Football season 2016/17
Posted by: Kevin-W on 15 June 2016
Given that the fixtures are now out, I thought it would be appropriate to start a new thread.
Hard to believe.
Lets hope the FA wearn't swayed by the pontifications of the so called match of the day experts.
So, in future EVERY player sent off for a two feet off the ground lunge, will expect the FA to overturn the refs decision. 
He should have got a red AND a yellow.
Red for the feet off the flooor lunge and yellow for the late tackle. Although to be fair I don't think the ref saw the late tackle, he was searching in his pocket for red when the tackle eventually came in.
Kevin-W posted:MDS posted:MDS posted:MDS posted:I thought it was a typical Mourinho team's performance at the London Stadium, looking to stifle the game and frustrate the opposition having gone one up. I agree Dean's performance was poor. That said I could see why he gave the red card. While Jones' theatrical reaction probably contributed to the decision, the tackle was rash - both feet off the ground and looking like he jumped in. Dean was only a few yards away from the incident. While WHU might appeal the red card I strongly suspect such a appeal would fail.
BBC website now saying that WHU have indeed appealed Feghouli's red card.
....and as predicted, the appeal has been rejected and a 4-game ban imposed. Don't know clubs bother when the TV replays show ample evidence to allow a panel to uphold a referee's decision (which they will be pre-disposed to do).
That's odd, because it [Ferghouli's red card] has been rescinded. Perhaps you were thinking of Man City's Fernandinho, whose appeal has failed. He is now banned for four games. I do hope all of this wasn't wishful thinking on your part...
Doh! I got that completely wrong, Kevin. I was indeed thinking of the player whose name begins with F would plays for Man C. Must pay proper attention next time. 
fatcat posted:Hard to believe.
Lets hope the FA weren't swayed by the pontifications of the so called match of the day experts.
So, in future EVERY player sent off for a two feet off the ground lunge, will expect the FA to overturn the refs decision.
It is rather amusing that Ferghouli is a saint in waiting but Rojo was the devil incarnate.
I would however be grateful if someone could point out to me exactly where in the Laws of football it provides that any two footed challenge is a sending off offence - I've looked but cannot find it so far and I want to understand the actual criteria that should be applied.
I was at the game and was staggered by the sending off. It did spoil the game as it put West Ham on the back foot and probably reduced the margin of victory 
Interpretation of the Laws of the Game and Guidelines for Referees
http://files.leagueathletics.c...ents/11116/28718.pdf
From the above link.
Serious foul play
A player is guilty of serious foul play if he uses excessive force or brutality
against an opponent when challenging for the ball when it is in play.
A tackle that endangers the safety of an opponent must be sanctioned as
serious foul play.
Any player who lunges at an opponent in challenging for the ball from the
front, from the side or from behind using one or both legs, with excessive force
and endangering the safety of an opponent is guilty of serious foul play.
Advantage should not be applied in situations involving serious foul play unless
there is a clear subsequent opportunity to score a goal. The referee must send
off the player guilty of serious foul play when the ball is next out of play.
A player who is guilty of serious foul play should be sent off and play is
restarted with a direct free kick from the position where the offence occurred
(see Law 13 – Position of free kick) or a penalty kick (if the offence occurred
inside the offender’s penalty area)
I used to live next door to a premiership linesman, he told me once, most of the premiership managers and players don't know the rules of the game, or at least how they're interpreted.
He used to tell me some tales, but unfortunatley I can't realy repeat them.
Listening to the radio when these fixtures came out, it was interesting that all the pundits were blithely carrying on as if the old order (Man U, City, Arsenal, Chelsea) had not been disrupted.
All the "important" matches were these four plus Liverpool. No mention of the likes of Spurs, Leicester or WHU.
I suspect the newspapers will be the same.
But is the old order still tenable? There is no proof that Guardioloa or Conte will adapt to thePL, or that Maureen is the right choice for the Mancs.
Everyone has much more money, and, because of Leicester's achievement last year, nobody is scared of the so-called big boys, all the "little" teams no longer "know their place".
It'll be the most exciting, open season ever and the "big boys" and their media supplicants won't have it all their own way. So, at the risk of making ourselves look stupid, anyone got any predictions?