if someone can put up the Konchesky red then you'll see they are both the same. Konchesky got nothing for his in the end but it should have been yellow. In my opinion Delph's challenge is no different in that it is equally wreckless, and unlike Konchesky he didn't follow up on the victim by taunting him.
They were not the same, in the Konchesky / Hutton melee there was forehead to forehead stuff, taunting (as you said) and general argy bargy. You can't just pretend that didn't happen, because it did.
Quote from: pauliewalnuts on December 28, 2014, 07:10:21 PMThey were not the same, in the Konchesky / Hutton melee there was forehead to forehead stuff, taunting (as you said) and general argy bargy. You can't just pretend that didn't happen, because it did.It did, but that's not the offence that Konchesky was sent off for.He was sent off for the foul and Hutton was booked for his reaction.
Quote from: Dave on December 28, 2014, 07:12:10 PMQuote from: pauliewalnuts on December 28, 2014, 07:10:21 PMThey were not the same, in the Konchesky / Hutton melee there was forehead to forehead stuff, taunting (as you said) and general argy bargy. You can't just pretend that didn't happen, because it did.It did, but that's not the offence that Konchesky was sent off for.He was sent off for the foul and Hutton was booked for his reaction. Hutton deliberately made a meal of the challenge which was what angered Koncheskey (apparently they have history). The Koncheskey challenge was no where near as dangerous. I don't believe there was any intent by Delph it was just wreckless." A tackle with the shoe studs up are almost always considered grave foul play".I know, but the thing i was getting at was that you can't just say "take it away" and pretend it didn't happen. It did, there was inflammation of tempers, generalised pushing and shoving, all things which will influence the referee one way or the other.The referee in his notes will have said Konchesky was sent off for the foul, but there was enough extra nonsense going on to influence him, and today there wasn't