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[Albion] You are the ref: Dale Stephens' challenge on Gaston Ramirez

What was the correct decision for the Dale Stephens' challenge?


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TSB

Captain Hindsight
Jul 7, 2003
17,666
Lansdowne Place, Hove
I'm starting to get the sense that [MENTION=6886]Bozza[/MENTION] isn't in full agreement with the officiating today.
 




Publius Ovidius

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
45,919
at home
In the premier league, it's a straight red if you raise your leg against someone clearing the ball and they get caught....it happens week in week out.


We had a premiershite ref who wanted us all to know it.

Therefore we should have expected it.
 


Bozza

You can change this
Helpful Moderator
Jul 4, 2003
55,575
Back in Sussex
In the premier league, it's a straight red if you raise your leg against someone clearing the ball and they get caught....it happens week in week out.

Dale Stephens won the ball.

In fact he didn't even win the ball. He cleanly took a ball that was there to be taken. Ramirez was so slow, his attempt to get the ball meant he smashed his shin into the bottom of Stephens' boot.
 








El Turi

Injured
Aug 13, 2005
6,894
Argentina
Could understand if it Stephens made a stamping motion but he nicked the ball away and accidentally caught Ramirez on the follow through. A scandalous decision in a massive match and if the FA don't overturn it, they are institutionally corrupt.
 


Caveman

Well-known member
Jul 14, 2003
9,926
In the premier league, it's a straight red if you raise your leg against someone clearing the ball and they get caught....it happens week in week out.


We had a premiershite ref who wanted us all to know it.

Therefore we should have expected it.

Well might not be such a bad thing if we stay in the championship then. ****ing shocking decison.
 




TSB

Captain Hindsight
Jul 7, 2003
17,666
Lansdowne Place, Hove
Yellow for me. I think Stephens catches him on the follow through. It was his original card of choice and it would have felt fair enough.
 




El Turi

Injured
Aug 13, 2005
6,894
Argentina
Also, there's no way in a million years he would have sent off a Boro player if it was the other way round. It would have caused a riot.
 




nwgull

Well-known member
Jul 25, 2003
13,653
Manchester
Wasn't even a foul. Stephens gently side footed the ball - you can tell that from the short distance it travelled - it was Ramirez's mistimed swing into Stephens' boots that injured him.
 


Dirty Dave

Well-known member
Aug 28, 2006
2,977
Worthing
If Ramirez had worn a proper pair of shin pads (I'm not sure he actually had any on at all) then the ref would have definatly kept with giving a yellow

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PILTDOWN MAN

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Sep 15, 2004
18,606
Hurst Green
Could understand if it Stephens made a stamping motion but he nicked the ball away and accidentally caught Ramirez on the follow through. A scandalous decision in a massive match and if the FA don't overturn it, they are institutionally corrupt.


He didn't though Ramirez caught him with his shin whilst wearing tissue as a shin guard
 



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