Morning all,
I appeared to disappear from the list for some months (I just assumed it had
died!) but now back thanks to Matt.
On Gaffer's question, looking at it in legal fashion:
there was a mens rea - i.e. he meant to bring down the striker to prevent a
goalscoring opportunity - but was there actus reus ('scuse my rubbish Latin
spelling)? i.e. if the ref had played advantage he manifestly would not have
prevented a goalscoring opportunity as the goal would have been scored.
Therefore I'd say no sending off. Refs only pull people back for
retrospective bookings for violent / bad fouls - i.e. where the later action
does not derogate from the initial transgression.
None of this changes the fact we're going to win on Sunday.
Cheers,
David
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