adamstag wrote:Sandy Pate Best Stag wrote:Rob wrote:Sandy Pate Best Stag wrote:So it’s ok to now grab opponents by the throat even if only briefly.
I just don’t understand that decision and wouldn’t be happy if they were playing us in the next 3 games.
Kicking a ball at a player could also be considered violent conduct. For me, having only seen the video, both were yellow cards, but you could argue by the letter of the law both were red.
Yes if Quinn did it on purpose which, knowing him, he probably did.
The fact that the Wimbledon player had to get to his feet before grabbing Quinn says to me he should have had time to think about it.
It could have gone either way but I would have thought the appeal committee would have backed the referee’s decision. He did grab Quinn by the throat and it’s not a case of the ref being mistaken about the facts just how to punish it.
A dangerous precedent for me.
with respect of course he did it on purpose. the lad was on the floor he looked at him and booted it
Ok, as I said, I think he probably did it on purpose but it’s not absolutely clear that he did. But whatever Quinn did or didn’t do is entirely irrelevant to the issue. Their player was shown a red card for retaliation and the only thing the panel should consider is whether he retaliated or not. There is clear video evidence that he got up and grabbed Quinn around the head/neck in retaliation to having the ball kicked at him. They shouldn’t consider if there was provocation as Quinn was not the subject of their task.
The referee clearly saw the incident and decided what action to take in his view.
If the referee had reviewed the footage and then decided he had made the wrong decision then I would say fair enough but I don’t think that is the case.
The reason I think it is a dangerous decision is that, following their apparent logic, it’s ok to retaliate if you are sufficiently provoked. Of course I may be reading too deeply into the decision and over simplifying things but without other information, that’s how I see it.
Additionally if the FA think Quinn should be punished further, having reviewed the footage, that should be a separate process. Obviously that may be difficult unless something happened which the referee missed as a yellow card was issued.
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