The Spygate Saga

[Kenilworthy1959]

With a two match ban for a West Brom forward for handling the ball into the net it looks like the era for over the top punishments is well established. It is not even clear that it was intentional. Will Norwich get a ban for their goal against us last season? 

[Birder Saint]

13 minutes ago, Kenilworthy1959 said:

With a two match ban for a West Brom forward for handling the ball into the net it looks like the era for over the top punishments is well established. It is not even clear that it was intentional. Will Norwich get a ban for their goal against us last season? 

Or the skates?

[LiberalCommunist]

We really are in new territory now. Until they try it with a club big enough to stand up to them, then we are in the same territory. 

[James]

Just now, LiberalCommunist said:

We really are in new territory now. Until they try it with a club big enough to stand up to them, then we are in the same territory. 

Completely insane. 2 match ban because the ref missed what should have been an obvious decision to disallow a goal. Definitely not clear that it was intentional.

[benjii]

23 minutes ago, Kenilworthy1959 said:

With a two match ban for a West Brom forward for handling the ball into the net it looks like the era for over the top punishments is well established. It is not even clear that it was intentional. Will Norwich get a ban for their goal against us last season? 

So an offence that's a yellow card if the ref sees it, is a 2 match ban if the ref doesn't see it.

Makes sense.

[Whitey Grandad]

13 hours ago, James said:

Completely insane. 2 match ban because the ref missed what should have been an obvious decision to disallow a goal. Definitely not clear that it was intentional.

He could have owned up to it immediately. 

Intentional or not is irrelevant. 

[East Kent Saint]

I remember Geoff Hurst admitting he scored with his hand , the day after !

The Match: Playing for West Ham, Geoff Hurst scored multiple times against Sunderland (hitting six in total during a famous rout).

The Incident: Hurst confessed that his first goal in that match was "a bit naughty".

How it Happened: He missed a cross with his head, kept his hand up near his ear, and deliberately palmed the ball into the net. 

[Weston Super Saint]

7 minutes ago, East Kent Saint said:

I remember Geoff Hurst admitting he scored with his hand , the day after !

The Match: Playing for West Ham, Geoff Hurst scored multiple times against Sunderland (hitting six in total during a famous rout).

The Incident: Hurst confessed that his first goal in that match was "a bit naughty".

How it Happened: He missed a cross with his head, kept his hand up near his ear, and deliberately palmed the ball into the net. 

Ah, the good old days before VAR!

[Badger]

15 hours ago, Kenilworthy1959 said:

With a two match ban for a West Brom forward for handling the ball into the net it looks like the era for over the top punishments is well established. It is not even clear that it was intentional. Will Norwich get a ban for their goal against us last season? 

 

14 hours ago, Birder Saint said:

Or the skates?

And Argentina retrospectively eliminated from the 1986 WC Final series. 
 

[James]

6 hours ago, Whitey Grandad said:

He could have owned up to it immediately. 

Intentional or not is irrelevant. 

Come on, be realistic. How many players would have done that? If you are asking players to self referee themselves to avoid retrospective bans then that's quite the shift in the way the game is played...

[Whitey Grandad]

10 minutes ago, James said:

Come on, be realistic. How many players would have done that? If you are asking players to self referee themselves to avoid retrospective bans then that's quite the shift in the way the game is played...

Some players have done the honourable thing in the past and it is a sad reflection on the modern game that it has become much less common.

In terms of impact actions such as this one have a bigger impact than any amount of 'spying' ever will.

[CSA96]

Apparently it’s just been said on BBC 5 Live by Mark Clemmit that the panel is due to meet and issue Eckert’s punishment during the last week of September, which is during the international break. Would mean the first game without him would be Pompey at St Mary’s

[Patches O Houlihan]

10 minutes ago, CSA96 said:

Apparently it’s just been said on BBC 5 Live by Mark Clemmit that the panel is due to meet and issue Eckert’s punishment during the last week of September, which is during the international break. Would mean the first game without him would be Pompey at St Mary’s

F**k the FA and the EFL

How long have they had to think about it?!

[LGTL]

Yes that ties in as I know for sure that the club aren’t expecting the outcome until October.