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As I've said before, I think there was a bit of "leaving the foot in" about it and certainly not an out-and-out assault, see Barton, Joey and Shelvey, Jonjo for examples of the latter. That aside, many people keep referring to whether Hemed meant it and intent. Does there have to be intent in...

Not according to three elite ex-refs who unanimously decided it was a red card offence.

The Traore (ban upheld) and Lansbury (appeal accepted and ban rescinded) decisions came out on a Thursday with the game having only taken place two days earlier on the Tuesday earlier this month >>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41273608 (Slightly different as they were reds issued on the...

Yep - will be all resolved before the next game. I'd imagine it would be done and dusted today.

The three refs looked on Monday and all agreed it was a red card offence, hence the charge. I don’t know the process for the response/appeal but it sounds like we’ve submitted something (words and/or pictures and/or videos presumably) and then just wait for a decision.

That's not what Paul Barber told me last night: "We now have to decide whether to accept the charge as it has been set out - and a 3 game ban for Hemed - or appeal the charge which allows us to present mitigation but also risks a further match being added if the appeal is considered to be...

As I posted on this very thread last night, from the club. I'll repeat it again now. "The FA’s 3 person panel has already reached a unanimous verdict based on reviewing video evidence, as the referee will have confirmed he and his officials didn’t see it at the time of the incident, hence the...

They did yesterday, yes.

The ban won't be reduced - there's no scope for that. It's violent conduct which comes with 3 games, or it's not. Barton/Kayal - also covered on this thread, but it was a different scenario.

Can anyone recall the specifics of what happened with the Barton/Kayal thing? I can completely understand why people draw parallels between the two incidents, but I don't recall Barton ever being "cleared" as some are saying. My recollection, which may be off, is that the match referee saw the...

I would imagine the club would announce if they are appealing or not, sometime ahead of 6pm. If they don't announce that, I'd assume they haven't and the ban will stand.

Agreed. As much as I don't like the international breaks - they just disrupt the flow of the season - this one is well timed for us. The current prognosis on Murray may also influence whether we appeal the decision or not. I have no information, but I'm suspecting we won't, as the risk of...

And how many Albion fans said it was an accident? Haven't you just reinforced my point?

Agreed. That it had to be 3 from 3 gave me hope he’d get off. To be clear, I don’t think it was bad but I do think it was akin to a player “leaving his foot in” when the red mist comes down briefly. I’m not sure I think it warranted a red but I can completely see how others might. I do...

We can each believe different things, it doesn’t make any of us liars.

Do you think any Premier League manager would come out, post-match, and say “My lad got away with one there - should have been a red.”?

I think he knew there was a chance of catching the player, yes. It clearly want an all out assault. Regardless, I’m mightily relieved that an analyst will easily get him off using stride data and many other technical things that I don’t understand.

We can all rest easy then - he's innocent. Thanks for taking the worry off my mind.

Of course they don't want Hemed to be banned, but I think you've gone off into a fanciful world right there.

Blimey.