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Ha ha ha! That's funny. Never did like this 'let's all be girlies and give the ball back' b*llocks.What's wrong with a proper full blooded drop ball? Everyone knows where they stand then.BobG
It is a tricky one. I personally happen to agree with banning him, purely based on what I've seen in that video. If he'd gotten away with it, it might set a precedent and one of the last remaining bits of sportsmanlike tradition still left in football would be gone.
Yes it's unsportsmanlike, but let's face it most of the professional game today is bloody unsportsman like! Look at the tackle suarez did the other week - it was obvious to everyone he tried to hurt an opposition player, and didn't even get booked! If they want to start giving retrospective punishments then at least begin with the cheating diving b*stards before you start banning players who don't even break any rules!
It's very unfair and i can see why the opposition were so annoyed but surely it didn't have to go this far? Not to the extent of banning the player?Why couldn't the referee just use his common sense and disallow the goal and just have a word with Adriano?Would have been a lot easier..
Quote from: redandwhitearmy on November 29, 2012, 10:17:25 amIt's very unfair and i can see why the opposition were so annoyed but surely it didn't have to go this far? Not to the extent of banning the player?Why couldn't the referee just use his common sense and disallow the goal and just have a word with Adriano?Would have been a lot easier.. That's not how it works. It is an unwritten rule and thus the referee can't then stop him from basically cheating and scoring like he did. It isn't within the refs power to pull him back and have the drop ball be re-taken.