Spitting is out, but Cornthwaite was hardly sporting.

Melbourne's Brazilian Ney Fabiano is out for nine weeks after being found guilty of spitting in the game last week.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkT6xyAUo-0 Did he spit? Well treefellas's met last night including Canberra's own Danny Moulis to adjudicate. We assume they got it right. but the Fox video seems inconclusive.

But I'm also interested in Robbie Cornthwaite. Ney Fabiano if he spat got his dues. No arguments here. But a discussion between the Ref and Ney Fabiano had nothing to do with Cornthwaite. Indeed he's well away from the less than heated discussion.

Cornthwaite comes over, interferes, and fires up a by-now tame event. And then asks for the player to be sent-off.

Is this against our new FFA rules? I thought you weren't allowed to ask for a card...or is only if you are Asian or foreign you get booked?

Cornthwaite should have been booked....or is it okay to ask for a card sometimes?

Book the guys who stop skilful or open play by fouling/tripping, there's heaps of them. If a player asks for a card after he's been tripped, why can't the ref do his job and be a ref, make a decision yourself. Just ignore the guy asking for the card, and only if he persists then book him.

But how about booking the crude tacklers first. That could improve the A-League overnight.