Correct red card given for violent conduct. Very daft to put hand in face.
Play was supposedly already stopped for some reason or another. Wasn’t a PKWhat was the restart of play?
That went a long long time ago@alexv I agree. I think large amounts of the morality of players has gone, if it was ever there. Leads to more sh*thousery or whatever you want to call it, and generally, winding people up, conning refs and players by throwing themselves to the ground etc.
Makes our job far harder, and yet often we get the blame for not responding to it, instead of the players for playing into it
If the instigator was cautioned for USB, that would be the first offense, and it should be an IFK coming out.Play was supposedly already stopped for some reason or another. Wasn’t a PK
Feel like that’s the fairest outcome but one that you’d never expect or seeThe Preston player could have had two cautions. one for the push. and one for the simulation. 10 v 10. been a fair outcome.
A caution for the GK would have been fair too. the touch to the face was minimal and wasn't violent in any way all all. more violence with people bumping each other with trolleys in the Xmas rush at Tesco.Feel like that’s the fairest outcome but one that you’d never expect or see
Oh, I think that's more than just minimal. It wasn't too terribly forceful - and certainly wasn't enough to make the player go down like he did, but it's still more than the negligible contact that the law allows.A caution for the GK would have been fair too. the touch to the face was minimal and wasn't violent in any way all all. more violence with people bumping each other with trolleys in the Xmas rush at Tesco.
was it violent. no.Oh, I think that's more than just minimal. It wasn't too terribly forceful - and certainly wasn't enough to make the player go down like he did, but it's still more than the negligible contact that the law allows.
Rightly or wrongly, it's written in the Laws that non-negligible contact with the face / head area is Violent Conduct. In other words, it doesn't actually have to meet your / my belief as to what constitutes violence to be classed as Violent Conduct .....was it violent. no.