Kevsleftpeg
Player Valuation: £8m
How far off the ball do you need it to be for it to be a red? Most of the time the player can plausibly say he was making some attempt to win the ball but yesterday's was just too obvious for the ref to let slide.The Arsenal one yesterday just clearly isn't a red card under current rules or current interpretations.
I don't have an issue that people think it should be red and understand the argument. But then we need to change the rules first, because those are never given as straight red cards.