FA to consider allowing retrospective action for Ngog dive

Ok so we all want cheating stopped, but hold on a minute what's more serious, diving or elbows in the head?

T*ssers.

 

There's a difference

Ngog wasn't booked for the incident - the FA cited the yellow card given to Morgan as the reason they couldn't take retropsective action (assuming you're comparing to the Morgan incident).

However your point is that it's double standards, which is applicable to the fact they took retrospective action against Adebayor earlier in the season after the ref booked him for his goal celebration.

I still think ultimately it should be up to the referee to review the game afterwards and highlight anything he missed or got wrong, and to take action retrospectively. If they did that and handed out lengthly bans, especially for diving, I think it would just about disappear overnight.

 

The point I'm making is

It is NOT the seriousness of the incident which takes priority, it is the SIZE of the CLUB(s) involved. The FA don't give a t*ss about the "smaller" clubs, they just don't like being criticised in the media - which they only get when an incident involves (say) one of the "big-4".

 

Couldn't agree more nt nt

 

Agree, except for the lengthy ban bit.

Hit the spolit Barstewards in the pocket. All a pro footballer gets out of a lengthy ban is a few more Saturdays to play with his new Bentley Continental GT.</p>

Hit em in the pockets - its the only way forward.</p>

Scenario 1: Ngog gets banned for one match for &quot;simulation&quot;. Recover from any knocks, extra recuperation and rest, day on the golf course.</p>

Scenario 2: Ngog gets fined one weeks wage for simulation. Will it make him think again ? Hmmmm(chinny) </p>

Put the fine money back into grass roots.</p>

 

Or both?

When I say a lenthly ban, I mean 4,5,6 games for blatant dives and cheating. Maybe the player doesn't care so much, but the manager sure as hell will, and it's the managers/clubs who need to sort out the cheats.

At the moment there is little incentive, but can you imagine what Ancellotti would do to Drogba if he thought he'd lose him for 5 games for diving? Or Ferguson would have done to Ronaldo? They wouldn't dare even try it.

To be honest I disagree with you - the money these players get is so absurd, even a months wages would make little impact. Put the emphasis onto the managers and I'm sure they'd come up with a combination of financial and 'other' penalties themselves which would be more effective than any rule the FA could apply.