That was definitely a/never a red card

[Cyclist33]

Utterly boring debate as it was on the night when carried out by the local scrotes in the pub. In any event he *was* sent off and for a club to claim they lost a game specifically because of being a man down is to suggest that no team has ever gone on to win in such a situation.

Stu

 

[swee'pea99]

for a club to claim they lost a game specifically because of being a man down is to suggest that no team has ever gone on to win in such a situation.

Is it? How so?

 

[albion]

How it works.

"play dead , get man sent off, win the game."

So why is it referred to as the beautiful game?

 

[User482]

Utterly boring debate as it was on the night when carried out by the local scrotes in the pub.

Yet you felt the need to click on the thread and give us your opinion.

 

[Cyclist33]

Yet you felt the need to click on the thread and give us your opinion.

Yes, my opinion on the debate and the ludicrousness of the post-match defeatism, not the decision itself.

 

[User482]

Yes, my opinion on the debate and the ludicrousness of the post-match defeatism, not the decision itself.

This debate is about the decision. The thread title is a clue. If you find it boring, why not look at something else?

 

[redcard]

Yes, my opinion on the debate and the ludicrousness of the post-match defeatism, not the decision itself.

Wonder if you told the scrotes in the pub your opinion of their debate.

Thought not

 

[i hate hills]

Dont think Nani saw the guy till the last minute so on that basis a yellow at the most would have sufficed.

 

[Yellow Fang]

Isn't there something in the rules which says that the only offence where intent counts is handball. i.e. it does not matter if the player meant to commit the foul, just whether he did. Just because Michael Owen deliberately ran into an outstretched Argentine leg, it doesn't mean it's not a penalty. Does intent make a difference to whether it's a red or yellow card offence though? It's not like hockey where it's against the rules to lift the hockey stick above so high. It's not against the rules to lift your foot over waist height and accidents can happen.

 

[Leaway2]

It's only a game.