When we beat Macarthur the second time 2-1, after Rufer had dropped out of the starting XI, Sterjovski said, "there was only one team trying to play."
How about that, Mile?
How about that, Mile?
And while you’re asking him questions, perhaps ask him how his club got the referees to agree a red card wouldn’t be a yellow for any ref?
Huh?
According to the pod the standard the MRP follows in order to completely overrule a red card is ‘no referee would have given a yellow card’.
The MRP has had a lot of marginal cards referred to them, such as the one that kept Rufer out of the CC game. However, up till the last game the most clemency shown was the minimal suspension.
After a lot of carry on by Jo Lolley and others during the MacArthur game against Sydney F.C., the MRP managed to overturned a MacArthur red card (though not the red card of Tommy Smith) leaving the MacArthur player free to face the Nix.
In order to do that the MRP must have concluded the high foot with studs would never have been considered a yellow by any referee.