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Ibrahimovic should have gone to JAIL for that. I'm not even joking.

In this case, where there was no danger to the opponent, I'd say yes, there does. It would be the intent he's found guilty of effectively. In very different instances, like the recent Sadio Mane high boot, everyone would accept that there was no intent to kick the keeper, but he was rightly...

I appreciate why these panels must remain anonymous, but it really does give them free reign to make cowardly decisions that they know they'll never be held accountable for. Its interesting that both of the very senior ex-referees who have written about it in the media have decided that intent...

I'm struggling with this decision. The only defence we can offer is that the player didn't mean it / it was purely accidental / he was looking away - all things the panel of referees would have already considered when reaching their verdicts. If they've already decided that he is guilty once...

Nor me. Arsenal are not a results MACHINE, like Man City, or Chelsea. They have the occasional off-day, and they've dropped plenty of points at the Emirates to worse sides than us.

Its diametrically opposite to that, though. The Stephens one - he had been found guilty (by Dean at the time) and we were asking the FA to reverse that decision (and thus undermine the ref). Hemed doesn't stand guilty of anything, right now.

I understand why Newcastle fans would conflate the two incidents, but this and Shelvey's are poles apart, in terms of the evidence of INTENT. This one, that is absolutely not clear at all - only Hemed will ever know if he meant to do it. Shelvey's was clear as day that it was deliberate (the...