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[Legion]

Ryan Babel charged by FA over comments on Twitter

Babel forwarded on a mocked-up picture of Webb in a United shirt and also said: "And they call him one of the best referees. That's a joke."

Well, I found it funny.

[The Left Side]

Hardly crime of the century, but I guess you have to be professional... now will the FA do anything about Diouf.

[Nev]

Webb is a better referee than Babel is a footballer.

As ever, somebody else to shoulder the blame for the shortcomings of the modern player.

[olaftab]

Spot on Babel. Webb is a disgrace.

[hawkeye]

i watched the game, he might have got the penalty wrong, the TV pictures were not conclusive, but i thought he got most things right including Stevie Gs sending off. Its not like Babel has never dived to get a penalty.
Because the refs dont get the use of TV evidence and there is no retrospective action for cheating, the game is in the mess it is now

[JUAN PABLO]

so a footballers got a sense of humour.  What about charging that c***  Diouf ?

[davevillan]

so a footballers got a sense of humour.  What about charging that c***  Diouf ?

You could also argue, that by posting that comment, he was implying that Webb cheated. In which case, he deserves to be charged.
From his position, it was a penalty, therefore he gave it, end of.
I seem to remember Liverpool getting plenty of pens at the kop end so pot, kettle, black springs to mind.

[lovejoy]

Was it Babel (or Ngog) who did that ridiculous dive at Anfield to knock Arsenal out of the Champs League a few years back?

[davevillan]

Babel i think. What goes around comes around .
With Sundays, Aggar didnt need to make the challenge, once he did, the ref has a decision to make.

[Concrete John]

I'm a little uncomfortable with this.

Don't like Babel or Liverpool, but when do the FA's powers stop?  Away from the field of play, the stadium and his actual job as a player, if someone wants to express an opinion should they not be allowed to do so?  If he had said it down the pub to his mates, as opposed to in a TV interview, would he have been charged?

As far as I'm concerned there is professional and private lives and the FA should only be acting on what a player does in their own time.  If that's thr case I want Stevie G(BH) charged with violent conduct for his brawl and Terry for bringing the game into disrepute for shagging Bridge's ex.

[Brend'Watkins]

It might seem a bit over the top but you have to draw a line somewhere.  There's a big difference in expressing an opinion about a decision and intimating that an official cheated.  Let this go and every player will do the same or worse.  Where would we be then?

I thought Webb got all the major decisions right, the pen was a bit soft but that's more to do with Berbatov making the most of a very slight contact than any fault of Webb's.

[Chris Smith]

I'm a little uncomfortable with this.

Don't like Babel or Liverpool, but when do the FA's powers stop?  Away from the field of play, the stadium and his actual job as a player, if someone wants to express an opinion should they not be allowed to do so?  If he had said it down the pub to his mates, as opposed to in a TV interview, would he have been charged?

As far as I'm concerned there is professional and private lives and the FA should only be acting on what a player does in their own time.  If that's thr case I want Stevie G(BH) charged with violent conduct for his brawl and Terry for bringing the game into disrepute for shagging Bridge's ex.

Putting it on Twitter is not the same as chatting to his mates in a pub. If a manager accuses a ref of cheating (which is exactly what Babel has done here) then he will have to explain his actions. If a ref said that Babel was a shit player happy to sit on the bench and pick up big wages, the player would want something done about that. If they let it go then it will be open house for all players to post crap like this all over the internet.

[TonyD]

I hope the punishment fits the crime and they don't go overboard.    Maybe a little hobbling like in the film Misery.

[Concrete John]

Yes, I suppose it could lead to anarchy.

Or Howard Webb could come out and say "Sorry - I got that one wrong."  If he did that you would take away the need for this sort of thing.

I just think it's dangerous ground when an individual is not allowed to speak their mind in their own time.  I know Twitter is different than the 'down the pub' scenario I used, but what makes it different - the size of the audience or the setting?  Twitter/Facebook is effectively another means to talking to your friends, so tye principal remains, just the amount of people who hear/see it changes.     


 

[Chris Smith]

Yes, I suppose it could lead to anarchy.

Or Howard Webb could come out and say "Sorry - I got that one wrong."  If he did that you would take away the need for this sort of thing.

I just think it's dangerous ground when an individual is not allowed to speak their mind in their own time.  I know Twitter is different than the 'down the pub' scenario I used, but what makes it different - the size of the audience or the setting?  Twitter/Facebook is effectively another means to talking to your friends, so tye principal remains, just the amount of people who hear/see it changes.       

On Twitter it can be seen by anyone, it's the equivalent of printing it in a newspaper. If you used it to call somebody involved in your work a crook would you expect it to be allowed to pass without censure?