'Football is a simple game based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourself available to receive a pass. It is terribly simple.'
"I honestly feel the punishment has been against the man and not the incident"
No doubt about that, and whilst the ban is too severe I can understand why given his inability to learn from past indiscretions - at what point should a serial offender but punished more severely than a first time offender?
I can see why it's more than 3 days but 10 is madness.
What is the other incident other than the Defoe one?
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'Football is a simple game based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourself available to receive a pass. It is terribly simple.'
"We need to understand what an independent panel is. Yet the day before the hearing the FA are recommending certain punishment - it's not independent then."
Now talking again about Defoe and the hypocrisy of being chosen to play for England having received no charge.
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