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So you're actually confirming that giving this guy the red card for falling down and holding his face is the right thing because it acts as a deterrent to other players who are thinking of doing it? It's made Baily Wright look stupid and he misses some games. I agree.

From the angle of the ref in the Fulham game he may well have felt from his angle the push had been in the face, this can then be further emphasized by the Bristol player's antics. Refs take MANY factors into consideration when trying to make an informed decision. Clearly, after the event...

Seriously. The players take NO responsibility in this to act like NORMAL people? We are advocating them all falling over left right and centre holding their faces and then saying "well its down to the ref to work out which one is telling the truth". Please.

Nope. Players push each other ALL THE TIME. Any time a bad tackle goes in they all crowd round and push each other. If someone starts pushing another players face, then they are opening themselves up to the possibility of a red. But if they are just pushing each other like normal, in the...

So, if a player walks past me and pushes me in the arm.....and I COLLAPSE to the ground holding my face and rolling around....that is seen as ok in your eyes? The player subsequently gets sent of when all he did was push me in the arm?

I imagine they wouldn't feel the need to hold their collective faces and roll around for a while. As that's stupid.

Shoulders and chest are fine unless the force is excessive. Pushing someone in the neck or face should be a red. Hope that helps.

Yes, The ref clearly got it wrong originally. So when Rivaldo fell to the ground holding his face...when the ball hit him not in the face... you'd make the same argument? And also, can we all just agree now, if you get hit in the face, you don't actually roll around holding it. It's completely...

I like this decision. If the referees original red card was because, having looked at the player rolling around holding his face, he deemed he had been struck in the face, then it is right to overturn the red and send off Wright for deliberately attempting to get another player sent off. The...

I find the player to be really fragile nowadays. I would worry about how he would take the stress of an appeal. That's why I would have been more inclined to take it to the Old Baily. Also, with a charge of Simulation, I'd be concerned how he would stand up in court.