Furball
Evil Scotsman
Disagree. Some offences are so severe that they merit a ban from all football, not just in the arena that the offence occurred. I'd put severe misconduct, drug offences and match fixing in this category without doubt.
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*Official* English Football Season 2014-15
- Thread starter GIMH
- Start date
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
First game back is the Classico isn't it?
I swear his first game back for Liverpool both times was V Man U
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
I wouldn't put any on pitch offences there tbh
Cabinet96
Global Moderator
The training ban being removed is pretty significant for this reason. Could play in it now.
cpr
International Coach
With Furball on this, high enough offence to get a ban from all football IMO. Stuff like Big Duncs headbutt (landed him in the nick didn't it?), Cantona's Kung Fu moment - these deserve the bigger punishments.
End of the day you do that in the street and it's assault. I know footballs a different area, most stuff would be assault etc.... But deliberately biting someone without provocation? Deserves a very hefty pushiment - more so when its the 3rd time and you do it infront of the entire world.
9 match international ban means nothing when potentially for a team the next 9 matches are for qualifying for a tournament they'll breeze into anyway (more so for a European team aiming for the Euro's than Uruguay, but the principle is there)
End of the day you do that in the street and it's assault. I know footballs a different area, most stuff would be assault etc.... But deliberately biting someone without provocation? Deserves a very hefty pushiment - more so when its the 3rd time and you do it infront of the entire world.
9 match international ban means nothing when potentially for a team the next 9 matches are for qualifying for a tournament they'll breeze into anyway (more so for a European team aiming for the Euro's than Uruguay, but the principle is there)
Furball
Evil Scotsman
In fairness, Big Dunc getting jail for that headbutt was absolutely ludicrous, as was his 12 game ban. There was barely any contact. It merited a red card and a ban, but the hysteria that sorrounded it was completely out of proportion to the offence.
And I'd agree, anything that can basically be classified as assault, which biting someone certainly does, should carry a ban that's measured in weeks and months, not games.
