Search results

If he gets a hat trick and 2 assists in the upcoming fixture vs Watford - a game he would have missed had he received a 3-match retrospective ban - I won't be too unhappy. If the 'big 6' are continually able to field their strongest teams for the balance of the season I'll hold my nose and live...

Yes - I agree it wouldn't really work in the second half of the season. I guess if he does get a 3-match ban the saving grace for us is that he would miss Man City, Watford and Arsenal. But had it been West Brom, Palace and Swansea - for example, I would be really pissed off.

Given the game has now passed and the goal and the result stands regardless, all a 3-match ban for Lukaku can do now is give an advantage to 3 other teams when they play a weakened Manchester United. I would prefer a 1-match ban, to be implemented for the return fixture.