No chance. Puncheon was solely aiming ti stop Kev from breaking with our attack. I don't believe he was targeted for being a City player, but it was the most horrendous of 'tackles' across both his knees.I do agree with you there that they don't deliberately go out but when they are dangerous and /or nasty like Puncteon, Murphy, Kane and Ali then there should be able to do a Thatcher and retrospectively ban them whether a yellow card as been issued. The F.A. hide behind the fact that the ref has issued a yellow. I think that Puncteon was genuinely trying to win the ball, but was late and using excessive force.
How the fuck, can a player run at another one & hack him down like that, after the ball has gone & not receive a red card ?
What is 'serious foul play' if that isn't it ?
Somebody please explain to me how a ref arrives at that decision. I can'f fucking think of any mitigating circumstance where a ref can fail to give a red card.
A really simple way to approach this would be to adopt rugby's (both codes I think) rule of allowing the referee, with a raise of the hands, to book a player whilst also placing them on 'report.' This is a signal to show the incident will be examined further, with a future ban possible.
It's not fucking rocket science is it.
He could have clipped his ankles to stop him. He was trying to break a leg/tear up a knee.No chance. Puncheon was solely aiming ti stop Kev from breaking with our attack. I don't believe he was targeted for being a City player, but it was the most horrendous of 'tackles' across both his knees.
The mitigating circumstance is he was wearing a sky blue top