vukovic maybe banned 4 life

vukovic maybe banned 4 life

Central Coast goalkeeper Danny Vukovic could face a ban of between one year and life after striking the referee in the A-League grand final.

The Olyroos shot-stopper was sent off for violent conduct in the dying seconds of the Mariners 1-0 loss to bitter rivals Newcastle Jets at the Sydney Football Stadium after lashing out at referee Mark Shield for not awarding a late penalty.

The incident is set to come under review by Football Federation Australia's match review committee on Monday, with Vukovic certain to face a disciplinary hearing this week in what will be a dramatic aftermath to a controversial clash.

He faces a lengthy ban - and could yet be rubbed out for all of next season.

Under the FFA's national disciplinary regulations, such a charge of violent conduct, striking an official, carries a recommended sanction of a one-year ban to life suspension.

Mariners coach Lawrie McKinna admitted emotion got the better of his 22-year-old 'keeper.

"I think it's just passion and hunger and when you see something and it doesn't get dealt with, I think its just that," said McKinna.

"We want passionate players and hungry players and it's just disappointing. Sometimes emotions get the better of you and tonight it did with Danny."

sh*t, i didn;t see the final, mo sky in my scarfie flat. Was it that bad?

Let's be honest, unless the ref had both eye balls pulled out, he had to have seen the blatant hand ball that led to these stupid events happening. I thought the ref & linesmen were plainly at fault for creating this situation. Lonegunmen2008-02-25 01:12:19

i missed that i just saw him running off  i feel asleep from the 42 min till just before bridges scored then i weighed up changing channel till they started a new version of the contender

what a boring game otherwise

I saw the handball but I don't think anyone actually saw Vukovic clobber the ref, even watching intently to see whether the blatant penalty would be given there didn't seem to be any footage of the keeper hitting the ref.

Not to say it didn't happen, still it seems kind of a double-standard after the 'previous incident' of official bashing earlier this year which resulted in a yellow card and that was it.
Nickel2008-02-25 08:09:20

didn't see the final heard about Vukovich though - striking a ref - even if he did have a shocker - must be banned for a long time.

So what.. Did he punch him, push him or?Is there any footage of it? I didn't see anything.

Think its a bit rich actually after what dickhead did earlier in the season and got away with. 

Exactly. The FFA have set a precedent with the Joel Griffiths case beforehand. It is not acceptable in any situation in a football match to strike a match official but Vukovic will not get punished heavily.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wBl2gsSKTk

Nothing compared to what Griffiths did...

Thing is. If the FFA let this one slide too then it sets a real ugly precedent about the league. I mean it's like saying, 'Come to the A-League where you can punch an official and call him a f**king cheat and get away with it'.

Sadly, although it shouldn't be, from the FFA's point of view it's two completely different situations. The difference this time is that Vukovic was sent off for violent conduct. When Griffiths did his thing, he was booked for dissent so, as far as FFA rules were concerned, the matter had been dealt with by the referee on the park when it happened, so there wasn't anything else they could do about it even if they'd wanted to . I'd expect Vukovic to have the book thrown at him for this one, especially after the Griffiths fiasco, as there's nothing stopping them making an example of the player this time.
Jag2008-02-25 11:00:05

Agree with that the unfortunate thing is it came about because of yet another crap ruling by the match officials.The FFA needs to put some work into some of theses guys as there have been sone real shockers this season.

He should be punished hard for that.

Stamp out this sort of sh*t and the league will have more credibility.

Wasn't it the nut puncher who also handled the ball??

Lonegunmen2008-02-25 11:44:12

Two things that concern me here: C-Diddy2008-02-25 11:49:04

Consistantly bad or paid or blind or gutless?

was just a friendly high five 

yep

Yes I do, not because of that one decision but because of several throughout the game. I appreciate it may have been a differcult game because of the two sides involved but consistency would have helped. everyone's favourite striker did enough to earn two yellows and then for him to be the ball handler just makes it worse.

Football players should know that you never touch a ref. But i think he will get away with it looking at what the Nutcracker did.

the judge:" where did he touch you? use this" ...*passes over a doll*
the ref: "in my private place"
the judge: "D-I-S-C-O, LET'S ALL HAVE A DISCO, LET'S ALL HAVE A DISCO..."

*Joel Griffiths smiles, gives a high-5 to his lawyer, Mr. Sneaky,and joins in with LET'S ALL HAVE A DISCO, LET'S ALL HAVE A DISCO...."

*the ref hangs his head*
*the ref's lawyer - "objection!"
the judge: OVERRULED!! MWAA HAHAHAHAHAAH!!!!"

disclaimer: may not have happened.

Not so much a cheat because he made mistakes for both sides. However the hand ball was so obvious a blind man could have seen it. I stand corrected was it the nut cracker who handled? I may have that wrong.

No it was Holland.Just watched him interviewed on Aussie TV and he claims he didnt do it on purpose.Bullsh*t sure looked liked a movement towards the ball in all the replaysi have seen.
ballane2008-02-25 13:09:44

But he made more in favour of the Jets! doesn't make him a cheat, just not very good at a very important match.

Agreed!

he also claims he didnt feel it hit his arm.. O mean come on. Of course you would feel it.

I think the worst thing to come out of all this is that the Planes are now representing the A-League in the Asian Champions League!

Did anyone notice on the youtube clip that he wasn't the only player to strike that same hand that was held up by the referee? It was first high fived by another player, did noone notice? They are both therefore "strikes" which is a pretty dramatic term to categorically describe any contact. He tapped it and ran away like a little child.

I love it how he just keeps on running.

I think this and the Griffiths incident are 2 different situations.

Griffiths hit on the linesman was deserving of a higher punishment, but because it was dealt with by the ref on the field by giving a yellow, that's that. Can't be dealt with further, get over it.

This was against the referee, a deliberate assault, he deserves to get canned, no matter how hard he hit the ref. I hope those dealing with it make it a decent punishment to teach him and all players in the league that it isnt on to attack the officials

classic news reader's statement "..he's only young"