Australia bans "Hand of God!"
The FFA's match review panel has met. I can hear you sniggering, stop it.
Put your hand up to handle a ball or show a "charades like" let's book him Ref Card, and yep you're banned.
Kick the bejaysus out of someone, trip, pull and interfere with skilful players, exactly what the fans come to see..and play on...especially if you are a Soccerwho!
Mark Bosnich free to play, couldn't ban him could we? And no I don't want to see Bozza banned but fair go Australia. Danny Tiatto free to play. Why because he didn't actually break someone's leg.
More from me and the FFA extract below.
Why wasn't Kevin Muscat considered as well, he blatently fouled when a Jets player skinned him. And Craig Moore, the same, should be on it every week, as he stops skilful players playing football.
Lei Lei Gao gets booked for asking for a card for another player. So unsporting apparently. What do we give Moore, Tiatto and Muscat a box of chocolates!
Give me a break. Let's reward the players who skin these guys every week and punish not some guy who puts up a floppy hand asking for a card, big deal, punish the guys who kick the crap out of people and stop the game flowing.
Oh and Ben Kantarovski, who's heard of him, okay then we'll ban him..and they have!The Match Review Panel has determined that:
- Ben Kantarovski of Newcastle Jets is guilty of denying the opposing team a clear goal scoring opportunity (R4 offence) by handling the ball in the penalty box in the 78th minute of the match against Melbourne Victory at Telstra Dome on Friday night. The proposed sanction against Kantarovski is a mandatory one match suspension.
- Dino Djulbic of Perth Glory is guilty of unsporting conduct toward a match official (R6 offence) and has proposed a sanction of five matches (the compulsory one match suspension for a red card offence and an additional four matches). Djulbic received a direct red card from the referee in Sunday’s Sydney FC v Perth Glory match.
The Match Review Panel also reviewed incidents involving Danny Tiatto (Queensland Roar) and Mark Bosnich (Central Coast Mariners).
2 comments:
I am pretty sure its Adam D'Apuzzo that got the match suspension and not Kantarovski. Its a pretty stupid suspension and should have been picked up in the game it was that obvious.
I am all for giving cards for remonstrate for other players to get cards - its unsportsmanlike and I don't care if you have just skinned them and they fouled you.
you're right Neil. The original press release said Kantarovski then they changed it to D'Apuzzo
but to me while the player asking for a card should be carded,surely the spirit and entertainment factor of the game is more hindered when a piece of skill, usually a breakway during a tight game, and Moore Muscat and Tiatto and many more hack a player down.
As it's their first or fifth foul they don't get booked.
To me skill in the A-League should be rewarded and protected. It's not.
And the non-football folk concentrate on lesser crimes like shoving your hand up to ask for a booking when you've been hacked.
The Ref can just say no! Big deal. But the A-League is full of professional hackers so let's stop them early in every game and reward the skilful players. That would change the comp overhight.
It is the same at junior and local level. Swear and it's a major offence, get booted to buggery and you might get a foul.
Seems to me the Ref's at all levels are more bothered about a verbal insult to them then the possibility of serious injury to any player. Pathetic and simply a wrong priority in my view.
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