Mascherano handed FA ban and fine

[cantona]

Liverpool midfielder Javier Mascherano has been banned for a further two matches and fined £15,000 by the Football Association.

Mascherano was found guilty of improper conduct after being sent off against Manchester United on 23 March.

He appeared to question referee Steve Bennett's decision to caution Fernando Torres, and was then shown a second yellow card himself for dissent.

The Argentine, who admitted the charge, initially refused to leave the pitch.

Mascherano had to be calmed down by Reds manager Rafa Benitez before he relented and left the field.

The midfielder, 23, was fined two weeks' wages by his club and banned for one game by the FA.

But after requesting a personal hearing, he has been punished further.

His suspensions only relate to domestic fixtures and having already missed the Merseyside derby against Everton he will also be absent for the Premier League games against Arsenal on Saturday and Blackburn a week later.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...ol/7314834.stm

[jimbob2002]

Clearly a stance being made and a message being sent that clubs and players are going to have to adhere to the ref's new "shut up and fuck off" policy regarding questioning anything.

the problem at the moment is no discretion is used its all black or white, and that doesnt work very practically.

[elephantsoup]

Hopefully this will send a message out to players that they need to STFU. Next we need a ref to send off any crowd of players that gather round him when he makes a decision they dont like.

[jimbob2002]

Hopefully this will send a message out to players that they need to STFU. Next we need a ref to send off any crowd of players that gather round him when he makes a decision they dont like.

Or better still, water cannons that fire on the group of players to disperse them

[elephantsoup]

Why water cannons.. police with batons and attack dogs would be much better

[jimbob2002]

Why water cannons.. police with batons and attack dogs would be much better

Just dogs would be good, like in the simpons, "Smithers, release the hounds!"

[Kushty]

Great news, hopefully we'll get to see more football and less whinging.

[LFC Muppet]

Great news, hopefully we'll get to see more football and less whinging.

You think a yellow card is going to be shown every single time a player goes up to a referee, I don't.

Consitency needs to be used here.

[Thrush]

Good bloody job.

[gunner]

What a joke.

[jacko1]

What a joke.

but no more than was expected from the useless cunts at the fa,lets see what happens when the mancs play chelsea or arsenal.

[B.I.G.]

What a joke.

It is a joke when you compare it to this (pointed out on another forum).......

YouTube - arsenal vs chelsea fight adebayors fit


Additional one match ban and £7,500 fine.......If the F.A. are so inconsistent what hope is there for the refs?

[dave208]

You think a yellow card is going to be shown every single time a player goes up to a referee, I don't.

Consitency needs to be used here.

Yep, because that's why he got a yellow card.. for going up to the referee.

Fully deserved to be sent off and looks like they're making an example of him and rightly so, because with Arsenal's and Chelsea's behaviour over the past 2 seasons they've not followed up on their threats or punished them enough to deter them from doing it again. They had to get their arse into gear and hopefully this is the start.

Maybe next it'll be all the players who roll around on the floor after feeling the slightest touch, wasting a few minutes having the physio hold their knee and then be back up running around the next. Embarrassing behaviour and it makes me cringe every time Nani does it.