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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/t...sea/7614903.stm

 

What an utter disgrace, England captain allowed to do as he pleases...

Chelsea captain John Terry has been cleared to play against Manchester United on Sunday after his appeal against a red card proved successful.

 

Terry was sent off for a foul on Manchester City striker Jo, but a Football Association hearing upheld Chelsea's claim of wrongful dismissal.

 

He received a straight red from Mark Halsey, with the referee deeming the incident to be serious foul play.

 

The England skipper had been set to miss three games.

 

Had the ban been enforced, Terry would have missed Sunday's crucial Premier League clash with champions United, as well as the Carling Cup tie against Portsmouth on 24 September and the league encounter with Stoke three days later.

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Why? It was never a red card offense, if indeed there was an offense as looked like no contact made either. Correct decision in this case.

For him to get off, there had to be no offence, as opposed to the red maybe being too harsh and it should have been a yellow. It was a harsh red, but it was given for serious foul play after Terry tried to trip and then pushed the player to the ground. Poor red perhaps, even poorer reversal.

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even though i think its the correct decision do you think if it was Man City appealing it would have been the same outcome!!..............dont think so!
I don;t agree on it being the correct decision, becasue it was certainly worthy of a booking, and now he gets nothing; however on your second point, be interesting to hear the viewpoints of Robbie Keane and Aliadiare after they got no joy last season, in fact Aliaidiare got two more games for his frivilous appeal!
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I don;t agree on it being the correct decision, becasue it was certainly worthy of a booking, and now he gets nothing; however on your second point, be interesting to hear the viewpoints of Robbie Keane and Aliadiare after they got no joy last season, in fact Aliaidiare got two more games for his frivilous appeal!

 

agree with fatshaft on this one, although it might be because i totally despise John terry

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I don;t agree on it being the correct decision, becasue it was certainly worthy of a booking, and now he gets nothing; however on your second point, be interesting to hear the viewpoints of Robbie Keane and Aliadiare after they got no joy last season, in fact Aliaidiare got two more games for his frivilous appeal!

 

 

I didnt appreciate that they cannot downgrade to a yellow.

 

Whilst never a red card offence it's annoying he gets nothing for it.

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Been changed to a yellow - as it should have been.

 

Ah but has it though? Apparently reds can't be downgraded from red to yellow so Chelsea would have had to argue that it never warranted a yellow either. Why reds can't be downgarded to yellow i have no idea as that sounds ridiculous.

 

Now i agree that it wasn't a red and he shouldn't have went but it was a definite booking for cynical play so the decision to now give him nothing is completely wrong.

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Ah but has it though? Apparently reds can't be downgraded from red to yellow so Chelsea would have had to argue that it never warranted a yellow either. Why reds can't be downgarded to yellow i have no idea as that sounds ridiculous.

 

Now i agree that it wasn't a red and he shouldn't have went but it was a definite booking for cynical play so the decision to now give him nothing is completely wrong.

 

 

 

Aye just ignore my earlier post :laughing:

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Ah but has it though? Apparently reds can't be downgraded from red to yellow so Chelsea would have had to argue that it never warranted a yellow either. Why reds can't be downgarded to yellow i have no idea as that sounds ridiculous.

 

Now i agree that it wasn't a red and he shouldn't have went but it was a definite booking for cynical play so the decision to now give him nothing is completely wrong.

 

Totally agree - when first saw it, it should of only been a yellow but for it to now be nothing is ridiculous. Something has to be done with the rules to allow reds to be downgraded to yellows if need be.

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