Drogba was banned because he called the integrity of the referees into question not just because he swore.
Rooney Charged: Faces Two Match Ban for cursing | Appeal lost
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Drogba was banned because he called the integrity of the referees into question not just because he swore.
So ban or a fine?
Probably be a fine.
fecking mental it went this far thought. The FA are a joke.
Probably be a fine.
fecking mental it went this far thought. The FA are a joke.
SSN saying now he can accept the charge but appeal the penalty, which I'm guessing is his only real option
1) Can't wait for Fergie's reaction to this. Siege mentality at it's finest.
2) Hope Rooney fecks off England. Would be hilarious to see the FA deal with that scenario.
3) If we win the title this season it has just become that bit much sweeter.
2) Hope Rooney fecks off England. Would be hilarious to see the FA deal with that scenario.
3) If we win the title this season it has just become that bit much sweeter.
This is all just so pathetic.
2 match ban
Bryan Swanson on Sky said he has three choices.
1. Accept it and two game ban starts this saturday
2. Accept the charge, but appeal the ban
3. Appeal both the charge and ban.
I think he should choose the second alternative.
1. Accept it and two game ban starts this saturday
2. Accept the charge, but appeal the ban
3. Appeal both the charge and ban.
I think he should choose the second alternative.
what took them so long to respond? After the fact, isn't much support. The media have been all over this. The PFA could have come out ALOT quicker. If thats their idea of support, they can shove it.
I'd love it if Rooney just did something to feck England over.
Retire from International football just as the Euros start or something.
Retire from International football just as the Euros start or something.
Would love to see this. Even if its only temporary.
This is ridiculous.
As sweet as it would be, there is zero chance of him fecking England off.
Probably ban him for not being patriotic, what with him being a massive role model to kids and all.
No fecking point in appealing anyway, nobody overturns an FA decision unless his name is John Terry.
If he quits England, then Capello would still select him and he would not turn up, meaning he could get 2 game ban after every call up. Didn't that happen a few years ago with the France national team called up Makelele who didn't want to play?
Is this some sort of joke?
The English FA is a pathetic excuse for a sporting body. They are clueless at pretty much everything. What runs through the tiny brains of these retards when they take these calls?
What makes this even more bizarre is that Wayne had been abused all game. Of course when he scores he's going to have a huge release of emotion. I don't think it would have been possible for me not to curse had I completed the hattrick. And keeping that in mind, what the feck is that camera man doing in his face?
Retards. Absolute retards.
This.
Football is a game of emotions and having been abused all game, having heard the press say he should be dropped from the England team and having regard to his performances this season and that we were 2-0 down, that was an entirely justified reaction (I myself was swearing in joy
)Also, as you say what was the cameraman doing? Have the FA managed to explain why that twat shoved a camera in Rooney's face?
I like how in FA-speak a 'charge' means punishment.
As Steve Bartram has just said on twitter "I'll refrain from fully opining on Rooney, but MUFC are experts in harnessing paranoia and perceived injustice. Dear all, watch out." Which is true the Fa have just done are team talk for the rest of the season. Dear FA feck off.
I normally try and keep an open mind and balanced view on things concerning us and realise that as a fan, i might see events through red tinted glasses. But if this is for real, then its an astonishing display of double standards. I would hope that there is a huge Uproar from managers and players from every club in the premiership over this.
The way things have been going this season, one would think it's referees and officials who are the stars of this industry who fans and corporate brand sponsors are so passionate about. It's madness.
It is crazy if he gets a ban for this. He apologised, move on.
The FA should have more important things to worry about than this.
what kind of choice is that, whatever it is, he must plead guilty to the charges, fecking joke...
I like how we're blaming the cameraman now lads.I know a 2 game ban is harsh as it is his first time doing it. However I responding more to the people who are trying to say its not the same as Drogba swearing at the camera or those who think Rooney swearing directly at the camera/viewers is the same as something being lip read of picked up from a player.
I agree with that chap that said " a fine and pull up on it" would suffice.
So you're saying that all the hundreds of players in the league have no passion when they score goals, because THEY DON'T swear at the camera?
I'm getting bored of saying this....... BECAUSE THOSE PLAYERS DO NOT PUT THEIR FACE TO THE CAMERA AND TELL THE VIEWERS (WHOEVER THEY MAY BE) TO F*CK OFF. Simple enough?
Point is, other than Terry it's England's most high profile player.By their reckoning it sends out a message
Yeah, but honestly, who cares. If they want to make an example of him, I can live with it. A warning, a fine, whatever, get your headlines, get your message across. But to prevent him from playing for us is unbelievable.
put like that ,then yes I was wrong.
I do think after the not being sending off , the FA have been watching everything that Rooney does and were just waiting for something like this
So Claymore, it's fine for a player to tell the ref to F*** off but not the cameraman? Good one.
Give me 24 hours to find evidence of what? For calling this one right from the start? Either way not all harsh bans get overturned and even more so some get extended for wasting their time even if the teams show a good case. Michael Turner last season had a good case but, not only did it not get overturned but, was extended by a game. December 2009 if it helps you. Most agreed it was fairly harsh red but, even more so it was harsher for the FA to call it frivolous.
Take your own advice, don't get so defensive about the FA - they are incompetent and will use United to prove a point when they can. They've said as much with this ruling and more blatantly when they banned SAF because they said they banned him because of who he is and the visibility he has.
They do but they want to look important, look like they are doing something when in reality they are not. Also, these sorts of things(the SAF thing aswell)provide a distraction to the biggest issue of all at the FA, that being the current government enquiry into their competence or lack of when it comes to running the game. That and their eagerness to take the focus away from that is a big factor in their recent decisions to throw the book at MUFC.
Joke of an organisation, the sooner the goverment declares them unfit for purpose and implements the structural changes needed the better.
but are we not risking Rooney being given an even longer ban.
The camera position was created by the cameraman NOT Rooney - don't make it appear worse than it was.
When you watch the vid, you can clearly see the camera man being ushered over to where the players had gathered. Rooney let loose one, so fecking what? Let it go FA you bunch of fecking prats!
To me Claymores argument pretty much sums up the whole situation. Weak as water, full of blinding hypocrisy and generally fuelled by a dislike of Manchester United. The media has created this ban which genuinely is a sad thing for football.
ps: Where do players get bans reduced unless they are John Ironman Terry?
FA usually impose additional bans.
FA usually impose additional bans.
I can't remember the last time the FA reduced a ban on appeal. UEFA always seem to do it, but the FA seem pretty steadfast, if anything they increase their punishments.