TheBigIguana
Player Valuation: £90m
Should have just kicked the crap out of him and taken the yellow
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royalblue66
Player Valuation: £70m
Objection to card has to be in by 1.0pm tomorrow.
I get that, believe me. The football world has changed and watching football now is cringeworthy compared to 'the 80s'- or even the naughties.
But footballers still play instinctively. If we're now saying that players need to get with the new times and try to fathom the new rules instinctively - and to anyone who knows football they are far from instinctive - then we are asking a lot.
None of this is helped by people like you who try to apply some kind of rule set to the game and suggest that, in the case today, Digne should have made a judgement in the heat of the moment to pull the player back and earn a yellow when in fact he had NO INTENTION whatsoever of fouling him, and was then given a red for a complete accident.
I don't expect to persuade you otherwise however. There's none so blind as those who will not see...
ForeverBlue92
Player Valuation: £80m
If Digne/Richarlison want to play Champions League football - then they need to swerve the red mist / daft decision making and play the game like the top players do.
James doesnt scythe people down or stand on someone's achilles, likewise he'll be the first to go down in the box if he is fouled - thats what you need to do to be a winner in todays game sadly.
Too many of our players need to learn the Dark arts and fast.
Not a game I want to watch then.
He's challenging for the ball. The fact he took a couple of nibbles at him shows that. Don't get me wrong, it's soft, but so is the law as it stands.
Can't say for sure whether it was deliberate or not, only Digne knows for sure, but the sly rake down the back of the legs is a move plenty do.
A straight red is though. You can't say it's a red but not a 3 game ban offence - that's what straight reds are.
It was deemed a challenge that carried a high risk of injuring an opponent. The ban shouldn't be dependent on how lucky or unlucky the recipient of the offence was.
Chris O'Connor
Player Valuation: £35m
Carlo cited all the never ending crying by virtually everyone in the media over last week as the possible main reason why Digne was sent off, calling it a joke and not fair.
Even if you think last week was a massive injustice, and the correct VAR process wasn't followed by incompetent Coote, you can't correct it the week after.
VAR isn't the problem it's the Coote's and Attwell's who are laughably incompetent, if you have idiots in charge you get idiotic results.
Even if you think last week was a massive injustice, and the correct VAR process wasn't followed by incompetent Coote, you can't correct it the week after.
VAR isn't the problem it's the Coote's and Attwell's who are laughably incompetent, if you have idiots in charge you get idiotic results.
Complete accident I thought...
Gary Linekar agrees.
Gary Linekar agrees.
catcherintherye
Player Valuation: £80m
He should have just ran back into position and avoided giving the free kick away. We were enjoying our best spell of possession in the game.
Osamabindiesel
Player Valuation: £60m
It was kind of hilarious after watching the replay. I don’t ever think I’ve seen a goofier red card
If it was left to James we would never have the ball as he can't tackle. Do not talk such rubbish
TheBigIguana
Player Valuation: £90m
He was beat. Most teams just kick the guys ankle and take the yellow, crisis averted.
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