bluej wrote:branny wrote:Ted Hughes wrote:branny wrote:I think he got the Derry one right but I couldn't see a lot of difference between Vinny's and what Bothroyd just got booked for.
How can landing on someone's ankle full tilt, nowhere near the ball, with your studs be less worthy of a red card than someone winning the ball perfectly cleanly & not touching the oppo player at all ? There is nothing in the rules about 'two feet' , it's about intent & control etc, not how many feet you use. Vinny got it perfectly right, Derrry may well have broken a bloke's foot.
Kompany's shouldn't have had a red, we all know that. Had it not happened nobody would have bothered about Johnsons tackle or Derrys. In my opinion he was right to book Derry.
Yes, but it is the exact same referee that sent Kompany off, so if he believed Kompany's was a red card then he should have sent Derry off.
See my initial quote. Bothroyds challenge was very similar to VKs.
