[Rob Ban Fan]

Originally Posted by Rob Yeah they were bad tackles. Not debating that. What I am debating is that he got two yellows for the tackles so that's a 1 game ban. That means he got 9 games for "pushing" the ref which I think is too harsh. Personally, I think what Jaap Stam and the rest did to the ref at Old Trafford a few years ago was worse.

the referee (D'Urso?) shouldn't have backed off like he did, he should've stood his ground, told them to fuck off and booked them if they didn't. They only kept moving closer to him because he kept backing off, D'Urso should've taken control of the situation.

Prutton was pushing into the ref to try and get to the linesman after he had already been sent off. Its not really 9 games for the shove, its for the shove, the use of foul and abusive language and the failure to leave the pitch quickly after being sent off. Think of it like 2 matches for failing to leave the pitch, 2 for the language and 5 for shoving the official.