London Pompous
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Absolutely, I LIKE to see proper punching on the pitch, none of this nancy boy pushing each other in the chest stuff you get with soccer players.
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Liverpool and Mascherano
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Absolutely, I LIKE to see proper punching on the pitch, none of this nancy boy pushing each other in the chest stuff you get with soccer players.
I think Mascherano got exactly what he deserved for consistently mouthing off, and I hope more referees follow Steve Bennett's example from here on out.
Falmer Flutter ©
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This is the only way forward to stamp out dissent in the game and I think Steve Bennett should be applauded, not vilified by pricks like Andy Gray who seems to have an agenda with referees in general. I can't believe I actually found myself agreeing with Jamie Redknapp when he managed to get a word in during Gray's embarrassing half-time rant.
If you look back a few years when the backpass rule was brought in, it was carnage for about two months. Free kicks from six yards every game and a general sense of confusion. But the players quickly adapted and now it's hardly part of the game. If we have to have a couple of months of players getting booked and sent off for telling a ref to f*** off, then so be it. They'll soon learn.
If you look back a few years when the backpass rule was brought in, it was carnage for about two months. Free kicks from six yards every game and a general sense of confusion. But the players quickly adapted and now it's hardly part of the game. If we have to have a couple of months of players getting booked and sent off for telling a ref to f*** off, then so be it. They'll soon learn.
Yep - and if punches are thrown they are kicked off the pitch for 10 minutes or sent off for the rest of the game. Suits me.
far better than this silly Yellow cards rule which does not benefit the team you transgressed against but may benefot one of your rival teams if the yellow cards accrue and a good player misses a match against one of them. Ridiculous.
Yellow card = 10 minutes in the bin
5 yellow cards accumulated = missed match
Red card = sending off as now and for two yellow cards in one game
Easy and would stop so much of the crap we see in football now.
ben andrews' girlfriend
Nurse Laura
Just because other players do it doesn't make it right.
It was absoltely justified to send him off, and I hope that this incident now sets a precedent for the rest of the season.
Referees are being treated disgustingly at the moment - whenever they make a decision against a player they are crowded and sworn at, it's just not acceptable.
Exactly. It would not surprise me one bit if they decided to go on strike. That would certainly get the authorities to take it seriously.
Billy the Fish
Technocrat
Grey has definitly got too big for his boots, I used to like him but for the last year he's been a twat. It was quite funny watching Richard Keys have a row with him about it on the final word
beorhthelm
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- Jul 21, 2003
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definatly got what he deserved. refs only mistake was booking Torres for basically just complaining, which i think was a reaction to Mascerano's constant sniping. and why hadn't the Gerrard as captain not told him to shout the f*** up?
Publius Ovidius
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my wife recons it happens now in playgrounds at playtime in schools.
If they are playing football and one person gets kicked, they roll about the floor, screaming in agony and the next minute they are up swearing!!!
She had to go over and break up a fight between two people and they both spent the next 5 minutes arguing with her why they shouldnt have to go back to class.......they were both 5 year olds
Mascherano has just released a statement stating he does'nt know what he did wrong, after his initial yellow card he kept mouthing off to the ref on at least 3 occasions. Then he runs 20+yards to confront the ref when he did'nt need too, he reaction afterwards is worthy of a 3-match ban IMO and the FA need to dish it out.
This sort of thing wont be stamped out overnight, it needs to be sorted in youth football now so that players will grow up with respect for the officials, unfortunately that means FIFA need to act on it which of course they wont because they are pathetic!
This sort of thing wont be stamped out overnight, it needs to be sorted in youth football now so that players will grow up with respect for the officials, unfortunately that means FIFA need to act on it which of course they wont because they are pathetic!
Tom Hark Preston Park
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- Jul 6, 2003
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More than a bit alarming if he GENUINELY finds his behaviour acceptable
Even if the player doesn't get it (and he's clearly not the sharpest pencil in the box) surely the manager - even one as one-eyed as Benitez) should explain it to him.
seagulls4ever
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BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Liverpool | Mascherano stunned by sending off
"I asked the referee what was happening. I did not swear, I was not aggressive and I did not confront him," Mascherano told the Liverpool Echo.
Quite funny, considering thats exactly what he did. 'I did not swear' - if thats true, then me, and everyone else who clearly saw him telling the ref to f*** off on many occasions, need to work on lip reading skills. What a f***ing twat.
"I asked the referee what was happening. I did not swear, I was not aggressive and I did not confront him," Mascherano told the Liverpool Echo.
Quite funny, considering thats exactly what he did. 'I did not swear' - if thats true, then me, and everyone else who clearly saw him telling the ref to f*** off on many occasions, need to work on lip reading skills. What a f***ing twat.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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Trouble is, you can't even fine these cretins two, or even four, weeks wages anymore. It's a sum that would pay off the average family mortgage twice over, but probably represents nothing more than a small dent in their personal property portfolio. The only way to properly bring it home to these people is to fine their club. And not with money, but with points deductions. Then the clubs might finally bring their houses into order.
FalmerforAll!**
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My thoughts exactly
I hope they do.
Its amazing that when Poll retired last year after Terry abused him the papers somehow turned it on him and made it his fault, then again it was our captain fantastic....
- Jul 7, 2003
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Quite refreshing to see how many people- fans and pundits alike- have backed up a referee for once.
I've never been a particular fan of Steve Bennett, but even he shouldn't have to put up with constant abuse, so fair play to him.
I hope a few more players go the same way before they learn- John Terry is one of the worst offenders for starters.
I've never been a particular fan of Steve Bennett, but even he shouldn't have to put up with constant abuse, so fair play to him.
I hope a few more players go the same way before they learn- John Terry is one of the worst offenders for starters.
Eagle Slayer
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Thought like as incidents like Ashley Cole where the ref has issued a yellow card the FA cant amend or increase the ban unless its a straight red ? Therefore he probably gets a one game ban ?