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Surprised Dean hasn't sent off six players already.

Utter rubbish. Only five posts? Spot the non-Brighton fan.

They could have saved face by reducing the ban to one game. Why didn't they do that?

No. This type of information is witheld. As are the reasons for the decision - a decision that could ultimately cost the club £200m. As transparent as FIFA, then. #corruptasfifa

What gets me is they could have compromised, saved a bit of face, thought ''Well it was a contentious sending off that cost them the game, would be harsh to ban him for the play-offs" and reduced it to a ONE GAME ban. They could easily have done that, it's been done before, but NO. I keep...

A decision that could ultimately cost the club £200m held behind closed doors. It's pathetic. Referees don't have to justify decisions nor do appeals committees.

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Especially when they could have reduced it to a one game ban and saved face all round. Didn't even do that. Corrupt ********

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Sidwell is a good fella and I'm sure he'll give it his all. However, we will miss Stephens, no doubt about it. We have been cheated.

Worth investigating. This is the thing that gets me - we don't even hear how they reached their decision. This is MASSIVE. It could potentially cost the club £200m. Yet the decision is made in secret?!

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Love the fact that it's all done behind closed doors. They don't even have to justify their decision to the clubs or the fans. How come practically every TV pundit said the decision was wrong? We are being punished twice for a challenge that wasn't even a foul - in the Boro match and in the...

Never been sent off before in his 8-season career. Not exactly a malicious player. Not as though that makes any difference to those c**ts.

It's like waiting for exam results with that sinking feeling you've failed.

One sensible decision they've got wrong, just waiting for the next one.

Does anyone remember this challenge by Mane that got overturned? I see the appeal was dealt with on a Tuesday, so it could be tomorrow for Stephens. http://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/mar/15/southampton-saido-mane-appeal-red-card This is interesting - What a red card appeal really means...

They won't.

Correct. They can only review it if the ref didn't see it. Pawson saw it and didn't think it was worthy of a card of any colour (the same Craig Pawson who sent off Ashley Barnes for a similar, but much more debatable, 'stamp' on a Burnley player three seasons before).

And the officials who have commented (Halsey, Gallagher) have backed Dean so far, whereas all the players who have commented have said it wasn't a red. I have a good friend who actually works with a Premier League referee - if she gets the chance today, she's going to ask his opinion. Will be...