Yer maybe so but you cant excuse what he has done and its shocking. Like is say and have always said couldnt give a **** if he wants to **** grandmothers but when they pass that white line they should be professional and he wasent.
drogba was done for his comments to the ref
Well surely Savage has more insite than us. Like he said he has never swore at a camera or at opposition fans. There is no excuse for Rooney's outburst simple as that. He also said hes son rung him up after his 4-1 defeat to Cardiff and the first thing his boy said to him was "daddy Rooney said a naughty word". Not well done dad you scored a penalty etc. He has let himself down massivly and there is no excuse and i have been one of Rooney's biggest fans in the past.
Still there was no talk about Essien's tackle isn't it..
Still there was no talk about Essien's tackle isn't it..
Still there was no talk about Essien's tackle isn't it..
becuase hes been made a target, Rio has already tweeted and acknowledged as much that they back him
Lol Savage? Hardly someone whom you should listen to..
He swore right at the camera, a very bad message. And I don't see how you can claim that he didn't let down his team. He did something very stupid that got him punished and cost his team...how is that not letting down his team?
Again, totally different kinds of incidents. Players will swear on the field, so you can't punish them for it. This is because a)they don't intend on anyone knowing what they are saying, b)no one in the audience knows (I, along with most people, can't read lips at all, unless the player is mouthing it right to the camera, and Rooney's incident was the only time in memory that I successfully lip-read something a player said), and most importantly, c)it would be nearly impossible to punish because of the inconistency it would bring. Any player punished could cite examples of 100's of other times players swore on the field and didn't get punished. Rooney's incident completely differs from all of these points. A)he intended on millions of viewers knowing exactly what he said, b)it was obvious and everyone knew more or less what he said because his face was right up to the camera, and c)it's very easy to punish because there aren't any precedents. Never before have I seen a player walk right up to the camera in the middle of a game, get close up, and swear at it.
First, i'm not trying to prove they're biased against us.In Drogba's case, I'm guessing they felt that punishing him for his treatment of the ref was punishment enough. But had he only yelled what he did into the camera and not spoken to the ref, I'd hope he would have been given a 3-5 match ban.
As far as yelling stuff at refs go, it's completely different. When a player swears at a ref, we don't know about it. When a player swears at a camera, you're broadcasting swearing to millions of people. It's a completely different situation. Not only that, it's completely needless. I can understand a player swearing at a ref, but swearing at the camera? There's no reason for it, which is why it never happens. Now as far as players abusing a ref, I do think they should be punished more harshly, but again, bringing up lenient decisions in completely different matters is off-topic, and as I said before you can't use it to prove bias against any particular club. The reason it's more difficult to punish players for swearing at refs, and sometimes they get off. For example, sometimes you can't prove whether or not the player swore at a ref. If he yells "****!" when the whistle is blown, you don't know if he's swearing at the ref, at himself, or at the world in general. Maybe it's obvious that he's swearing at the ref, but the player could always claim that he was swearing at himself for committing a stupid foul. Also, there's the question of language. A player may easily insult a ref in a different language without the ref knowing, and then you could cite this lack of punishment as inconsistency. But I'm getting way off-topic. Dealing with refs is a completely different type of incident, and one that is much more difficult to punish. This incident is pretty much without precedent (why they had to make an example of him) and is very easy to punish.
Lol Savage? Hardly someone whom you should listen to..
Mainly because there was no injury to the player. And because of Rooney's outburst he has grabbed the headlines this weekend.
Sigh, just as Jack said literally 2 minutes ago - Just because some people go unpunished it doesn't mean you should ignore all punishable offences, that would make the FA even worse than they already are.
This isn't about Essien's tackle?
Well of course they are going to back him, he's obviously disappointed at Rooney's behaviour, he could now cost his team points.
My post was something to do with how media picks on only few players, incidents and ignores others completely.
Yer your right they do but Rooney is public enemy number 3 (after Ashley Cole and John Terry). So if anything he should know better.
Savage reckons Vidic is having a **** season.Why not?? Like i say he has more insite on the game than any of us. If anything he has more of a say because he gets slated every week non stop for 90minutes and he never swears at cameras or fans etc.
What is wrong with Savage, he is a professional footballer isn't he?
Quite good summariser as well when I listen to him on the Radio.
Why not?? Like i say he has more insite on the game than any of us. If anything he has more of a say because he gets slated every week non stop for 90minutes and he never swears at cameras or fans etc.
What is wrong with Savage, he is a professional footballer isn't he?
Quite good summariser as well when I listen to him on the Radio.
becuase hes been made a target, Rio has already tweeted and acknowledged as much that they back him