Comments on: The red card shows the ‘sheer nonsense’ that football has become

By: My Heart Is White

My Heart Is White — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:19:16 +0000

Jesus, that must have been painful? How did he get both legs in his ear?

By: gardiancho

gardiancho — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 06:39:29 +0000

What perfect tackle ? He had to be ban for long time why did they deny the ban show how are tritted big clubs in Premier League. No one can explain why did he did this tackle, look the video there were no reason to do this tackle??? He throw his legs in the ear and went to the tackle. So we need to injury a player and then to punish him, disgrace.

By: davi

davi — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:17:13 +0000

I’m an arsenal fan, but when I saw the red card come out I was angry for him. Twice now he’s been treated incredibly harshly for making a pretty straightforward tackle, and it’s hard to understand why. Sometimes refs get it wrong but he couldn’t have been so sure that he had to remove k from the pitch?! A yellow would have been wrong but at least understandable.
The thing I find strange however is how ask the press is so in k’s favour this time when at least he made contact with the player. when it happened against utd, they were actually split between ‘perfectly good challenge’ and ‘most dangerous thing i’ve ever seen’! Why is that? The challenge on nani was more an interception than a tackle and no one would have said a thing had the ref not sent him off. Just goes to show how much the media is in the pocket of Manchester united.
Anyway, good to see that kompany isn’t letting it affect him. He’s a great defender and one of the few clean ones from what i’ve seen.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 23:46:45 +0000

Strange that refs never get this view when it comes to United players.

Since 2011/12 to date;

City 8 red cards

United 1

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:25:07 +0000

Agree … I believe the failure to punish Ramires’ tackle on Coquelin was a direct result of Kompany’s card being overturned.

By: Frederick

Frederick — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:12:52 +0000

The problem nowadays is that cheating is part of the game. Referees have no chance and unless the FA remind clubs that unlike Rugby, players should hold opponents shirts – anyone the referee sees acting in this way should be booked immediately. The assistant referees have a major part to play in eradicationg this habit. The FA should examine all the video tapes after games and if a player thinks they have got away with this action or any other form of cheating they should be given hefty bans immediately.
So many things are wrong with the game and when matches are sought to be refereed by managers, again the FA should intervene.
I find it totally ironical that last weekend Fergie sought to challenge the decisions of the officials. As a result of that outburst, MOTD spent most of it’s analysis deciding whether or nor it was a penalty. What they should have examined was the new tactic introduced to nullify the speed of forwards running for space being blocked out by defenders. Again it is mot American Rules Football where such measures are permitted.
Fergie should always remember the goal not allowed by Mark Clattenberg where the MUFC goalkeeper Carroll retrieved a shot from Mendes where the ball was a metre over the line. Wouldn’t it have been sporting if he had admitted the goal but we all know what his manager would have said.
So managers – just keep quiet and remember that football is a game.

By: Harry

Harry — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:07:12 +0000

@Odu, hard as it may sound, sometimes refereeing mistakes are as much a part of football as mistakes by players. It sounds odd, but that’s what they tell young refs (like myself).

I’d argue that the penalty was another incident which was dependant on angles, and the ref’s angle showed a foul. Ref also correctly didn’t show red card for that one.

I’d argue that referees never make a decision based on who the team is, but crowd pressure and abuse from the touchline can influence you to make decisions.

By: Jeremy Poynton

Jeremy Poynton — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:00:26 +0000

Steve Bruce!

By: Odu

Odu — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:00:00 +0000

Mistakes like this can be corrected like the overturning of the ban. How about mistakes that result into goals? Arsenal was punished for this mistake with the two chelsea goals- one from a tackle that has seen the victim not playing for over a week, the second from a dive, then a penalty. May I ask, would the an have been reserved if it was a lesser team? maybe not

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:44:33 +0000

Not the old “chopper ” Harris argument again please.