1704: Breaking news: The Football Association has confirmed that no disciplinary action will be taken against Chelsea defender Jose Bosingwa for his challenge on Liverpool's Yossi Benayoun on Sunday. So, physical assault on the football field is acceptable, but winning a tackle (Frank Lampard) is a red card offence. Pathetic. Their a f.cking disgrace.
Shocking decision, for some reason when i saw it on TV it fetched memories back of Cantona sticking his boot out at that Palace fan.... He should have been red carded at the least....Disgusting behaviour
RE: See it here Shameful, and what makes it look worse is the Linesman was more or less on top of them when the guy smashed him in the back.... FA ought to be ashamed of themselves....
It's not difficult is it? Some of the things that the F.A. are turning a blind eye to are ridiculous. Incidents like that and the Morgan incident - it's easy - review it, if the punishment was not sufficient, give them what they deserve. Instead the cowards at the F.A. hide behind their own rules - they are too afraid of an implied criticism of their own refs. Then the F.A. talk about wanting respect.
I read.... .....that the FA cannot intervene as the linesman saw it. FIFA stipulates that retrospective punishment should be dealt with only if the matchday officials don't see it. The fact that the lino flags like mad allows Bosingwa off scot free. Sounds a bit daft to me. Still, at least he's not got a broken back......
I don't get the disciplinary system at all. How come they can rescind a red card after a game which is likely to happen for Lampard but they never upgrade to a red card. What's the difference from moving up a level or down one, if the refs made a huge mistake then try to improve the decision. What a bunch of useless ******* they are.
Both incidents were red cards.................... </p> In Lampards case he had both feet of the ground and his foot was knee high.</p> He had no control over the tackle and could not have pulled out that is dangerous play and deserved a Red card. </p> </p>
RE: Both incidents were red cards.................... As did Shabby Alonso, whose foot actually made contact with Lumpard's shin.</p> And neither were as bad as Stevie G a few minutes earlier.</p> To say nothing of Bosingwa.</p> Overall a quite appalling performance even by Riley's "standards" </p>
Didn't see the Gerrard one but on Talk Sport Dermot Gallagher said it was a shocker. The problem with a lot of players today is that they are not very good at timing a tackle. They seem to lunge in with out any control and quite often they have no chance of winning the ball. They should watch some old footage of Bobby Moore and try and learn something from his technique. Norman Hunter was an excellent tackler too, he could mix it with the best of them but he could tackle.
Disagree entirely. Ball was at that level, got in there, touched the ball first & then took a clattering off Alonso who had also jumped. He actually made no contact with the player, it was Alonso that made contact with Lampard. If tackles like those become red cards then football is just going to be ****.
Read the Laws of the Game. It was a dangerous tackle. He had no control over it once his feet left the ground. A tackle doesn't have to make contact to be a dangerous tackle.
I agree, but I thought the point of a tackle was to win the ball? If he wins the ball without making contact with a player how can it be deemed a dangerous tackle? Yes he lunged, but it was with one foot, his other was trailing & he touched the ball which led to the other player kicking him. I just don't think it was a dangerous tackle at all. Gerrard's was exactly the same but because the other player jumped over it he just got a word from Mike Riley.
</p> I understand where you are coming from but the Laws of the Game are there to protect players from situations where they can be seriously injured.</p> There was a big out cry when the Laws of the game were first formalized by the FA. It was because it banned hacking.</p> Hacking was a part of the game then but it led to too many broken bones. </p>
