fans persistently make monkey chants and behave in an overtly racist manner toward black players. Yeah seems fair......

 

[Indaparkside]

He admitted it??? We are a shithouse of a club that never backs our players no way was that racist

 

[Cotswold Knight]

By banning Bernardo who was City’s best player last season for a game against a so called big six team, just goes to prove how desperate the FA are for the bindippers to win the league, if it wasn’t so obvious it would be laughable

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

Actually you can just read their reasoning right here (spoiler: they didn't)

So why the ban then? Why not just education, let alone a fine AND a ban?

It's not as if he levered racism to gain a competitive edge in a match. That would certainly deserve a ban, no question, and a long one.