Honey Honey 3,593 Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Quote The Football Association is considering extending the punishment for an elbowing offence beyond the current three-match suspension for violent conduct. (Times - subscription required) Do you just say all elbows are worthy of the same ban or base it on force, connection, injury, what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batard 2,490 Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Absolutely. Fellaini being the worst culprit for if Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan 1,742 Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Deliberate elbows I agree should be more than 3. Right move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toony 95 Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Can't argue with that, so long as it's definitely deliberate. It's actually quite surprising how many times elbowing is missed by the officials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cure 196 Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 An elbow to the face is just the same as a foot to the ankle. They both hurt and both limit a player's ability to perform at their best. Any form of blatant harm just to get the ball should be punished just as it would be in the streets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6666 1,134 Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 The thing about this is you'd hope they actually look at the situation and judge the length of the ban on how severe an elbow it was rather than what they do when judging what's a "headbutt" or a "violent hand to the face". Some common sense would be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon 2,674 Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Completely agree! Elbowing is cowardly and causes tremendous damage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Palace Fan 3,092 Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 I'm surprised it's not five matches already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadLinesman 5,476 Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 But that tackle on Coleman would still result in 3 games......... Put someone out for 18 months, 3 games. Elbow, 5 games. Logic, ZERO. They can't prove intent so is every elbow 5 games? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon 2,674 Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 8 minutes ago, DeadLinesman said: But that tackle on Coleman would still result in 3 games......... Put someone out for 18 months, 3 games. Elbow, 5 games. Logic, ZERO. They can't prove intent so is every elbow 5 games? To be honest it's practically impossible to ever prove something was intentional in football. I've seen terrible incidents in the past where the one that done it swears it wasn't intentional and he looks sincere. Football is frenetic and the passion involved sometimes makes it seem like there was something in it. On the other hand, players can evolve and re-invent the way they do things which for me means that if they learn to do things another way, we eliminate this sort of thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batard 2,490 Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 1 hour ago, DeadLinesman said: But that tackle on Coleman would still result in 3 games......... Put someone out for 18 months, 3 games. Elbow, 5 games. Logic, ZERO. They can't prove intent so is every elbow 5 games? Appalling tackles like those should be reviewed. I'd advocate 10 match bans for deliberate and dangerous tackles that put someone out of action for months at a time. Fuck intent, judge it on the damage to set an example Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan 16,009 Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 5 hours ago, Cure said: An elbow to the face is just the same as a foot to the ankle. They both hurt and both limit a player's ability to perform at their best. Any form of blatant harm just to get the ball should be punished just as it would be in the streets. totally disagree. In every game there's always lots of contact with players feet on ankles. Elbows to the face are much worse, especially if caught flush on the face and the impact/consequences on the face/skull can be much more severe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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