Cardiff punishment

[Ian Royal]

I see that the Welsh FA are being slow in getting round to investigating Cardiff, and yet the FA have punished us already. What's their bloody excuse?!

EDIT: It's staggering when you consider the game was 3 weeks ago and the Welsh FA don't seem to have done anything.

Might have a little something to do with Legs putting his hand up and admitting it and Cardiff defending themselves & Chopra.

[glass half full]

If found guilty , Cardiff players should be fined double for wasting FAW time.

[RoyalBlue]

If found guilty , Cardiff players should be fined double for wasting FAW time.

So that will be a whole tenner then!

If they're not going to come under the control of the English FA then they should stay over their side of the sodding bridge and keep out of the English leagues.

[Svlad Cjelli]

Here's an idea.

Why not wait until the FAW have the hearing about Cardiff and impose punishment before condemning how lenient it is.

Having said that, it *will* probably be less than ours becuase we're persistant offenders of late, and were under a suspended sentence already for several previous fracas.

[Ian Royal]

Don't be daft Dirkers... that would be sensible.

[Wycombe Royal]

Their hearing is on the 16th March.

[RoyalBlue]

Here's an idea.

Why not wait until the FAW have the hearing about Cardiff and impose punishment before condemning how lenient it is.

Having said that, it *will* probably be less than ours becuase we're persistant offenders of late, and were under a suspended sentence already for several previous fracas.

And Cardiff are without previous sin?

We'll wait and see whether the FAW leopards have changed their spots.

Whilst recognising that pace of life might be a bit slower in the valleys, how long does it take to hold a hearing?!!

Still think it fundamentally wrong and unfair that you have two different national bodies governing conduct in the same league. It's bound to increase the risk of inconsistency.

[Svlad Cjelli]

Still think it fundamentally wrong and unfair that you have two different national bodies governing conduct in the same league. It's bound to increase the risk of inconsistency.

In an adiea world, yes, but we're not - this is a historical accident, and the impact of changing it would be much worse - things like the amalgamation of the 4 Home FAs being forced by and the loss of their IFAB places.

[rhroyal]

That one second incident where the lump Parkin falls over in the last minute of injury time at Cardiff has pretty much cost us our season. A confidence inspiring win becomes a draw and feels like a loss, we lose our best player for three games (two really I suppose as he was out for QPR anyway) in which we drop probably 4 valuable points and now this.

The club shot themselves in the foot then didn't they! Relying on 1 player is never the way to go!

To be fair in a tight league like this it can be hard not to rely upon the 1 or 2 players of real quality you have, especially in our position. It's not like we can bring in a team full of top class individuals like Chelsea and Man City and achievements such as 05/06 are very rare.

The top 2 or 3 teams are an exception to this rule; the teams making up the rest of the play-offs got away with it.

[PEARCEY]

Here's an idea.

Why not wait until the FAW have the hearing about Cardiff and impose punishment before condemning how lenient it is.

Having said that, it *will* probably be less than ours becuase we're persistant offenders of late, and were under a suspended sentence already for several previous fracas.

The voice of sanity.

[PEARCEY]

Here's an idea.

Why not wait until the FAW have the hearing about Cardiff and impose punishment before condemning how lenient it is.

Having said that, it *will* probably be less than ours becuase we're persistant offenders of late, and were under a suspended sentence already for several previous fracas.

And Cardiff are without previous sin?

We'll wait and see whether the FAW leopards have changed their spots.

Whilst recognising that pace of life might be a bit slower in the valleys, how long does it take to hold a hearing?!!

Still think it fundamentally wrong and unfair that you have two different national bodies governing conduct in the same league. It's bound to increase the risk of inconsistency.

I didn't realise Cardiff was in the valleys.

[SpaceCruiser]

Their hearing is on the 16th March.

Great, a full six weeks after the offence and meanwhile they're continuing to pick up the points as we struggled without Leigertwood for 3 games.

[Ian Royal]

Their hearing is on the 16th March.

Great, a full six weeks after the offence and meanwhile they're continuing to pick up the points as we struggled without Leigertwood for 3 games.

So blame us and Leigterwood for not contesting it then you numpty.

[Royal Lady]

Of course, Cardiff will almost certainly lose one of their key players in what is the most important part of the season for them and could make the difference between them going up or not....

[Svlad Cjelli]

Their hearing is on the 16th March.

Great, a full six weeks after the offence and meanwhile they're continuing to pick up the points as we struggled without Leigertwood for 3 games.

So we won't continue to pick up the points later whilst they have a player suspended?

[Tilehurst End]

Of course, Cardiff will almost certainly lose one of their key players in what is the most important part of the season for them and could make the difference between them going up or not....

They also lose Ramsey after this weekend.

Sad isn't it

[andrew1957]

Today referees are saying that Wayne Rooney cannot be punished on video evidence because the referee did not punish him at the time and FIFA do not like dealing with issues after the event by video evidence.

I was not at the Cardiff match but I understood that Leigertwood was not punished by the referee at the time so I assume it WAS as a result of video evidence. A few seasons ago Lita was also banned for 3 games after the event because the referee missed an incident.

Is this yet another example of double standards for the top players as compared to the rest?

[SpaceCruiser]

Today referees are saying that Wayne Rooney cannot be punished on video evidence because the referee did not punish him at the time and FIFA do not like dealing with issues after the event by video evidence.

I was not at the Cardiff match but I understood that Leigertwood was not punished by the referee at the time so I assume it WAS as a result of video evidence. A few seasons ago Lita was also banned for 3 games after the event because the referee missed an incident.

Is this yet another example of double standards for the top players as compared to the rest?

Yeah, Lita got banned for a headbutt that Sky Sports picked up on and Graham Poll watched it afterwards. Remember that this was against Charlton and Alan Pardew had an agreement with Poll to be informed if he was about to send Song off that he could sub him before that happened. Graham fecking Poll. Yes, that man.

And Song is still a dirty player.

[prostak]

Today referees are saying that Wayne Rooney cannot be punished on video evidence because the referee did not punish him at the time and FIFA do not like dealing with issues after the event by video evidence.

I was not at the Cardiff match but I understood that Leigertwood was not punished by the referee at the time so I assume it WAS as a result of video evidence. A few seasons ago Lita was also banned for 3 games after the event because the referee missed an incident.

Is this yet another example of double standards for the top players as compared to the rest?

No. The law is that any incident which the referee has seen and dealt with to his satisfaction cannot be re-evaluated and re-punished by a video panel later. I don't know where you read that Clattenburg did not punish him - the very point of this is that he did so when he awarded a free kick. He can't retrospectively decide to issue a red card any more than a panel can.

Stop looking for conspiracy where there is none - it might be a stupid rule that doesn't allow exceptions for serious violent conduct, but on the other hand it would be a bad thing to undermine the referee's match-day authority.

[Kitson12]

What about Ben Thatcher on Pedro Mendes? Punished on pitch with a yellow card, then banned for 5 games (?). So how is that different? Because Rooney could have done the same amount of damage to McCarthy!