FA rules on Sol charge...

Great news

Sol has been fined £20,000 by the FA but escaped without a ban!

 

Hmmm...Sol escapes a ban just days after Sky sells its shares in Man U. Coincidence?

Geez, I'm starting to sound like Mr. Daoust here!

 

Yey!

 

okay, so where is the fine on djemba-djemba for his lethal high boot? sheesh... sorry but even this fine is rediculous~~


hot under the sports collar~

phishy

 

Agreed the fine is stupid for how high it is, but if I had to choose between the ban and the fine, I would take the fine.

 

I think some of it has to do with the England/Turkey game. With Rio out, then the FA would screw themselves if they decided give him a ban.

 

Happy that Sol won't be suspended. Surprised at the fine, although I guess that's what you get for a violent conduct charge. Either way, glad he'll be with the team.

Is there a date set for the other hearings involving the Battle at OT?

 

Um...Mr. Waldman...there are ENOUGH wind-up merchants here already...point taken, though. Actually I might even have said earlier on I thought they'd use the same strategy as With Bergkamp after he'd been banned earlier and just fine him...although obviously I wouldn't have been surprised if he'd been banned for life...

 

Good to see the FA employing a least a modicum of common sense once in awhile. I agree it's still harsh for what Sol did and all, but the big thing is to not get suspended.

 

My thoughts exactly. What'll be really funny is if Sol blows that logic out of the water by "striking."

 

i know it's not a happy subject, but they could also have gone easy on him because of all he's gone through with his father. to then ban him would have just been rubbing salt in the emotional wounds

 

This IS the FA so I doubt such consideration would be forthcoming, although that now appears not to apply merely to Arsenal players...at least not ONLY Arsenal players...

 

I, for one, don't see any similarity between the Sol situation and the Rio situation.

The issue in Sol's case was whether his illegal reaction was excused by the fact that he was the victim of a vicious challenge. The issue in Rio's case is whether his illegal skirting of the FA's drugging regulations was excused because he was "moving house."

In Sol's case, the issue is limited to England's own borders and England's own idea of how the game ought to be played. In Rio's case, the issue implicates UEFA and FIFA concerns about drugging that go well beyond England's borders.

In Sol's case, I personally feel that the FA were behaving parochially. In Rio's case, I personally feel that the FA are behaving pragmatically.

Flame away.

 

Is right. My first thought upon seeing the number was
"Da-a-a-a-amn...," which was then closely followed by a "Thank God," and several other such expressions of gratitude towards a higher power. I'm American and I don't really know all the nuances of the FA, but does anyone think that thay may have gone easy on him because of his dad passing away? I really don't know if they would take that into consideration in handing out disciplinary things, so if anyone could let me know, I'd appreciate it.