Nemanja Matic

Why was it reduced? If it's reduced due to the nature of The tackle then surely it's a ban for Barnes. It should either have stayed at 3 or 0.
 
Why was it reduced? If it's reduced due to the nature of The tackle then surely it's a ban for Barnes. It should either have stayed at 3 or 0.
Reduced due to his reaction. They didn't feel the push was worthy of the full 3 matches.
 
Chelsea are a fecking joke :lol: It's always them. They have zero class whatsoever. They're rotten all the way through, from the board to the players to the fans.

Give it a couple of days and they'll be accusing Atkinson of racism.
 
What games does he miss?
 
Chelsea are a fecking joke :lol: It's always them. They have zero class whatsoever. They're rotten all the way through, from the board to the players to the fans.

Give it a couple of days and they'll be accusing Atkinson of racism.

The death threats will be after that, too.
 
Why the feck is that ban reduced? Moo on Sky. feck right off.

2 is about right. It was stupid from Matic to react like that, and it never ceases to annoy me how people paid so much cannot control themselves for a few seconds. But anyone with a brain cell can se Barnes tackle was terrible, and that he had reason to be angry, the FA agree that's why they reduced it.
 
If there was any justice in the world, that would happen.

Reducing a Matic`s ban is not justice for him,Barnes being banned it is but you dont fight for that,you dont see any interest in that,whats important is to be able and use Matic as player as soon as possible.
 
2 is about right. It was stupid from Matic to react like that, and it never ceases to annoy me how people paid so much cannot control themselves for a few seconds. But anyone with a brain cell can se Barnes tackle was terrible, and that he had reason to be angry, the FA agree that's why they reduced it.

It's not - Roger Burden, chairman of the FA's regulatory commission, said the panel had "rejected the mitigation advanced by Nemanja Matic in respect of the provocation and tackle he received which led to his act of violent conduct".

It was only reduced because they accepted Matic's case regards the level of force he used, and where the contact was made.
 
It's not - Roger Burden, chairman of the FA's regulatory commission, said the panel had "rejected the mitigation advanced by Nemanja Matic in respect of the provocation and tackle he received which led to his act of violent conduct".

It was only reduced because they accepted Matic's case regards the level of force he used, and where the contact was made.

Ok fair enough. Point still stands regarding Barnes though.
 
Makes no sense to reduce the ban.
Agree with that.

Since when was retaliation acceptable dependant on provocation?

Why can't Barton now say his cheeky little balls tap to Huddleston isn't worth a game reduction?

Being shoved over from behind has to be more violent than that
 
Agree with that.

Since when was retaliation acceptable dependant on provocation?

Why can't Barton now say his cheeky little balls tap to Huddleston isn't worth a game reduction?

Being shoved over from behind has to be more violent than that

Read what the FA have said. The ban has been reduced because they do not feel Matic's push to be worthy of a 3-match ban. They did not take into account the tackle by Barnes.
 
Read what the FA have said. The ban has been reduced because they do not feel Matic's push to be worthy of a 3-match ban. They did not take into account the tackle by Barnes.

They've opened a real can of worms with this one then.
I'm sure we can all remember countless incidents where something has been "violent conduct" and was nothing of the sort.

They're tweaking their own rules to passify Chelsea. Smart work from Mourinho building up the imagery that they're hard done by
 
2 is about right. It was stupid from Matic to react like that, and it never ceases to annoy me how people paid so much cannot control themselves for a few seconds. But anyone with a brain cell can se Barnes tackle was terrible, and that he had reason to be angry, the FA agree that's why they reduced it.

Except he wasn't tackling Matic.
 
Reduction? Honestly...

Not worthy of 3 matches...hahaha. God, the FA will bend far too easily. Even if it's 1 match less, they shouldnt have done that. Shows weakness to mourinho's crying.
 
Mourinho knows him inside out so perhaps its better the devil you know? Fabinho Bakayoko etc could come and end up the next Depay for all we know. Perhaps that's why hes after Dier, another proven player in the premiership