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Old 04-05-2016, 16:29
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Old 05-05-2016, 15:23
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Seems both Fellaini and Huth have been banned for three games for elbowing and hair pulling.
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Old 05-05-2016, 15:39
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3 games? Seems excessive, especially for Huth.

Makes you wonder what Dembele will get.
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Old 05-05-2016, 15:43
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3 games? Seems excessive, especially for Huth.

Makes you wonder what Dembele will get.
Yeah I thought that, about Huth at least. I mean thought that about Fellaini but could sort of understand, not hair pulling.
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Old 05-05-2016, 15:45
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3 games? Seems excessive, especially for Huth.

Makes you wonder what Dembele will get.
Talk of an eight game ban I heard.
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Old 05-05-2016, 15:46
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3 games? Seems excessive, especially for Huth.

Makes you wonder what Dembele will get.
Interesting to look at how eye gouging is dealt with in Rugby Union, where it tends to occur far more frequently than in football,

The regulations provide a scale of seriousness:

Lower end: up to 12-week ban.
Mid range: up to 18-week ban.
Top end: greater than 24-week ban.

The maximum sanction is a 156-week (3 year) ban.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye-go...rugby_union%29

Yeah I thought that, about Huth at least. I mean thought that about Fellaini but could sort of understand, not hair pulling.
It's not just hair pulling v elbowing in the mush; it is that Fellaini is a serial offender, seemingly unaware, at Everton and now at United, that elbowing other players in the face is not a normal part of the game.
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Old 05-05-2016, 15:50
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Three games is mad for Huth

Do these bans apply for International or only domestic matches?

Huth will only miss opening game of the season if so

Dembele will definitely get a big stretch
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Old 05-05-2016, 15:54
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Three games is mad for Huth

Do these bans apply for International or only domestic matches?

Huth will only miss opening game of the season if so

Dembele will definitely get a big stretch
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36207252

Huth, 29, will miss the Premier League champions' final two games and their first league fixture of next season.

The Germany defender will be available to play in the season-opening Community Shield match.
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Old 05-05-2016, 15:56
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Three games is mad for Huth

Do these bans apply for International or only domestic matches?

Huth will only miss opening game of the season if so

Dembele will definitely get a big stretch
The FA said the nature of Dembélé’s action was such that the usual three-match violent-conduct suspension “is clearly insufficient”, meaning the midfielder may miss a stretch of games at the beginning of next season.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/...lsea-fa-charge

Quite right too.
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Old 05-05-2016, 16:28
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Three games is mad for Huth

Do these bans apply for International or only domestic matches?

Huth will only miss opening game of the season if so

Dembele will definitely get a big stretch
It might seem overly harsh for Huth, but then again since when is hair pulling part of the game?
It should not be acceptable to that, it is not defending or anything like that, so in a way I can see where they are coming from with these bans.
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Old 05-05-2016, 16:34
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How do they come to the conclusion that Huth and Fellani's actions were as bad as each other?
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Old 05-05-2016, 16:46
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It might seem overly harsh for Huth, but then again since when is hair pulling part of the game?
It should not be acceptable to that, it is not defending or anything like that, so in a way I can see where they are coming from with these bans.
It's not dangerous nor causes injury so it seems excessively harsh.
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Old 05-05-2016, 16:47
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How do they come to the conclusion that Huth and Fellani's actions were as bad as each other?
In time honoured fashion the FA pulled the judgement from deep up its backside. I have more or less given up expecting anything better from them. There is possibly a handful of people who would have come to the same conclusion and I would hate to be trapped in a lift with any of them.
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Old 05-05-2016, 17:03
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It's not dangerous nor causes injury so it seems excessively harsh.
Does a punishment have to based on the severity of the injury?

Hair pulling is not part of the game, nor should it be, so anything that helps to get it out of the game, the better I say.
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Old 05-05-2016, 17:31
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Does a punishment have to based on the severity of the injury?

Hair pulling is not part of the game, nor should it be, so anything that helps to get it out of the game, the better I say.
Not the severity of the injury, no, but 3 games for something that is no more than petty seems a bit much. There are many minor things that go on in games that arent part of the game but they don't all carry a retrospective ban. Seems like a lack of common sense to me.
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Old 05-05-2016, 17:32
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Any news on the Simeone incident where he whacked that poor touch-line guy on the arm the other night ?? It was shown and repeated on TV and it's all over Google and uTube ..
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Old 05-05-2016, 17:42
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It's not dangerous nor causes injury so it seems excessively harsh.
It could have been if he pulled some clumps of hair out. He shouldn't have done it. It's about time the antagoniser was punished equally.

This doesn't justify Fellani's reaction however before anyone suggests that I feel it does,
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Old 05-05-2016, 17:46
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It could have been if he pulled some clumps of hair out. He shouldn't have done it. It's about time the antagoniser was punished equally.

This doesn't justify Fellani's reaction however before anyone suggests that I feel it does,
I feel you are blowing it out of all proportion. Huth pulled his hair, he's a grown man, he should be able to brush it off for the small annoyance that it is. If it's a 3 game ban then what are the proper dangerous offences worth??
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Old 05-05-2016, 17:55
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I really dislike Fellini, he is a prolific cheat. Elbowing is very dangerous, he is lucky he has not seriously hurt anyone.
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Old 05-05-2016, 17:59
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How do they come to the conclusion that Huth and Fellani's actions were as bad as each other?
How have you come to the conclusion that they think they were? I'd be surprised if they did.

A 3 game ban is the standard for violent conduct and that covers a fairly wide spectrum of things. It's rare for it to be anything but that.

Can remember Ben Thatcher, Suarez and now possibly Demebele getting more, and I think a Chelsea player in the last year or two successfully argued one down to 2 games which migh've been a first, but other than that they're almost always for 3.

Edit: The Chelsea one was Matic against Burnley from last season.
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Old 05-05-2016, 18:02
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Any news on the Simeone incident where he whacked that poor touch-line guy on the arm the other night ?? It was shown and repeated on TV and it's all over Google and uTube ..
AFAIK the guy is a member of the Atletico team staff, not an official, so it will probably be dealt with as an internal club matter.
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Old 05-05-2016, 18:42
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How have you come to the conclusion that they think they were? I'd be surprised if they did.

A 3 game ban is the standard for violent conduct and that covers a fairly wide spectrum of things. It's rare for it to be anything but that.

Can remember Ben Thatcher, Suarez and now possibly Demebele getting more, and I think a Chelsea player in the last year or two successfully argued one down to 2 games which migh've been a first, but other than that they're almost always for 3.

Edit: The Chelsea one was Matic against Burnley from last season.
Well I would say elbows should cover more than just the standard violent conduct 3 game ban. I said at the time when Suarez bit Ivanovic that given a choice out of that or an elbow to the face I would take the nibble everytime.
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Old 05-05-2016, 18:45
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How have you come to the conclusion that they think they were? I'd be surprised if they did.

A 3 game ban is the standard for violent conduct and that covers a fairly wide spectrum of things. It's rare for it to be anything but that.

Can remember Ben Thatcher, Suarez and now possibly Demebele getting more, and I think a Chelsea player in the last year or two successfully argued one down to 2 games which migh've been a first, but other than that they're almost always for 3.

Edit: The Chelsea one was Matic against Burnley from last season.
Fabregas also had his ban reduced after he kicked the ball at Brunt. Guess they might not have been willing to do so this time though as he didn't get sent off on the pitch.
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Old 05-05-2016, 18:52
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It might seem overly harsh for Huth, but then again since when is hair pulling part of the game?
It should not be acceptable to that, it is not defending or anything like that, so in a way I can see where they are coming from with these bans.
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Old 05-05-2016, 18:57
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