TrentVilla Posted August 26, 2017 Moderator Share Posted August 26, 2017 Interestingn story emerging re Aguerro, reports a B'mth steward has reported him to the Police claiming he hit him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted August 26, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted August 26, 2017 Fair play to Aguero. The way the stewards and police were "handling" the guy who was just celebrating a last minute goal was disgusting. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turvontour Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 It doesnt help that the Bournemouth advertising boards infront of the away fans is about a foot tall. You could wander onto that pitch by accident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Man City will forever be small time, they were celebrating that goal like they'd won the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Nothing in that Aguero incident at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Harsh sending off for sterling. Letter of law yes it's a sending off, but use common sense. Shearer is spot on it's a joke he never left the pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TrentVilla Posted August 27, 2017 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted August 27, 2017 13 minutes ago, mikeyp102 said: Harsh sending off for sterling. Letter of law yes it's a sending off, but use common sense. Shearer is spot on it's a joke he never left the pitch. I think Shearer is completely and utterly wrong, staggeringly so in fact. The actions of Sterling caused a surge of fans in which supporters including kids could have been seriously injured. It also directly caused the flash point with fans coming out of the stand and into confrontation with the stewards and Police. Sterling caused that and that is why he was booked and that is why it is against the rules. It isn't a new rule, it isn't a ref being OTT it is a rule that is there for a reason and he paid the price for ignoring it. Ive no sympathy whatsoever, none. In my view Shearer I just wrong on this one. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 I don't like Sterling but don't think he did anything wrong, he didn't jump over the boards. He barely crossed the touch line, the fans had already got past the stewards and were coming towards the pitch. Pretty sure Gestede celebrated in the same way there? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 1 hour ago, TrentVilla said: The actions of Sterling caused a surge of fans in which supporters including kids could have been seriously injured. Scoring a last minute goal?! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turvontour Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 3 hours ago, TrentVilla said: I think Shearer is completely and utterly wrong, staggeringly so in fact. The actions of Sterling caused a surge of fans in which supporters including kids could have been seriously injured. It also directly caused the flash point with fans coming out of the stand and into confrontation with the stewards and Police. Sterling caused that and that is why he was booked and that is why it is against the rules. It isn't a new rule, it isn't a ref being OTT it is a rule that is there for a reason and he paid the price for ignoring it. Ive no sympathy whatsoever, none. In my view Shearer I just wrong on this one. No sorry. Its the fact that Bournemouth is a league 1 ground that caused that. Sterling didnt even leave the pitch. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 12 minutes ago, turvontour said: No sorry. Its the fact that Bournemouth is a league 1 ground that caused that. Sterling didnt even leave the pitch. Quite right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted August 27, 2017 Moderator Share Posted August 27, 2017 23 minutes ago, turvontour said: No sorry. Its the fact that Bournemouth is a league 1 ground that caused that. Sterling didnt even leave the pitch. Yes he did but that is irrelevant really, that isn't the cautionable offence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted August 27, 2017 Moderator Share Posted August 27, 2017 17 minutes ago, PaulC said: Quite right Actually, it isn't it's quite wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turvontour Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 If 37 away fans are arrested for pitch encroachment at Bournemouth across this season, and zero are at old Trafford or St James Park, then is that the fault of player over celebration at Bournemouth? No, its the design of the ground. Figure plucked from the air by the way. But Watford fans have already been on when they won there the other day. It takes two to tango admitidly, you need prats to go on, of which we know they are numerous. What im getting at is that if Sterling celebrated as he did at most grounds, he doesnt get sent off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted August 27, 2017 Moderator Share Posted August 27, 2017 29 minutes ago, turvontour said: If 37 away fans are arrested for pitch encroachment at Bournemouth across this season, and zero are at old Trafford or St James Park, then is that the fault of player over celebration at Bournemouth? No, its the design of the ground. Figure plucked from the air by the way. But Watford fans have already been on when they won there the other day. It takes two to tango admitidly, you need prats to go on, of which we know they are numerous. What im getting at is that if Sterling celebrated as he did at most grounds, he doesnt get sent off. Arrest figures, real or otherwise are irrelevant. Yes the fans at Bournemouth are close to the pitch and that causes a problem. But your last point is wrong. If Sterling celebrated how he celebrated at other grounds he would be booked because it's a bookable offence, the only difference at other grounds would be the fans are a little further back from the pitch so it's perhaps less likely to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 (edited) Looking at the laws Yellow card if In the opinion of the referee, he makes gestures which are provocative derisory or inflammatory He climbs on to a perimeter fence to celebrate a goal being scored He removes his shirt over his head or covers his head with his shirt Did he break any of those? Edited August 27, 2017 by PaulC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 For the incident Sterling caused he should be getting a 3 game ban minimum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted August 27, 2017 Moderator Share Posted August 27, 2017 6 minutes ago, PaulC said: Looking at the laws Yellow card if In the opinion of the referee, he makes gestures which are provocative derisory or inflammatory He climbs on to a perimeter fence to celebrate a goal being scored He removes his shirt over his head or covers his head with his shirt Did he break any of those? You missed part of the rule though haven't you. The rule reads as follows; A player must be cautioned for: • climbing on a perimeter fence and/or approaching the spectators in a manner which can cause safety and/or security issues I think it's fairly clear then that the booking was justified under the rules and the ref had to book him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 30 minutes ago, TrentVilla said: You missed part of the rule though haven't you. The rule reads as follows; A player must be cautioned for: • climbing on a perimeter fence and/or approaching the spectators in a manner which can cause safety and/or security issues I think it's fairly clear then that the booking was justified under the rules and the ref had to book him. ok that bit wasn't there on the site I read it from 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Just to confirm, getting booked like that isn't mandatory as Bowen when he scored for us v Hull on the opening day didn't get booked and that was exactly the same. There's been countless celebrations like that at VP over last few years (way too many of course). Pretty sure Lampard didn't get booked either when Chelsea fans spilled onto the pitch after he broke the goalscoring record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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