Irrespective of goal scoring opportunities, grabbing someone round the ankle
(rather than say just knocking into him) whilst in full flight as Lehman
did, is highly dangerous and is of course serious foul play. The red card
was deserved just for that. The first thing that referees mustn't lose sight
of is their role of protecting all the other players on the pitch.
Damian
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From: "Scratchinshed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 12:58 PM
Subject: Re: [LU] Back on the list & You are the ref!
Exactly. We are in great danger of missing the point of the game which is
to score goals. This rule was put in place in order to assist in the
scoring of goals or at least in order to counter the prevention of scoring
goals. [.....]
No sending off is appropriate. If the authorities or referees
lose sight of this then they are putting themselves in a position of
inflated importance and have become part of the problem instead of being
part of the solution. Keeping the players ON the pitch should be part of a
referees objectives because that is how the paying customers get to see a
game of football as it was intended to be. Sometimes they may be FORCED to
send a player off, but only if there is no alternative. FIFA needs a
reality check.
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