danny unlikely for olympics after fifa overturned decision

[Arabmariner]

Live with the decision and everybody get on with their lives I reckon. Enough is enough and it's been appealed to the highest authority so the ban stands. The club should be congratulated for standing by Danny and helping him with the legal assistance and moral support.

and for exposing the weak and unfair tribunal rules of the FFA

this appealing has paved th way for a more just system in the future

If every player just keeps his hands off the ref no one will need to worry about the system.

 

[marinermick]

Live with the decision and everybody get on with their lives I reckon. Enough is enough and it's been appealed to the highest authority so the ban stands. The club should be congratulated for standing by Danny and helping him with the legal assistance and moral support.

and for exposing the weak and unfair tribunal rules of the FFA

this appealing has paved th way for a more just system in the future

If every player just keeps his hands off the ref no one will need to worry about the system.

if the referees were not so incompotent there would be no need to worry about players keeping their hands off referees

two sides to every story

 

[Arabmariner]

Live with the decision and everybody get on with their lives I reckon. Enough is enough and it's been appealed to the highest authority so the ban stands. The club should be congratulated for standing by Danny and helping him with the legal assistance and moral support.

and for exposing the weak and unfair tribunal rules of the FFA

this appealing has paved th way for a more just system in the future

If every player just keeps his hands off the ref no one will need to worry about the system.

if the referees were not so incompotent there would be no need to worry about players keeping their hands off referees

two sides to every story

You'll get no argument from me regarding incompetent refs but it's not an excuse to hit,push,shove or whack his arm.I know what Danny did was f**k all really but he knows,we know and every other c**t knows you can't do it.When I played I had plenty crap refs as I'm sure you did as well......I never touched a ref and I wouldn't mind betting you didn't either.

 

[MrCelery]

When I played I had plenty crap refs as I'm sure you did as well......I never touched a ref and I wouldn't mind betting you didn't either.

That's a very good point. However, I suspect that the pressures of our Sunday lower league kick-about matches are a tad less than a Grand Final sell-out match with careers hinging on a good result!

That's no excuse, but we're not in a good position to judge.

I also think that the players in the premier Aussie comptetition deserve better than some of the crap served up by the likes of Breeze and Shield. If these two are the best we have I shudder.

 

[Arabmariner]

When I played I had plenty crap refs as I'm sure you did as well......I never touched a ref and I wouldn't mind betting you didn't either.

That's a very good point. However, I suspect that the pressures of our Sunday lower league kick-about matches are a tad less than a Grand Final sell-out match with careers hinging on a good result!

That's no excuse, but we're not in a good position to judge.

I also think that the players in the premier Aussie comptetition deserve better than some of the crap served up by the likes of Breeze and Shield. If these two are the best we have I shudder.

Heeeeey who says there was no pressure in 3rd grade Sunday morning games 12 or 13 years ago!!
Seriously though you are right about Breeze and Shields......don't know where we are going to find any better refs though unless we import them.

 

[Teddy Bear]

whats the chances of Shield refereeing the first home game against Sydney???   

 

[pjennings]

When I played I had plenty crap refs as I'm sure you did as well......I never touched a ref and I wouldn't mind betting you didn't either.

That's a very good point. However, I suspect that the pressures of our Sunday lower league kick-about matches are a tad less than a Grand Final sell-out match with careers hinging on a good result!

Casillas - the Spanish keeper and captain got a yellow for pushing the ref in the Euro final. ???

 

[Arabmariner]

When I played I had plenty crap refs as I'm sure you did as well......I never touched a ref and I wouldn't mind betting you didn't either.

That's a very good point. However, I suspect that the pressures of our Sunday lower league kick-about matches are a tad less than a Grand Final sell-out match with careers hinging on a good result!

Casillas - the Spanish keeper and captain got a yellow for pushing the ref in the Euro final. ???

I must have missed that....was it near the end?

 

[pjennings]

Somewhere around 60-70 minutes. The Germans were starting to get stoppy because they were behind. Casillas complained about a tackle. It went on for about a minute - the push on the ref being early on. The German got a yellow for the tackle and the ref made a pushing gesture before he gave the yellow to Casillas.   

 

[JamesH]

Pretty tough decision this one. It was the lightest of slaps... but I guess the fact that he ran away from the ref after he did it shows that he knew he had done something pretty wrong.

 

[dibo]

Pretty tough decision this one. It was the lightest of slaps... but I guess the fact that he ran away from the ref after he did it shows that he knew he had done something pretty wrong.

he raised his hand to an official. no matter whether mild or hard contact, raising your hand to an official is a huge no-no. he's (and we are) *very* lucky to be missing only 5 HAL matches.

 

[bikinigirl]

Pretty tough decision this one. It was the lightest of slaps... but I guess the fact that he ran away from the ref after he did it shows that he knew he had done something pretty wrong.

he raised his hand to an official. no matter whether mild or hard contact, raising your hand to an official is a huge no-no. he's (and we are) *very* lucky to be missing only 5 HAL matches.

. which is effectively his ban, 5 matches - in the scheme of things that is pretty light

. if it was not (in all likelihood) the only chance danny had of playing at the olympics, i doubt there would have been all this fuss

 

[mariners4ever]

Pretty tough decision this one. It was the lightest of slaps... but I guess the fact that he ran away from the ref after he did it shows that he knew he had done something pretty wrong.

he raised his hand to an official. no matter whether mild or hard contact, raising your hand to an official is a huge no-no. he's (and we are) *very* lucky to be missing only 5 HAL matches.

. which is effectively his ban, 5 matches - in the scheme of things that is pretty light

. if it was not (in all likelihood) the only chance danny had of playing at the olympics, i doubt there would have been all this fuss

yes but what about all the trauma and grief that danny has battled, think long term

 

[dibo]

Pretty tough decision this one. It was the lightest of slaps... but I guess the fact that he ran away from the ref after he did it shows that he knew he had done something pretty wrong.

he raised his hand to an official. no matter whether mild or hard contact, raising your hand to an official is a huge no-no. he's (and we are) *very* lucky to be missing only 5 HAL matches.

. which is effectively his ban, 5 matches - in the scheme of things that is pretty light

. if it was not (in all likelihood) the only chance danny had of playing at the olympics, i doubt there would have been all this fuss

yes but what about all the trauma and grief that danny has battled, think long term

rules and punishments don't change on the basis of someone being upset that they miss the olympics. we might wish they could be (in this case), but they're not.

 

[FFC Mariner]

If this wasnt an Olympics year, we would probably be slightly less upset for him (der) and not complaining about a 5 match ban.

The rules are very clear, unless you play for SFC or the Scum, you must not lift a hand to an official.

 

[Jules]

Don't forget - he was also fined $10,000 (which was reportedly about one one sixth of his salary). At any rate, it's a substantial amount on top of the ban.

We all know he did the wrong thing. It's just the severity of the sentence was completely out of line with similar offences in overseas leagues...but I'll shut up about it now. 

If there's anything good to come out of this, it was the way the fans and especially the club supported Vukes. I don't think all clubs would have gone this far - makes me proud to be a member...

 

[bikinigirl]

. was the fine not part of the appeal change? substantial nonetheless