Montgomery Burns
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- 14 Apr 2007
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Final message sent to the FA tonight:
Whilst I have no intention of getting into continuous dialogue with you over the Jonny Evans incident, I will for the record say just this.
What you have said isn't new in the slightest - everything hinged on whether Mr Atkinson saw the incident. Since he got it so ridiculously wrong and assuming nothing untoward went on, it was either :
- he didn't see the incident properly (which we gave you every chance to consider) in which case the FA could look at it, or
- Mr Atkinson really does need to pop down to Specsavers.
It does make you wonder what the outcome might have been if say Clarke Carlisle of Burnley had done something similar to Jonny Evans at any one of the Big 4 grounds.
I can't help feeling that perhaps some influential person would have whispered a little something in the ref's ear and hey, the next thing you know he says he was partially unsighted and if he'd have seen it from a different angle he would have called it differently.
The FA would then hit Carlisle with a violent conduct charge and a three match ban would follow.
Many fans might well feel that this is how it all works, sad to say. (end)
Copies of the e-mail to the FA will be sent to the usual media outlets as a matter of course.
Mark
Whilst I have no intention of getting into continuous dialogue with you over the Jonny Evans incident, I will for the record say just this.
What you have said isn't new in the slightest - everything hinged on whether Mr Atkinson saw the incident. Since he got it so ridiculously wrong and assuming nothing untoward went on, it was either :
- he didn't see the incident properly (which we gave you every chance to consider) in which case the FA could look at it, or
- Mr Atkinson really does need to pop down to Specsavers.
It does make you wonder what the outcome might have been if say Clarke Carlisle of Burnley had done something similar to Jonny Evans at any one of the Big 4 grounds.
I can't help feeling that perhaps some influential person would have whispered a little something in the ref's ear and hey, the next thing you know he says he was partially unsighted and if he'd have seen it from a different angle he would have called it differently.
The FA would then hit Carlisle with a violent conduct charge and a three match ban would follow.
Many fans might well feel that this is how it all works, sad to say. (end)
Copies of the e-mail to the FA will be sent to the usual media outlets as a matter of course.
Mark