[Lord Snooty]

A West Ham player elbows a Fulham player in the face. Ref goes to VAR monitor and sends him off.

Red card now rescinded.

If we don't get Toffolo's red overturned, the game's gone potty.

[theo_luddite]

Well, I agree with that one, there was clearly no intention to elbow the player. The ref needed to go to Specsavers for giving that one, especially after the review.

You can say there was no intention on Toffo's part either, but he was far more out of control than the West Ham player. A yellow might have been more acceptable given it would otherwise have been the last play of the game but the ref has to react to what he has seen (or maybe been told he has seen) whether it is the first or the last minute. Had Toffo stayed on his feet and caught him or even kicked him over the stand, chances are it would have only been a yellow at best, or worst.

[Lord Snooty]

Well the appeal has been heard. Town accepted the red card decision but appealed on the length of the ban due to the circumstances of the conditions and the fact that he slipped.

Appeal rejected. Three match ban.

[theo_luddite]

It was an afternoon appeal - not a chance in hell of winning.

If you're on in the morning there's a bit more of a chance, but they only let 2 or 3 appeals though each day they have them. By the time they've had their lunch and (ahem) beverages to wash it down all they want to do is get home for a nap and not make the ref's look too silly.

No great hard evidence for my opinion but the only one's I've ever noticed were agreed to in part or full were morning appeals. If they agreed to every one, despite merit, previous similar, blah, blah, blah they would basically be admitting the ref's were not good enough and they would then have to train them better. Like that's gonna happen.

[Lord Snooty]

Well, theo. Ref's not good enough. Hmmm!

Let's take the case of Mr M.Dean for instance. He's so bad that it's taken the fact that he's been given death threats before anything is done about this bumbling idiot's incompetence. And even then, it's not the FA who step him down, he has had to pull himself out. I mean, what is the point of VAR, if the clown's have all these camera angles to look at......... and they still can't get it right?

And as for the punishment given to Toffolo. Have you seen the Roofe tackle for Rangers? He's almost broken somebody's leg and not even got a yellow. The SFA have had to review it and have given him a TWO match ban!

Three matches for a shin tickle. Two for an almost leg break. I give in.            

[theo_luddite]

The jocks don't do their appeals at our FA. You might as well compare Frenchy, Gerry, Juan and Giuseppe. Already told you rhyme and reason doesn't come into it. Once they start passing the port round you've got no chance.

[WakeyTerrier]

I don't get all the fuss, Toffolo is a straight red card all day long. Ridiculous that they even tried to appeal the length of the ban.

It's about time we got off the officials backs, they get one chance to get it right in the championship so they have to give what they think is right.

It's not the officials fault that every player is constantly trying to feign injury in order to win free kicks and get the opposition into the refs book(not that was this was the case in Toffs challenge)

[Lord Snooty]

It's the anti Huddersfield bias, Wakey. We never win appeals. I can't think of one instance where we have won an appeal. Yet other clubs do all the time. We even faced a Luton opponent in this match who had done exactly this. Tom Lockyer had his ban lifted so he could play in their cup final against Chelsea, which meant he could play against us.
Either stick with the ref's decision or, if he has got it wrong, suspend the bloody ref.

[theo_luddite]

Apart from this - what did Murray Wallace ever do for us?

[Lord Snooty]

Apart from this - what did Murray Wallace ever do for us?  

            I don't believe it!!!