Drogba / Morgan Differences

Drogba got a yellow card at the time he threw the coin back into the crowd but has since been banned for a further 3 matches for violent conduct (sic) and faces a police investigation. No-one was hurt and i am not aware of any complaint being made to the police.

Morgan got a yellow card at the time but the FA cannot upgrade the card due to FIFA regulations. The police have refused to investigate as there has not (yet) been any complaint made. Someone got a fractured skull!

Apart from the glaring differences in the action taken by the authorities the main difference as i can see is that the referee admitted that he gave Drogba the yellow card for approaching the away fans and he did not see the coin throw.

The referee in our case has not admitted to any short-coming in his actions and stands by his yellow card.

In the Thatcher case the referee had the guts to admit he got wrong & the FA took further action.

I know it has been said before on this board but the actions of Mr D'urso leave a lot to be desired. If he came out and said he got it wrong then maybe the FA would do something.


/poo

 

Not wanting to excuse the FA for their blatant incompetence

but Drogba was booked for gesturing to the crowd, the referee's report made no mention of the coin throwing, so that was deemed another offence that the ref didn't see. Morgan was booked for the elbow.
However, it shouldn't matter if the ref took action at the time or not, if he didn't see it from the right angle, for example, then he may only consider it a yellow and not a red card, the FA should still be able to increase the punishment.

 

RE: Not wanting to excuse the FA for their blatant incompetence

The difference is that the referee has admitted he did not see the coin throw & hence got it wrong.

Whilst D'urso booked Morgan for the elbow we must assume that he thought it was accidental, hence the yellow card.

He could easily have said after watching it again that he could see intent and the card should have been red.

The FA would then be able to take further action. By D'urso insisting he got it right limits the FA.

 

D'Urso bottled it, pure and simple...

... no way in the world was he going to send off another player immediatelyafter the previous incident. As a consequence of his cowardice, the whole situation has become a farce as the equally spineless FA hide behind a bland "we can't do anything further" statement.

 

Bang on.

If D'Urso had sent him off, Sheff U had come out and condemned and punished Morgan I don't think there would be so much anger around at the moment.

I blame those 2 more than the FA.

 

The FA could have forced D'urso to "reconsider" his decision

Morgan..Guilty
Blunts..Culpable
D'Urso..incompetent and stubborn
FA..spineless

 

The root of the whole problem here and many more similar incidents throughout football, is the old adage that "The Referee is always right and his decisions cannot be questioned"
This has been the case almost forever in football. There will be no true "Justice" in football until this outdated view is banished once and for all.
Referees are NOT always right. They often make decisions which are clearly wrong, even the best of them.
The sooner the ruling bodies in football throughout the world accept that they have a right to correct the wrongs that are committed, in their name, even when the decisions are made with the best of motives, then the better this game of football will become.
Referees should be more accountable for their actions. When players make mistakes, or poor decisions, they are often disciplined or fined, or both, by their employers. The Referees should be dealt with in a similar fashion.

 

How does that tally with the situation in rugby union?

Where the referee is never questioned about his decisions and is treated with the upmost respect by the players. In football the referee is constantly questioned about his decisions and is treated with very little respect.

 

RE: How does that tally with the situation in rugby union?

Probably because in my experience, referees in Rugby Union are so much better than in Soccer. They command respect from the players because of the way they conduct themselves. They may not always get it right but at least they explain their reasoning. Respect begets respect.