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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu
Today, l have heard the news, that an appeal by Chelsea over John Terry's red card, has been overturned, so therefore, he has got away with a tackle, that looked by a rugby tackle, and that the opposition player had a clear chance of getting a goal,, What is the point of having rules and officals on the pitch, if players, can bring down players and get away with it - it does not make sense, What does the FA want to do, let the officals stand by the side of the pitch, and let the players get on with it. We football fans, sometimes get on the ref's back, but they are on the pitch, to enforce the rules and laws of football, only for the FA to overrule the ref.  |
Did you see the tackle? Yes, it was a foul, but he was not the last defender and it was not a certain goal. There were two other defenders tracking back at the time and would have been able to have an influence on whether a shot could have been taken. When the panel sits, there is the chance that they will reject the appeal and then issue and even tougher ban for the player. Chelsea (A team I don't personally like) obviously took the decision, looking at the TV evidence, to appeal. To counter your argument, what is the point in having officials that can't correctly enforce the rules on the pitch. The panel can only overturn a card, so instead of Terry having another yellow card against him, he now has nothing!