Williamson found guilty of violent conduct.
Posted on November 24th, 2010 | 62 Comments |
Williamson had decided to appeal the charge after The FA had found him guilty using video evidence after the match against Bolton last weekend, but it would appear that the appeal held no water and will mean that Williamson will sit out the matches against Chelsea, West Brom and Liverpool.
On the slightly positive side, at least The FA didn’t decide to extend his ban to four games, which they can do if they deem the appeal to be frivolous, but it does kind of leave me scratching my head as to why the appeal was not deemed to be frivolous? I must admit that I was fully expecting The FA to extend the ban to four games, so on that front I am pleasantly surprised.
I mean surely, given the speed at which they charged Williamson, you could be reasonably assured that The FA saw the video evidence and managed to pass judgement rather quickly. An open and shut case so to speak?
It seems strange, to me anyway. I mean surely if there was grounds to make the appeal non-frivolous (if that is even a correct way of saying it?), then surely there was sufficient doubt over the charge in the first place?
I know where I’m going wrong here – I am thinking logically when really I shouldn’t as far as The FA is concerned. Mind you, I can’t actually argue the case for any of the three players we currently have suspended for violent conduct in all honesty.
It’s natural to feel aggrieved and to look at certain instances where The FA have taken no action against players at other clubs when they have transgressed. It’s natural because we are fans of this club. In reality though, as I said above, none of the offences that our players have committed can really be argued.
It does leave a sour taste in the mouth though…..
Anyway, it’s done and the punishment has matched the crime so to speak, so it looks like a central defensive pairing of Sol Campbell and Steven Taylor will play against Chelsea on Sunday. They aren’t bad players to call upon in fairness.
Onwards and upwards…. Hopefully.
Why didn’t Willo get a 4 match ban then, if he was ‘wasting police time?’