Refs don't get the leeway to re-engineer the rules of the game, during the game. End of.
You mean like when the ref sent the oxford centre back off last Tuesday for repeating the exact same offence he had just been booked for 2 minutes earlier? Hmmmmm
You see the ref's face on the clip as Gray takes his shirt off and he's clearly thinking, shit I've got to book him. It's a stupid rule though, what is the problem with taking your shirt off?
Refs don't get the leeway to re-engineer the rules of the game, during the game. End of.
You mean like when the ref sent the oxford centre back off last Tuesday for repeating the exact same offence he had just been booked for 2 minutes earlier? Hmmmmm
Its common for Officials to pull a player aside so soon after a booking to give them a final warning
I felt the Referee's decision not to book the Oxford player a second time so soon after the first incident was the right one against us
What he should have been sent off for though was the fact he twice went mouthing off to the Linesman despite being given that final warning
Has Gray got shit for brains or something. On a day when appropriate respect was shown before the game, as well as up and down the country, he decides to pull this stunt and make it all about him. How long has this rule been in place? He new full well what the consequences would be for himself and Probert and still decided to go ahead. He would also have had plenty of time to reconsider when he prepared his undershirt. If I was Probert I would be more than uncomfortable, I'd feel like decking the prick. Just my opinion
Had to do it. If he hadn’t and gray had been booked later on, he would have just been on a yellow when he should have been sent off. Probert then would have found himself demoted probably.
The Leicester players and management (and the ref) perhaps should have agreed beforehand that doing what he did would inevitably result in an unneccessary booking and a controversy that detracts from the message. It wasn't a spur of the moment thing, placed the ref in a really difficult position and could have gone on to influence the result in other circumstances.
Has Gray got shit for brains or something. On a day when appropriate respect was shown before the game, as well as up and down the country, he decides to pull this stunt and make it all about him. How long has this rule been in place? He new full well what the consequences would be for himself and Probert and still decided to go ahead. He would also have had plenty of time to reconsider when he prepared his undershirt. If I was Probert I would be more than uncomfortable, I'd feel like decking the prick. Just my opinion
Was it just Gray that had that shirt on underneath or did all the Leicester players have one ? A bit co-incidental if he was the only one.....and then the only one to score.
Has Gray got shit for brains or something. On a day when appropriate respect was shown before the game, as well as up and down the country, he decides to pull this stunt and make it all about him. How long has this rule been in place? He new full well what the consequences would be for himself and Probert and still decided to go ahead. He would also have had plenty of time to reconsider when he prepared his undershirt. If I was Probert I would be more than uncomfortable, I'd feel like decking the prick. Just my opinion
Was it just Gray that had that shirt on underneath or did all the Leicester players have one ? A bit co-incidental if he was the only one.....and then the only one to score.
Who knows? But if so, somebody with a bit of maturity and authority should have have told them, look lads this isn't the way to show respect think of the consequences. Why not wait until the full time whistle and all remove your shirts together? I am sorry but I think there is an element of me me me about it.
Has Gray got shit for brains or something. On a day when appropriate respect was shown before the game, as well as up and down the country, he decides to pull this stunt and make it all about him. How long has this rule been in place? He new full well what the consequences would be for himself and Probert and still decided to go ahead. He would also have had plenty of time to reconsider when he prepared his undershirt. If I was Probert I would be more than uncomfortable, I'd feel like decking the prick. Just my opinion
Was it just Gray that had that shirt on underneath or did all the Leicester players have one ? A bit co-incidental if he was the only one.....and then the only one to score.
Who knows? But if so, somebody with a bit of maturity and authority should have have told them, look lads this isn't the way to show respect think of the consequences. Why not wait until the full time whistle and all remove your shirts together? I am sorry but I think there is an element of me me me about it.
Completely agree - all seems a bit attention seeking.
You see the ref's face on the clip as Gray takes his shirt off and he's clearly thinking, shit I've got to book him. It's a stupid rule though, what is the problem with taking your shirt off?
Not 100% sure this is true and if it is wrong I am sure I will be corrected, but I remember hearing this a few years ago.
The law was put in place due to the amount of money that sponsors pay to have their names on the shirt, and when a team scores all of the cameras are on that player, if the player then removes his shirt then the sponsor doesnt get the exposure.
Like I said its likely to be bollocks, but I heard it years ago and it makes more sense than any other reason
You see the ref's face on the clip as Gray takes his shirt off and he's clearly thinking, shit I've got to book him. It's a stupid rule though, what is the problem with taking your shirt off?
Not 100% sure this is true and if it is wrong I am sure I will be corrected, but I remember hearing this a few years ago.
The law was put in place due to the amount of money that sponsors pay to have their names on the shirt, and when a team scores all of the cameras are on that player, if the player then removes his shirt then the sponsor doesnt get the exposure.
Like I said its likely to be bollocks, but I heard it years ago and it makes more sense than any other reason
Ian Wright. 179. Just did it. Big Nike tick.
20 years on so that bit of crash advertising did wonders.
You see the ref's face on the clip as Gray takes his shirt off and he's clearly thinking, shit I've got to book him. It's a stupid rule though, what is the problem with taking your shirt off?
Not 100% sure this is true and if it is wrong I am sure I will be corrected, but I remember hearing this a few years ago.
The law was put in place due to the amount of money that sponsors pay to have their names on the shirt, and when a team scores all of the cameras are on that player, if the player then removes his shirt then the sponsor doesnt get the exposure.
Like I said its likely to be bollocks, but I heard it years ago and it makes more sense than any other reason
Nothing to do with sponsorship. FIFA decreed it as unsporting behaviour and an 'unnecessary excessive display of joy'. Hence introducing the caution to try and stop it. Just shows how pathetic the power mongers at FIFA are.
As for Gray and the ref. Ref had no choice sadly and no, Gray wasn't making it 'all about him'! He was merely expressing a moment of intense emotion following an exceptionally traumatic week. My guess is that every player had the t-shirt under their shirt and would have done the same had they scored. It was probably even discussed amongst them beforehand. To suggest that Gray was attention seeking would be laughable if it wasn't so I'll informed and unempathethic.
Puel said it's a professional game and he expects the refs to be professional as well. He accepted the booking with no reservation. Top man. End of story I think.
The law is actually to stop policial, or other wise, controversial messages. As well as "free" advertising in the wright/Nike case.
Didn't the ref book Billy Sharp when he scored after his baby died?
If JDF had scored and had a t-shirt with "that's for you Bradley" or similar and had been booked there would have been a riot.
The solution? In cases like Leicester, Sharp, the hypothical JDF one, players/clubs should be able to get special dispensation BEFORE the game. It's not fair on the ref for a start.
You see the ref's face on the clip as Gray takes his shirt off and he's clearly thinking, shit I've got to book him. It's a stupid rule though, what is the problem with taking your shirt off?
Not 100% sure this is true and if it is wrong I am sure I will be corrected, but I remember hearing this a few years ago.
The law was put in place due to the amount of money that sponsors pay to have their names on the shirt, and when a team scores all of the cameras are on that player, if the player then removes his shirt then the sponsor doesnt get the exposure.
Like I said its likely to be bollocks, but I heard it years ago and it makes more sense than any other reason
Nothing to do with sponsorship. FIFA decreed it as unsporting behaviour and an 'unnecessary excessive display of joy'. Hence introducing the caution to try and stop it. Just shows how pathetic the power mongers at FIFA are.
As for Gray and the ref. Ref had no choice sadly and no, Gray wasn't making it 'all about him'! He was merely expressing a moment of intense emotion following an exceptionally traumatic week. My guess is that every player had the t-shirt under their shirt and would have done the same had they scored. It was probably even discussed amongst them beforehand. To suggest that Gray was attention seeking would be laughable if it wasn't so I'll informed and unempathethic.
The law is actually to stop policial, or other wise, controversial messages. As well as "free" advertising in the wright/Nike case.
Didn't the ref book Billy Sharp when he scored after his baby died?
If JDF had scored and had a t-shirt with "that's for you Bradley" or similar and had been booked there would have been a riot.
The solution? In cases like Leicester, Sharp, the hypothical JDF one, players/clubs should be able to get special dispensation BEFORE the game. It's not fair on the ref for a start.
The law is actually to stop policial, or other wise, controversial messages. As well as "free" advertising in the wright/Nike case.
Didn't the ref book Billy Sharp when he scored after his baby died?
If JDF had scored and had a t-shirt with "that's for you Bradley" or similar and had been booked there would have been a riot.
The solution? In cases like Leicester, Sharp, the hypothical JDF one, players/clubs should be able to get special dispensation BEFORE the game. It's not fair on the ref for a start.
The law is actually to stop policial, or other wise, controversial messages. As well as "free" advertising in the wright/Nike case.
Didn't the ref book Billy Sharp when he scored after his baby died?
If JDF had scored and had a t-shirt with "that's for you Bradley" or similar and had been booked there would have been a riot.
The solution? In cases like Leicester, Sharp, the hypothical JDF one, players/clubs should be able to get special dispensation BEFORE the game. It's not fair on the ref for a start.
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It's a stupid rule though, what is the problem with taking your shirt off?
I felt the Referee's decision not to book the Oxford player a second time so soon after the first incident was the right one against us
What he should have been sent off for though was the fact he twice went mouthing off to the Linesman despite being given that final warning
gray knew he would get booked for doing it.
in this instance it was a hopeful one off tragic accident.
On a day when appropriate respect was shown before the game, as well as up and down the country, he decides to pull this stunt and make it all about him.
How long has this rule been in place? He new full well what the consequences would be for himself and Probert and still decided to go ahead.
He would also have had plenty of time to reconsider when he prepared his undershirt.
If I was Probert I would be more than uncomfortable, I'd feel like decking the prick.
Just my opinion
The Leicester players and management (and the ref) perhaps should have agreed beforehand that doing what he did would inevitably result in an unneccessary booking and a controversy that detracts from the message. It wasn't a spur of the moment thing, placed the ref in a really difficult position and could have gone on to influence the result in other circumstances.
All a bit unneccessary really.
But if so, somebody with a bit of maturity and authority should have have told them, look lads this isn't the way to show respect think of the consequences.
Why not wait until the full time whistle and all remove your shirts together?
I am sorry but I think there is an element of me me me about it.
The law was put in place due to the amount of money that sponsors pay to have their names on the shirt, and when a team scores all of the cameras are on that player, if the player then removes his shirt then the sponsor doesnt get the exposure.
Like I said its likely to be bollocks, but I heard it years ago and it makes more sense than any other reason
Think the automatic yellow got introduced after that, might be wrong.
20 years on so that bit of crash advertising did wonders.
As for Gray and the ref. Ref had no choice sadly and no, Gray wasn't making it 'all about him'! He was merely expressing a moment of intense emotion following an exceptionally traumatic week. My guess is that every player had the t-shirt under their shirt and would have done the same had they scored. It was probably even discussed amongst them beforehand. To suggest that Gray was attention seeking would be laughable if it wasn't so I'll informed and unempathethic.
Top man.
End of story I think.
Didn't the ref book Billy Sharp when he scored after his baby died?
If JDF had scored and had a t-shirt with "that's for you Bradley" or similar and had been booked there would have been a riot.
The solution? In cases like Leicester, Sharp, the hypothical JDF one, players/clubs should be able to get special dispensation BEFORE the game. It's not fair on the ref for a start.
Edit the ref DIDN'T book Sharp https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/football/2011/nov/02/doncaster-billy-sharp-thanks-fans-son
https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2011/nov/02/billy-sharp-son-referee