Dave Ewing's Back 'eader
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The warning to Rag players about their 'future' conduct expires twenty minutes before the next kick-off.
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The thing I dont understand about the whole neville deal
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kippaxblue76
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Maybe one for the fa watch but it does give us ammo to get Ade off.
In The Times today (apologies if someone's already posted...)
''Given the mess that they have made of enforcing their own disciplinary procedures, it is little wonder that football’s authorities are so keen to support — or should that be hide behind? — the primacy of the referee.
Several days spent studying countless camera angles, still photographs and precedents have left the game’s law-makers, it appears, in no better position to reach a sober judgment than a physically exhausted and mentally stretched match official.
Taken in isolation, there is a case to be made in support of the FA’s inaction but, in the context of recent incidents, its decision has made it look weak and inept. The problem, as with that of refereeing in general, is one of consistency.
How is it possible for the FA to take no action against Neville six days after charging Emmanuel Adebayor with improper conduct for his similarly provocative taunting of Arsenal fans? City will be asking the same question of the FA in their appeal against Adebayor’s charge next week. Neville is particularly fortunate because three years ago he was fined £5,000 and warned over his future conduct for celebrating in front of Liverpool fans in a manner even more akin to Adebayor’s antics at the City of Manchester Stadium.
Bellamy is even more fortunate to have escaped censure because his actions in striking a pitch invader were more violent and the precedents even more stacked against him.
Uefa’s U-turn over Eduardo da Silva last week has not helped matters, because it was also based on upholding the referee’s decision on the night, a principle supported by Richard Scudamore, the Premier League chief executive, yesterday.
Such backing for referees is all very well, but unsavoury incidents are inevitably missed in every match and a coherent system must be put in place for the perpetrators to be punished. Otherwise many players will rightly conclude that they can get away with murder.''
''Given the mess that they have made of enforcing their own disciplinary procedures, it is little wonder that football’s authorities are so keen to support — or should that be hide behind? — the primacy of the referee.
Several days spent studying countless camera angles, still photographs and precedents have left the game’s law-makers, it appears, in no better position to reach a sober judgment than a physically exhausted and mentally stretched match official.
Taken in isolation, there is a case to be made in support of the FA’s inaction but, in the context of recent incidents, its decision has made it look weak and inept. The problem, as with that of refereeing in general, is one of consistency.
How is it possible for the FA to take no action against Neville six days after charging Emmanuel Adebayor with improper conduct for his similarly provocative taunting of Arsenal fans? City will be asking the same question of the FA in their appeal against Adebayor’s charge next week. Neville is particularly fortunate because three years ago he was fined £5,000 and warned over his future conduct for celebrating in front of Liverpool fans in a manner even more akin to Adebayor’s antics at the City of Manchester Stadium.
Bellamy is even more fortunate to have escaped censure because his actions in striking a pitch invader were more violent and the precedents even more stacked against him.
Uefa’s U-turn over Eduardo da Silva last week has not helped matters, because it was also based on upholding the referee’s decision on the night, a principle supported by Richard Scudamore, the Premier League chief executive, yesterday.
Such backing for referees is all very well, but unsavoury incidents are inevitably missed in every match and a coherent system must be put in place for the perpetrators to be punished. Otherwise many players will rightly conclude that they can get away with murder.''
Happy_Blue_Monday
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Any truth in the rumour Nevile is being groomed for a job with the PFA as a players representative when he finishes playing, if he ever started, perhaps this has more to do with the let off rather than the time period involved.