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How can you disregard the conclusion drawn from the Dutch - one of the most respected FAs in the world? David Davies said there wasn't a UK precedent for this situation (Defoe got booked by the ref) and he clearly didn't have a clue. Also, I think it's pointless comparing racism to biting. It's...

To be honest the game is a shambles. UEFA / FIFA should standardise punishments for misdemeanours because there needs to be consistency for each offence. There haven't been too many cases of biting, the Dutch had one, looked at it and decided upon 7 matches. I don't see what is fundamentally...

I don't see that 10 games is harsh. The Dutch FA banned him for 7 matches for his first biting offence and he's gone and done it again, so you'd expect the punishment for the second incident to be more severe, which it is. For once I think the FA have got this right - they've basically said...