Deceiving

So Norwich are the aggrieved team. The player then gets banned so cannot play against the next two teams, thus two more of Norwich's league opponents gain an advantage.
Seems bizarre form of punishment.

Posted By: Blueandeasy on August 20th 2026 at 21:50:05

Message Thread

2 match ban for Heggebø (Other Football) - Klobo04, Aug 20, 18:09:07
- Is it a bit harsh? Kovacevic deflected it (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Aug 20, 20:05:13
  - It’s far too lenient (Other Football) - SCC 28, Aug 20, 20:19:20
    - Fair enough - I must have given him too much of the benefit of the doubt (n/m) (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Aug 20, 20:22:21
  - He could have informed the officials (Other Football) - trueyellow, Aug 20, 20:12:58
    - Should Makama have done that against Southampton? (n/m) (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Aug 20, 20:21:50
      - Very hard to judge what a player knew about and didn’t (Other Football) - SCC 28, Aug 20, 20:39:20
        
        And I do think Makama would have known in this case (Other Football) - SCC 28, Aug 20, 20:40:48
      - Going back to that, didnt a Southampton player handball it first? (n/m) (Other Football) - Trent_Canary, Aug 20, 20:30:35
        
        There was some kind of foul, yes (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Aug 20, 20:34:46
- Blimey that is good (Other Football) - SCC 28, Aug 20, 20:01:54
  - I should say it’s clearly not a long enough ban (Other Football) - SCC 28, Aug 20, 22:00:29
  - Deceiving (Other Football) - Blueandeasy, Aug 20, 21:50:05
    - Happens with missed spitting incidents etc (Other Football) - SCC 28, Aug 20, 22:01:27
- Make one of the banned games the return fixture (n/m) (Other Football) - essexcanary, Aug 20, 19:23:39
  - there is some sense in that unless ...... (Other Football) - ghostof barry butler, Aug 20, 19:30:37
- do we really care ...... (Other Football) - ghostof barry butler, Aug 20, 18:36:40
  - Damn right we do (Other Football) - SCC 28, Aug 20, 20:02:38
- How long's the ref out for? (n/m) (Other Football) - Molmans Custard, Aug 20, 18:26:57
  - Hes washing big Phil’s car this Saturday x (n/m) (Other Football) - Nelsons final flanel, Aug 20, 18:37:35
    - Lolf (n/m) (Other Football) - Jumbo1, Aug 20, 19:04:11
- This is the type of thing that boils my piss (Other Football) - Snakepit Divorceee, Aug 20, 18:25:27
  - Its good because it strongly disincentivises cheating (n/m) (Other Football) - paulg, Aug 20, 20:15:06
  - Vimto (n/m) (Other Football) - Jumbo1, Aug 20, 18:30:32
- Didn't know there was retrospective action available for things like this (n/m) (Other Football) - Trent_Canary, Aug 20, 18:23:03
  - Apparently the rule was changed / introduced in 2024/25 (Other Football) - Klobo04, Aug 20, 18:24:10
    - I thought retrospective action was possible (Other Football) - Snakepit Divorceee, Aug 20, 18:26:47
      - If the offence was seen they’d have disallowed it (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Aug 20, 20:03:55
        
        🤣 (n/m) (Other Football) - JD3, Aug 20, 20:42:53
      - #impossible ? (n/m) (Other Football) - MonkeyPuzzle, Aug 20, 19:32:37
    - I wonder what the ban would have been if he didn't deny it (n/m) (Other Football) - Trent_Canary, Aug 20, 18:26:13
- That’s a start (Other Football) - Jumbo1, Aug 20, 18:15:25
  - Way too harsh (Other Football) - SCC 28, Aug 20, 22:15:05
  - Right after his public flogging up the larkman (Other Football) - Nelsons final flanel, Aug 20, 18:35:48

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