sirtaki said:
He did'nt break a leg or crack any ribs, the player did'nt need oxygen to come round, it was a coming to together between two men non of them innocent if you watch the replay, I mean watch it,it's a mans game not for little girls with tutu's on, I tell you what, I fear for the game I REALLY do.
Well I think you're wrong on 3 counts here: -
1. Rooney changed direction for the "coming together". McCarthy didn't.
2. Ballet dancing is as tough a sport (if you could call it that) as any.
3. The effect or otherwise of Rooney's behaviour is irrelevant. Players sometimes get injured in legal tackles and sometimes don't get injured with fouls.
Football needs to adopt the approach taken in Rugby: -
1. An independent citing commissioner who can view the evidence after the match and dole out the punishment regardless of the referee.
2. An anonymous person in the crowd who writes a report on the referee's performance at the match.
3. The only players on the pitch who have the right to talk to the referee are the captains on each side and also share responsibility with the referee for their team's discipline.
4. The right to call on television evidence when a critical game changing decision has to be made.
5. A yellow card leads to the sin-bin. 2 yellow cards also =1 red.