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Marriner/Arse/Sky Team

tooninkent

Vital Squad Member
Ok so Mariner is obviously blind and sent off the wrong player. Fairs, fair they do make mistakes, haven't got a problem with that. However, can somebody explain to me why the FA rescind Gibbs red card but then don't give it to Oxlade-Chamberlain? Blatant, deliberate hand ball on the line was always a red card offence. Obviously changed the rules to suit a Sky club. Giving some bollocks about it not being a clear goal scoring opportunity and it was going wide. Not a clear goal scoring opportunity, FFS.

Guess where Marriner is ref at the weekend?
 
Because the FA are corrupt.

Had it been us, the correct player would be serving a ban, instead of the player sent off.

 
About right, TIK.

I would simply have expected the ban to go to the right player - this will be a sort of apology for getting it wrong of sorts - but its just as bad a mistake.

They've obviously not taken the previous 100 red cards by the cheating whinging French ****'s team into consideration.
 
Kieran Gibbs and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain will both be available to face Swansea after they won their appeals over the controversial red card on Saturday.

Full-back Gibbs was shown a red card in a case of mistaken identity during the first half of Saturday's 6-0 thrashing at Chelsea by referee Andre Marriner, instead of Oxlade-Chamberlain - who had committed the handball in the six-yard box and indeed admitted his guilt at the time, but was waved away.

The FA confirmed on Monday evening the sanction against Gibbs had been removed, and instead transferred onto Oxlade-Chamberlain. However, Arsenal then subsequently moved to have that offence downgraded on appeal, claiming the England midfielder had not in fact technically prevented a clear goalscoring opportunity as the shot from Chelsea's Eden Hazard looked to be going just wide.

That claim was also upheld, meaning both Gibbs and Oxlade-Chamberlain will be able to face Swansea.

A statement from the FA read: "An Independent Regulatory Commission today heard two claims from Arsenal, one of mistaken identity and the other of wrongful dismissal, both in relation to Saturday's game against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

"The commission ruled that the dismissal of Kieran Gibbs was a case of mistaken identity and transferred this to his team-mate Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

"Subsequent to deciding this matter, the commission then considered Arsenal's claim for wrongful dismissal in relation to Oxlade-Chamberlain. This claim was upheld, meaning Oxlade-Chamberlain will not serve any suspension with the standard punishment withdrawn with immediate effect."