Respect Campaign Mk2

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Rafa Benitez faces FA rap for Phil Dowd outburst - Liverpool FC latest

Aug 19 2009 Liverpool Echo

Add a commentRecommend LIVERPOOL boss Rafael Benitez could be in trouble with the FA for his outburst against referee Phil Dowd following Sunday’s 2-1 defeat at Tottenham.

 

The FA’s compliance department will write to the Reds boss for an explanation following his comment about Dowd when asked after the game whether he would expect to get two penalties as an away team.

 

Benitez is reported as saying: “No, with this referee I knew that was impossible.”

 

The FA are also concerned with Benitez’s attempts at humour when asked about two penalty decisions that went against Liverpool in the final minutes.

 

In the post-match press conference, Benitez had theatrically taken a glasses case out of his inside pocket, taken out the glasses and looked through them before putting them away again.

 

Assistant boss Sammy Lee was sent off by Dowd after the coach had been involved in a row with the fourth official.

 

It is believed that the FA are not prepared to quiz Benitez further on his suggestions that 26-year-old Stuart Attwell was too young to officiate at Premier League level.

 

It is also understood that the FA do not intend to issue Benitez with a severe punishment if they do feel he has over-stepped the mark.

 

 

Fine. If the FA do decide to punish Rafa then this should be the yardstick that all other managers should be judged by, and the rules applied accordingly. But I have a feeling that this will be the same as last time, the "respect campaign will begin and end with punishing Liverpool.

[TommyW]

funny how the respect campaign only seems to extend as far as us

 

first time round Masch was the only one to get done, this time its Rafa

 

regardless of the rights and wrongs of Rafa's actions, why dont other managers get pulled up on this sort of thing?

[PaulMcC]

Did Ferguson get doen for his outburst in teh Charity Shield?

[RedinSweden]

Twats.

[R.A.La]

Did Ferguson get doen for his outburst in teh Charity Shield?

 

Nope. Brushed under the carpet by the FA and the media.

 

How many times was the ref surrounded by rabid mancs? at one point he had to physically push a couple of them away.

 

And the hardshoulder shitter storming onto the pitch to have a go at the ref

 

Two sets of rules - one for them, one for the rest.

[El Rojo]

That Respect campaign's a joke, but it was still a stupid thing for Rafa to do.

 

Starting Babel was a worse decision than any of Dowd's last Sunday anyway.

[Xherdan]

This 'Respect Campaign' is something that will always fucking piss me off. Mascherano questions the ref, gets sent off and gets a ban and the mancs do it very fucking weekend.

 

Ferguson 'over steps the mark' everytime there is a decision against his team.

 

Cunts.

[Trucker Paddy]

This 'Respect Campaign' is something that will always fucking piss me off. Mascherano questions the ref, gets sent off and gets a ban and the mancs do it very fucking weekend.

 

Ferguson 'over steps the mark' everytime there is a decision against his team.

 

Cunts.

 

It started and ended with that game

[Xherdan]

That's my point. I was on holidays watching that match and it fucking ruined my entire two weeks. The FA are fucking corrupt mugs.

[zico]

That's my point. I was on holidays watching that match and it fucking ruined my entire two weeks. The FA are fucking corrupt mugs.

 

Is correct!

 

As a matter of fact I'd rather have UEFA or FIFA running the PL, and that's as damning as it can get...