Morning all.
I think the Rice thing has probably rumbled on long enough, but I thought this angle of the incident from Arsenal’s Access All Areas video was worth posing (via @LBallessano) was worth looking at.
Just realized why they went for the all access😭 pic.twitter.com/Y8cnhgIytE
— Maria (@LBallesano) September 2, 2024
As all the ‘letter of the law’ merchants waffle on, and the ESPN lad who would defend a referee if he went out and shot someone on 5th Avenue backs-up Howard Webb’s motley crew, just remember that the game has a big problem. You don’t get a red card for choke-slamming someone (Mosquera), you don’t get a red card for clothes-lining a goalkeeper as he’s trying to get the game going (Joelinton), you don’t get a red card when you deliberately elbow someone in the side of the head (Guimaraes on Jorginho last season), but you do get a red card for a tiny nick on the ball while someone boots you in the side of the leg. That’s not normal. How can it be normal for the bloke who has been booted to be the one sent off, while the booter doesn’t get even get booked?
I suppose if there is anything to be thankful of, it’s that Veltman’s targetted assault on Rice didn’t lead to any kind of injury (as far as we know). The force he used there made that both violent conduct and something which endangered the safety of an opponent, but as I’ve said here often, PGMOL (and its apologists) will crack down on trivialities (kicking the ball, managers celebrating their team scoring a goal, even teams celebrating a last minute winner), but refuse to pay proper attention to acts of violent conduct.
At some point this season, a player will suffer the consequences of that light-touch approach. I hope I’m wrong, but I don’t think so. I really hope it’s not one of ours, and I’m on not wishing it on anyone else, but the thing is, there are certain players who will push those boundaries. And if they see repeated incidents go…
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Publish date : 2024-09-03 05:51:36
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